Looks at the history of rock music, its different styles, and its impact on a generation.

Presents a history of the cultural phenomenon of hip hop, from the beginning of the movement in the neighborhoods of the Bronx to its place in today's contemporary music scene.

A companion book that explores the worlds of the Last Dragon Chronicles providing secrets behind the seven books, insight into the characters, and discusses the inspiration behind the dragons, as well as the elements from the real world that inspired the books.

This middle-grade biography explores the life and works of Madeleine L'Engle -written by her granddaughters. This elegant and insightful biography of Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) was written by her granddaughters, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy. Using never-before-seen archival materials that include photographs, poems, letters, and journal entries from when Madeleine was a child until just after the publication of her classic, A Wrinkle...

Planning a school or amateur Shakespeare production? The best way to experience the plays is to perform them, but getting started can be a challenge: The complete plays are too long and complex, while scene selections or simplified language are too limited. "The 30-Minute Shakespeare" is a new series of abridgements that tell the "story" of each play from start to finish while keeping the beauty of Shakespeare's language intact. Specific stage directions...

Tells the story behind Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem about the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Each spread provides information about the context, wording, and lasting effects of the document paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images.

"When Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, he likely had no idea that the story and its main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, would remain so popular nearly two centuries later. Today, readers still find themselves entertained by the story of a grumpy, selfish man who becomes a holiday hero after he learns generosity through the help of three spirits in Victorian-era England. Whether a Dickens fan or someone in love with all things "Christmas,"...