Jim Whiting

Presents a brief biography of Nero, the Roman emperor, and includes information on how he ruled the Empire, persecuting Christians, changing the time of the Olympic Games, and other notorious abuses of power.

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs and two Super Bowl appearances. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as Deion Sanders...

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Houston Texans with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as J. J. Watt and Andre Johnson. Young sports...

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs and two Super Bowl championships. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as Warren...

Introduce middle-grade football fans to the extraordinary history of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars with a photo-laden narrative of the team's greatest successes. Beginning with the franchise's early years, readers get the highlights of the club's superstars and memorable seasons, as well as its playoff runs. A colorful layout drives home the action, and sidebars deliver facts and stats about key players, such as Trevor Lawrence and Fred Taylor. Young...

Until she was thirteen, Joan of Arc led a normal life. Then she began hearing voices. She believed these voices spoke for God. At first, they told her to be a good girl. A few years later, they told her that her destiny was to save France from its English invaders. Joan s inspirational leadership helped the French to defeat the English at the city of Orleans. Soon afterward, she persuaded the crown prince Charles to become King of France. A few months...

One of the most famous trials in U.S. history took place in a tiny town in Tennessee in 1925. Dayton was the site of what became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.The defendant, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating a recently passed state law. This law made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution. Under most circumstances, few people would have paid any attention to the trial.Several of Daytons leading citizens saw a chance to put their town...

Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures in ancient Rome. He was born into a turbulent era, when different factions were trying to control the government. He survived and began a steady rise in importance. He became a very successful military commander who added more than 200,000 square miles to the territories under Rome s control. But his triumphs created powerful enemies in Rome. They wanted to strip him of his power. He defeated those enemies...

The most popular of all Russian composers, Peter Tchaikovsky is probably best known for his ballets. Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and Nutcracker are still performed worldwide. But a good part of Tchaikovsky s career was spent writing operas. Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades are two of his better-known works. A precocious child, Peter could read French and German by the age of six. At seven, he wrote verses in French. In school, he studied to be...

Many people believed that Hungarian-born Franz Liszt was the greatest piano player of all time. Certainly, he was the first musical superstar. During an eight-year concert tour in the 1840s, he revolutionized the way that pianists performed in public. He had several love affairs before taking Holy Orders in the Catholic Church. One of the most versatile figures in music history, he was also a composer, concert promoter, and conductor. He was a very...