Rebecca A Vickers

Historical figures, celebrities, mystery people in family photos, and the names of people on memorials, buildings, and products we are surrounded by people whose background and history we can research. Even the most unfamiliar person might have had a surprising life. Who was a school named after? Ho...

Soft drinks are sold in cans and bottles all over the world. They come in hundreds of different flavors. The most famous soft drink is Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola started about 120 years ago as a kind of tonic for common health problems. Asa Candler was a businessperson in Atlanta, Georgia. He started the ...

J.L. Kraft is best known for his cheese products. But why did he move to Chicago, Illinois? How did his cheese help soldiers at war? How can we learn more about him?

The Second Virtue tells the story of three remarkable individuals: Donald is an eighteen-year-old striving for independence; Telli survived a horrific crime and labors to overcome the fears the experience left behind; Joy longs to escape her cynicism and reconnect with the hopeful woman she once was...

This handy, engaging, and gently humorous guide tackles the important subjects of punctuation, spelling, and capitalization and is a perfect resource for teaching common core state standards. It looks at a variety of topics, such as punctuation within words, spelling rules and their exceptions, and ...

This handy, engaging, and gently humorous guide tackles the important subject of sentence construction and is a perfect resource for teaching common core state standards. It looks at a variety of topics, such as sentence types, clauses, and phrases, and shows how sentence structure can be used to co...

Want to be a great cook, but don’t know the difference between a spoon and a ladle? Or perhaps you just want to know how to bake a cake without catastrophe? Confident Cooking takes you back to basics and unscrambles the mysteries of the kitchen. With A–Z information on kitchen equipment and utensils...

By the middle of the 18th century, the profession of medicine and its place in the sciences was entering a period of rapid change. Many of the old ideas about the human body and how to cure or prevent diseases were being questioned. But was this just by chance? This book shows how a wide range of in...