Rosen Young Adult imprint: 522 books

How do civilizations rise and, ultimately, fall? U.S. students can have a difficult time understanding that empires come and go throughout the course of history. This volume explains how a once-flourishing civilization ran into decline, once foreign invaders took over the weakened government and spread...

Customer satisfaction does not only apply to goods and services but is also extremely important to the digital world as well. As smartphones and mobile devices have become increasingly common, billions of people rely on technology to schedule and live their lives. User interface (UI) and user experience...

This timely book provides the fundamentals about plagiarism—what it is, why should anyone care about it, how a person can avoid it, what will happen if a person gets caught plagiarizing, and how attitudes about plagiarizing are changing. Readers learn about copying and copyright issues, and types...

It's difficult to understand ancient civilizations when they lived so differently than we do today. This volume makes ancient India relevant by describing the day-to-day lifestyles of people of the Indus Valley Civilization, the Maurya Empire, and the Gupta Empire. Readers will learn about the roles...

Most teens learn about managing credit and other financial matters from their parents, but with the average American family carrying more than 7,000 dollars in credit card debt, teens clearly need additional sources of information about personal finance. In this book, the author shares ten simple...

This fascinating biography tells the story of Steve Jobs, genius pioneer of the digital age, and his role in creating and building Apple, one of the world's most powerful, profitable, and innovative companies. In vivid, detailed chapters, the author describes the evolution of Apple from a start-up...

The name Ramses II evokes the epitome of ancient Egypt. But why was he the final ruler of the New Kingdom? And what was it that made him pursue peace when such treaties didn’t exist? The life of Ramses II offers some particularly unique intrigues that appear in his many campaigns throughout the...

The height of the Roman Empire’s power was during the reign of Hadrian. While endless predecessors and their rivals fought for expansion, Hadrian focused on sustaining his domain and his people’s livelihood. Readers will learn how even such an internal focus can lead to tragedy, specifically by...

Al-Biruni was an Islamic scholar who served on the courts of more than six caliphs. Like many of the great thinkers of the Islamic world’s Golden Age, his quest for truth motivated him to seek knowledge through research and innovation. He did this in the name of Allah. Al-Biruni set himself apart...

Known as the “prince of physicians,” Avicenna made enormous contributions to the fields of medicine, natural history, metaphysics, and religion. His use of Aristotelian logic and his work on the concept of “being” opened the door for a rationalist study of religion, influencing the later Christian...

Support and inspiration are provided to teens interested in taking action on women’s issues. The author reports on activists who have helped women’s causes in amazing ways, and provides a wide variety of ideas and resources for teens wanting to make a difference. Chapters highlight a host of areas...

Negotiation is not just a technique for business in the boardroom. It is a crucial skill everyone already has, and it can be honed into an effective tool. In this thoughtful book, readers learn about the different kinds of negotiating and how they can be used in an emergency, for business, or simply...

A 2016 Vanderbilt University study reported that LGBTQ+ students in schools with a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) were 52 percent less likely to hear homophobic remarks and experience bullying in school. This essential, timely volume provides the tools and resources to organize a GSA and to become a...

For thousands of years, the general consensus among learned people was that Earth was the center of the universe. This belief system remained unchallenged until a quiet, unassuming man wondered if his predecessors had gotten it wrong. The father of modern astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus was a doctor,...