Bird enthusiast, doctor, author, curator, educator, conservationist: every chapter in the life of Thomas Sadler Roberts is also a chapter in the history of Minnesota.

Presents the life of inventor and scientist Thomas Edison including his childhood, early experiments, marriage, electric light bulb, and motion picture machine as well as many other inventions.

In the debut of the New York Times–bestselling Victorian crime series, Inspector Thomas Pitt seeks an elusive strangler among upper-class British society. Panic and fear strike the Ellison household when one of their own falls prey to the Cater Street murderer. While Mrs. Ellison and her three daughters are out, their maid becomes the third victim of a killer who strangles young women with cheese wire, leaving their swollen-faced...

Join in the journey as Thomas the Tank Engine ships out to find building materials for Sodor's new Rescue Center--only to need rescuing himself!

Thomas and pals must save a broken-down engine from the scrap heap.

"When a police detective is taken off life support after falling into a coma, only an autopsy reveals the murderous act that precipitated her death. She'd been working on a special task force within North London's Nigerian community, and Acting Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley is assigned to the case, which has far-reaching cultural associations that have nothing to do with life as he knows it. In his pursuit of a killer determined to remain...

Discusses the history behind the home of Declaration of Independence writer and U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson. Reviewed All Aboard America takes kids on a fun-filled educational journey that highlights America's national landmarks. The easy-to-read text discusses why each monument was built, its historical significance, the architects involved, construction details, and monument features.

Thomas Jefferson was a great American who helped the United States win its freedom from England. Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence, later went on to become the third president of the United States, and is now featured on famous Mount Rushmore! Readers will enjoy this biography that has been translated into Spanish and includes details of Jefferson's time as a lawyer, his membership in the House of Burgesses, and his role as Secretary...

Thomas Jefferson was a great American who helped the United States win its freedom from England. Jefferson helped write the Declaration of Independence, later went on to become the third president of the United States, and is even featured on famous Mount Rushmore! Readers will enjoy this biography that includes details of Jefferson's time as a lawyer, his membership in the House of Burgesses, and his role as Secretary of State. The vivid images and...

"Framed around one salacious trial in 1891 London, a fascinating and vividly told true-crime narrative about the hunt for one of the first known serial killers, whose poisoning spree in the US, Canada, and England coincided with the birth of forensic science as well as the public's growing appetite for crime fiction such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels"--