South to FreedomThe Underground Railroad to the North was salvation for many US slaves before the Civil War. But during the same decades thousands of people in the south central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern border into Mexico. In South to Freedom historian Alice Baumgartner tells the story of Mexico's rise as an antislavery republic and a promised land for enslaved people in North America. She describes how Mexico's

where do they begin their search

Love Mom braids together Elaine's own personal experiences with those of fellow parents she's met along the way

Although defeat is not death

We see Highsmith drafting Strangers on a Train while attending the Yaddo artists' colony in 1948

In NO IMPACT MAN

And finding out that you are stronger much stronger than you think

and the help of many environmentalists

How to accept inadequacies in the areas in which perfectionist thinking is particularly prevalent and damagingBe Happy Without Being Perfect provides the keys to releasing women from the straitjacket of stress and worry showing them how to relax enjoy and embrace what they have

Science for Surviving in Space

Electricity looks at what is electricity is

who is murdered soon after

'History in Quotations' gives the reader a front-row seat at the unfolding drama of 5000 years of recorded history