People & Places (Children's/Teenage)

2017 Best STEM Books ListWomen of Steel and Stone features 22 thoroughly researched and engaging profiles of architects, engineers, and landscape d...

Matt Groening is a cartoonist, animator, and producer best known for creating The Simpsons, television's longest-running primetime animated series....

Introduces the life of Nellie Bly who, as a stunt reporter for the New York World newspaper in the late 1800s, championed women''s rights and trave...

As a child, Angelina Jolie was teased about her unusual looks, and while making her way in the acting world, she was often overshadowed by her Acad...

In a time when women were treated as inferior to men, Amelia Earhart dared to fly higher. From her humble beginnings in a small Kansas town to her ...

The daughter of a prosperous Illinois businessman, Jane Addams longed to do something meaningful with her life, yet found herself shut out of most ...

Tales of pirates, whether in fact or fiction, have long excited young imaginations. The pirate stories here all have a Scottish connection. The tit...

Jefferson Cup Overfloweth Title Recollections from the sixth man to ever walk on the Moon, for young adult readers. On February 5, 1971, Edgar Mitc...

Read about Joan of Arc''s amazing life in Joan of Arc: Religious and Military Leader, featuring full-color and black-and-white images, engaging sid...

A millionaire before the age of 20, the star of the long-running popular sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and a movie star, Will Smith boasts an...

Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the most distinctive and celebrated voices in the landscape of literature. Though often categorized as solely a science...

Robert Burns in Time and Place is a brand new title in the Scotties Books series which contain a wealth of interesting facts, stimulating activitie...

Scots have explored planet Earth since at least the very beginning of the 17th century. Here are incredible stories of bravery, triumph and tragedy...