High School History

Based on a thorough study of Greek life and civilization, of Greek literature, philosophy, and art, The Greek Way interprets their meaning and brings a realization of the refuge and strength the past can be to us in the troubled present. Miss Hamilton's book must take its place with the few interpretative volumes which are permanently rooted and profoundly alive in our literature.

In the first half of the 20th century, Dunbar was an academically elite public school, despite being racially segregated by law. By the 1950s, Dunbar High School was sending 80 percent of its students to college. Today, as with too many troubled urban public schools, the majority of Dunbar students struggle with reading and math. Journalist and author Alison Stewart, whose parents were both Dunbar graduates, tells the story of the school’s rise, fall, and path toward resurgence.

Renowned scholar Patrick Collinson is Regius Professor of Modern History, Emeritus, Cambridge. He states, "The Reformation (and Counter Reformation) was the blast furnace in which the modern state was forged." This engaging work offers a concise overview of the ecumenical revolution of the late medieval and Renaissance periods. Narrator John McDonough's presentation of the spiritual and the secular elements that led to religious reform will captivate listeners.

Justine had the job of her dreams, the best parents in the world, and a brother she more than just tolerated. The one thing she gave up on was finding love. She didn't need that to be happy, right? In helping her brother pull off his own last-minute wedding, Justine may be in for a surprise of her own, and find love had been right there in her face the entire time. Chase has been in love with Justine for as long as he can remember. What started off as a boyhood crush only grew as she blossomed into the woman she is today. The problem? She's his best friends sister, and he knows that's not ...

The Parkland school shooting was the most avoidable mass murder in American history. And the policies that made it inevitable have spread to your school....

On April 20, 1999, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, two seniors at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, walked into their school and shot to death twelve students and one teacher, and wounded many others. It was the worst single act of murder at a school in U.S. history.

In State of Play, 12-year Major League veteran, Emmy Award-winning MLB Network analyst, and best-selling author Bill Ripken breaks down these modern statistical methods to explain which ones make sense in the game's historical context, bringing them together with proven old-school strategies. He simplifies those sabermetric terms hastily added to the baseball lexicon without being fully realized, taking new-school confusion out of old-school baseball's tried-and-true common sense.

Can going back in time make you more mature? Chant, Kurt, and Moorehart find themselves caught in the middle of an altered timeline, and a dystopian society in a war-torn Sonora, that no longer resembles the home they’ve known. The clash leaves Moorehart injured and craving a simpler life. It seems like a good time for Chant and the gang to enjoy some light-hearted time travel as he heals. Amid all the drama of high school, working two jobs, personal relationships, Chant now finds himself leading the time travel team on his own. But through it all, he’s growing wiser and more discerning...

Would the world be a better place if you could go back and change history? An old proverb says, “With wisdom comes great responsibility. The wisdom you receive is meant to serve a greater good.” Join Chant as each new journey carries the threat of danger. Go with him to meet Amelia Earhart, land in New York City on 9/11, go to Woodstock, and travel to Ecuador to try and find a supply of crystals for The Pedaler. Along the way, Chant uncovers clues to the origins of his Time Machine. Maybe time travel isn't as safe as he thought! If you could go back and time and save a famous person who...

For far too long the mythology of Indiana basketball has been dominated by Hoosiers. Framed as the ultimate underdog, feel-good story, there has also long been a cultural debate surrounding the film. The Real Hoosiers sets out to illuminate the narrative that the film omits, the story of the unheralded Crispus Attucks Tigers, playing the game at the highest level in the 1950s in a racially divided Indiana.

What do Anne Frank, Elvis, and Teddy Roosevelt have in common? Nothing! Unless you’re a Time Traveler. In Day Tripper, Book #2 of the Time Pedaler Series, Chant is determined to solve the mystery of the Time Machine. Where is the man who built it? What happened to him? To find out, Chant takes on the role of Time Traveling Detective! With half his first year of high school almost over, he finds his new town more and more comfortable. He even gets a job, outside the family business. But the responsibility of taking The Pedaler back in time weighs heavy on him. What if he messes up? What if...

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present' – Eleanor Roosevelt There is more to Time Travel than just setting a few knobs and pedaling a hundred and sixty-year-old machine. The intricacies of quantum physics begin to take Chant and company through an ominous series of Time Slips, hindering their most well-intentioned plans. Until now, the trips back in time have been planned and intentional. Now Chant and company are faced with slip trips that not only are an inconvenience but can have deadly consequences. With all things in history, even the most joyous ...

Join us for the grand finale of the Time Pedaler series! Chant thinks that he was finally on the other side of stalkers and midnight break-ins and putting everyone he loves in danger until he and his turn-of-the-century friend were ambushed the moment they touched down in the modern world. Now, everything is a ticking clock that he suddenly feels painfully out of control. Somehow the fact that he owns a time machine isn't helping. Chant is forced to come face-to-face with his own values, and just how far he's willing to push them in order to protect his family and the future of time travel ...

Remember the Alamo! But don’t forget Hedy Lamarr, Annie Oakley, Freddie Mercury, and Hitler’s Brown Shirts! As Chant and friends are thrown deeper and deeper into danger, the need to travel back in time becomes more of a necessity than an adventure. The strange anomaly known as Time Slips has produced effects not expected or understood. The discovery of Journey’s connection to the inventor of the Time Pedaler creates a threat to everything we know and the very existence of history. Join Chat as he revisits William Shakespeare, and meets his family. But his real reason to go back to ...

Chant hopes his senior year might finally be where his life settles down and he's able to enjoy a normal teenage life and his time-traveling secret hobby. However, those plans quickly start to fall apart. The toll of traveling through time finally takes hold of Chant's young body. Now, he finds himself being stalked by Mr. Harlett's university colleagues who know too much about the Pedaler. As if Chant doesn’t have enough to deal with, Chai’s teenage attitude only gets worse. His girlfriend Mary needs his help and support to get used to a million things completely foreign to her in the ...

It was the Golden Age of Travel, and everyone wanted in. As flying boomed in the 1960s, women from across the United States applied for jobs as stewardesses. They were drawn to the promise of glamorous jet-setting, the chance to see the world, and an alternative to traditional occupations like homemaking, nursing, and teaching.

New York Times best-selling, award-winning historian S. C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how Hal Mumme and Mike Leach - two unknown coaches who revolutionized American football in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s - changed the way the game is played at every level, from high school to the NFL. Hal Mumme is one of a handful of authentic offensive geniuses in the history of American football. In 2015 ESPN Magazine, the nation's leading sports magazine, called him the single most influential football coach in the last quarter century.

When 14-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she and eight other Black students only wanted to make it to class. But the journey of the “Little Rock Nine”, as they came to be known, would lead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, one that would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, and forever change the landscape of America.

Listen as Dee Brown weaves humorous, richly detailed stories of his early years as a youthful entrepreneur and teenaged newspaperman.

Attucks! is the true story of the all-black high school basketball team that broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana, masterfully told by National Book Award-winner Phil Hoose. Anchored by the astonishing Oscar Robertson, a future college and NBA star, the Crispus Attucks Tigers went down in history as the first state champions from Indianapolis and the first all-black team in US history to win a racially open championship tournament - an integration they had forced with their on-court prowess.