(Encyclopedia) dime novels, swift-moving, thrilling novels, mainly about the American Revolution, the frontier period, and the Civil War. The books were first sold in 1860 for 10 cents by the firm of…
(Encyclopedia) Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876–1962, English historian; son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan. Educated at Cambridge, he became professor of modern history there in 1927 and was master of…
(Encyclopedia) Ford, Betty, 1918–2011, American first lady (1974–77), wife of President Gerald Ford, b. Chicago as Elizabeth Anne Bloomer. A candid, outspoken, and popular first lady, she became an…
This table provides the name and state of the women serving in the 114th Congress, which began in 2015. There are 85 women in the House of Representatives and 20 women in the Senate. State…
Robert Anacletus UnderwoodLila Meade ValentineValmikiNydia VelázquezAnn M. VenemanJesse VenturaHenry WadeAn WangNancy Ward Maxine Waters(Alyce) Faye WattletonJ. C. WattsJohn and Eliza WebbEmmeline…
Source: Publishers Weekly.HardcoverHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. RowlingThe Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12), Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett…
Distributor:Spoken Arts A young girl misses her traveling dad, a trumpet player. The healing part music plays in our lives is conveyed through Ann Grifalconi's luminous pastels glowing with warmth…
Distributor:National Film Board of Canada Though beset by knotted hair, loving but absent parents, and homework eaten by a dog, a caterpillar, and eventually a giant squid, Dorothy Sue Ann triumphs…
Distributor:Hallmark Entertainment During the most “auspicious” summer of her life, Tiger Ann experiences loss and grief, a first kiss, a glimpse of sophisticated city life, family secrets and…
