Paul Harrison

The Cold War Era dominated politics between the United States and the Soviet Union for more than thirty years. During this time, the two superpowers tried different methods to undermine each other without outright attack. What led to this long period of mutual hostility? This book delves into this question with the help of photographs, primary source documents, historian critiques, and informative explanations.

"A group of children learn about space through visits with Neil Armstrong, Johann Bode, Edmond Halley, Nicolaus Copernicus, Annie Jump Cannon, and Edwin Hubble"--

A group of children learn about tornadoes and weather through visits with James Pollard Espy, William Charles Redfield, Vilhelm and Jacob Bjerknes, John Park Finley, Ernest Fawbush and Robert Miller, Ted Fujita, Christian Doppler and Evangelista Torricelli.

After being fouled, Billy has a chance to win the soccer game for his team.

"Jilly can't believe what she's seeing when she wakes up one seemingly normal morning. All the mice in her small town of Buffalo Bottom have gone strangely still. What could make a town full of rodents suddenly freeze up? Things only get weirder, though, when the town is suddenly visited by a flying saucer--full of talking cats These friendly felines say they come in peace, to help rid Buffalo Bottom of its mouse problem. But when the town's cows...

An English priest is sent to a parish in rural Northern Ireland.

Follows the lives of an English priest and his parishioners in a rural Irish village.

Life is a challenge for any priest in a small mountain town, and Father Peter struggles to save his parishioners' souls without falling himself for the local barkeep, Assumpta. Series Three is the dramatic conclusion of Peter and Assumpta's story.

Detective Jack Frost returns to seek out the unpleasant truth, often at great personal cost. This season Frost raids an illegal dogfighting ring, hoping to nab a local gangster, but the thug eludes him, and a brutal killing follows. Meanwhile, he is disturbed to find that someone is copying a series of unsolved crimes from years earlier, and Frost himself may be the killer's next victim. Most unexpected of all, love finally finds the aging detective,...