Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family." But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn't live in fear and to a present...

Describes the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of the state of California, and includes ideas for classroom assignments.

In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later and approaching 40, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered 20 years earlier,...

Describes the history, geography, ecology, people, economy, cities, and sights of the state of Colorado, and includes ideas for classroom assignments.

Describes the history, geography, ecology, people, economy, and sights of the state of Alaska, and includes ideas for classroom assignments.

Offers a detailed look at the heavenly bodies that make up the solar system, describing the eight planets that orbit the Sun, the moons, asteroids, and dwarf planets in the system, and the spacecrafts humans have created to explore the stars.

Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, and people of Morocco, a unique northern African nation surrounded by both water and desert.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Minnesota"--

Explores the land, people, history, economy, and travel opportunities of the state of Montana.