Stuart A Kallen

Introduces the problems of global waste disposal, describing the hazards of toxins associated with landfills, plastics floating in the oceans, and debris orbiting the planet, with some of the solutions proposed by scientists. --Publisher.

Discusses zoos, their purposes, the people who work there, and the animals who may be found there.

Describes the crops, animals, equipment, and routine life on a family farm.

Briefly describes the physical characteristics, the habitat, and the behavior of the Alaskan brown bear.

Discusses the political, historical, and cultural life of the United States in the 1980s, including the end of communism, the Iran-Contra affair, and pop culture of the time.

Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the 1950s, including the effects of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, television, music, art, science, and technology.

Briefly describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of polar bears.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of this tropical bear, the smallest bear in the world.

October 9, 1967. World-renowned revolutionary Che Guevara is dead at 39. The charismatic Argentinian had been leading guerrilla fighters in Bolivia and was captured by the Bolivian army. A sergeant volunteered to execute the prisoner. Around the globe, reactions to the assassination were mixed. In Cuba, where Guevara had helped overthrow a brutally repressive dictatorship in 1959, more than a million people mourned openly. But elsewhere, many business...

Presents a biography of the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and first president of the United States.