Kate Canino

Xina M. Uhl

Turkey hunting is becoming more popular each year, a pastime that offers hunters exercise and exposure to nature, a chance to hone tracking and firearm skills, and good eating when successful. This volume provides hunters with relevant, tried and true information about firearms and archery safety, the behavior and habits of the turkey, and how to prepare for a hunt. Ethics, hunting laws, and methods to conserve wildlife and wild areas are also highlighted in order to provide hunters with all they need to know to succeed at a time-honored tradition.

Insider Tips for Hunting Turkey

Judy Monroe Peterson

Learning careful money management does far more than allow young people to pay bills, save for emergencies, and meet long-term goals like home ownership. Using a budget also provides for a better quality of life. This easy-to-follow guide helps readers learn how to craft a budget that accounts for earnings, spending, and short-term and long-term savings goals. Concise directions thoughtfully guide readers through the processes of setting up a weekly expense records, making monthly budgets, using budgeting tools, setting financial goals, evaluating and adjusting budgets, and practicing wise savings and spending habits.

Making a Budget

Silk, the windshield wiper, and the paper grocery bag all have something in common: each had a female inventor. This informative resource discusses innovations that women from all cultures, ethnicities, and time periods have made, and are continuing to make. Their invaluable contributions span all industries, including medicine, science, technology, the home, the food industry, fashion, safety, business, and commerce. With high-interest photographs, a timeline, and engaging sidebars, this timely guide reveals the spirit of female ingenuity in times past and into the 21st century.

The Most Influential Female Inventors

Examines the stages of the U.S. presidential election process, "from the primaries and caucuses to the debates and conventions, up to the general election and inauguration"--Page 4 of cover.

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"Cleopatra is one of the most dynamic figures of ancient history, a powerful, brilliant queen whose cunning, ambition, and boldness not only brought her to Egypt's throne but also into alliances and conflicts with Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and the Roman Empire itself. Although her desperate bid for power may have ended in tragedy, it fueled centuries of stories about her. Cleopatra's life and legacy are illuminated in this attractive, eye-catching guide chock-full with lively prose, impeccable research, and engaging features. Learn about a woman whose real life story rivals the most exciting works of fiction."

Queen of Egypt

Cleopatra

Learn the incredible story of Abby Sunderland and her attempt to be the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and sidebars, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source notes, and an introduction to the author.

Alone on the Indian Ocean

Abby Sunderland

The hunting of small game like rabbits, squirrels, and a variety of birds is the most popular type of hunting in America. Hunting can be more than just a way to harvest healthy meat: it can also enhance one's physical and mental well-being by spending time in nature. Beginning and experienced hunters alike will find this in-depth guide a helpful resource. Detailed information on the behavior of wild animals, the use of firearms and bows, and responsible practices to manage and preserve wildlife and the environment is covered in an easy-to-read, attractive format.

Insider Tips for Hunting Small Game

Small mammals such as raccoons, opossums, coyotes, bobcats, and prairie dogs can destroy property and hurt pets or livestock. Hunting varmints like these is a form of necessary pest control and wildlife management. This detailed guide helps readers understand laws, regulations, best hunting practices, use of weapons, and animal behavior for this type of hunting. Safety, respect of nature, and use of the meat rounds out the information that readers need to know in order to make the best use of their time and energy in this challenging activity.

Insider Tips for Hunting Varmint

Hunting big game like deer, moose, elk, bear, and wild boar challenges both the mind and the body. The opportunity to match wits with wild animals while minimizing danger and respecting their habitat makes hunting both a thrill and a responsibility. This guide provides readers with basic strategies and the advice necessary to participate in this activity, which has been around since the dawn of civilization. It covers everything from purchasing weapons and abiding by laws and regulations to learning about animal habitats and strategies for stalking and tracking big game. Your developing hunters will learn how to safely, responsibly, and effectively enjoy this pastime.

Insider Tips for Hunting Big Game

Magdalena Alagna

As the first African-American woman in space, Mae Jemison inspired the nation and the world. Her role as an astronaut on the mission of the space shuttle Endeavour may be her most visible accomplishment, but it is by no means the only one. Jemison's restless intellect led her to become a doctor, scientist, teacher, and writer. She learned Japanese, Swahili, and Russian fluently, and supported the arts created by African American women. Readers will enjoy this timely, comprehensive guide to Mae Jemison, an amazing human to celebrate.

First Female African American Astronaut

Mae Jemison

Cleopatra is one of the most dynamic figures of ancient history—a powerful, brilliant queen whose cunning, ambition, and boldness not only brought her to Egypt’s throne but also into alliances and conflicts with Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and the Roman Empire itself. Although her desperate bid for power may have ended in tragedy, it fueled centuries of stories about her. Cleopatra’s life and legacy are illuminated in this attractive, eye-catching guide chock-full with lively prose, impeccable research, and engaging features. Learn about a woman whose real life story rivals the most exciting works of fiction.

Bill Stites

Originating with the ancient Greeks, democracy has taken many forms through the centuries. The beginning of modern democracies is traced to the Magna Carta in 1215, and afterward the increasing rights of individuals in their governments. The Constitution of the United States embraced the idea of democracy, becoming the great experiment that inspired democratic forms of governments through the years and across the world. This insightful volume includes relevant sources, images, and a timeline to trace the history and permutations of democracy as it has been practiced by different countries.

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