"Meet award-winning aerospace engineer Tiera Fletcher and twelve other science superstars and hear them tell in their own words not only about their fascinating work, but also about their childhoods and the paths they traveled to get where they are--paths that often involved failures and unexpected changes in direction, but also persistence, serendipity, and brilliant insights. Their careers range from computer scientist to microbiologist to unique...

Recounts how pioneering journalist and adventurer Nellie Bly convinced doctors that she was insane in order to expose the horrific treatment of patients confined in the late-nineteenth-century Blackwell's Island Asylum.

This latest book in the GentleManners series was written especially for girls ages 8 to 14, to teach them the basic skills every young lady should have and every young lady's mother and grandmother want her to have. Topics covered in 50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know include: Making conversation with adults, accepting a gift you don't like, using social media, dressing appropriately and winning and losing graciously.