Allison: 1539 books

Friday the 13th. That mysterious day that foretells doom and disaster for everyone alive. From biblical times to the modern era, why has this day caused such paranoia and fear? What's behind it all? Read and explore the true meaning behind the day.

Gifted education programs are supposed to be a safe haven for the highly intellectual student. While the idea of offering these programs are wonderful they do have their problems. So where does the problem lie with teaching the gifted and what can we do to solve it?

There are a few unspoken heroes of the American Revolutionary War that made it possible for the creation of the United States. Haym Solomon is one of these men. Haym provided the financial means for a young United States to survive when all hope seemed lost.

Feared by settlers and natives alike, the Shawnee tribe have been misunderstood by people throughout history. Who were these conservative people? What was their daily life like? How were their villages organized? This informative book will answer these questions and more in the first volume of the We are Shawnee series.

Before Barbie, the Gibson Girl epitomized female fashion and beauty of her era. She was the image every woman aspired to in Progressive America . She not only influenced fashion but changed all of American society. But, who exactly was this elusive Gibson girl?

Corset, the very sound of the word brings thoughts of erotica. However, the corset wasn't always a taboo piece of clothing. Women have been wearing corsets since ancient times. The corset transformed a woman's shape and popular opinions of what a woman's body should look like. Just how did we go from wearing a corset to the modern day bra?

Journey to the Old Country From Ireland to Italy, Portugal to Poland, Germany to Greece, and everywhere in between, explore your ancestors' European homelands through more than 200 gorgeous reproductions of 18th-century maps, 19th-century and early 20th-century maps. These full-color period...

Journey Into the Past! Envision your ancestors' world--as your ancestors knew it--through hundreds of beautiful full-color reproductions of useful eighteenth and nineteenth century maps. The maps illustrate the historical boundaries of each of the U.S. states as they progressed from territories...

This book will offer you every ingredient and instruments you will need to build your self- discipline, beat procrastination and achieve all your set goals. You will learn: How to Maximize your Time and Achieve More How to Build Willpower and Self-Discipline How to Be More Resilient When Things...

With 70 million fans, NASCAR is the #2 spectator sport, after football. But unlike football, going to a race is a full weekend of events. From the tailgating, to the qualifying, to the checkered flag and post-parties--there's enough to fill several days at every event, and that's just at the track. Liz...

Access to satellite orbits and spectrum is managed by the ITU, a United Nations body that strives to extend the benefits of new technologies to the world, while ensuring equitable access to these resources. This book explores how the ITU approaches these dual missions in light of the increasing saturation...

'I want to go back to work.' No matter what your story, your reasons, your philosophy, chances are that if you're a mum, one day you'll find yourself saying a version of those words. And then wondering how you'll make it happen. This is a practical game plan, designed to get you back into work...

The pioneer history of Bonita Springs stretches back to the 1880s, when an Alabama cotton planter named B. B. Comer bought 6,000 acres of land along Surveyors Creek. He started a tropical fruit plantation, and his tiny village became known as Survey, in honor of the U.S. Army engineers who had first...