Nathan Aaseng

Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.

Presents brief biographies of the interprising individuals who started such products and companies as Apple computers, Sears, the Dow Jones Index and The Wall Street Journal, J.C. Penney, Hershey's chocolate, Ebony magazine, and Kinney shoes.

Discusses animals with no backbones, including protozoans, sponges, worms, mollusks, arachnids, and arthropods.

Describes various companies that succeeded despite initial rejection and the certainty of "experts" that the product they offered would fail.

Profiles of nine Nobel Peace Prize winners who fought for peace by resisting violence through words, marches, and protests.

A biography emphasizing the running career of the Olympic gold medalist who set new records in the 1988 Games in Seoul.

A biography emphasizing the career of the star outfielder of the Oakland Athletics.

Uses examples from the Simpson case to explain all facets of the legal process from making an arrest, to obtaining a grand jury indictment, to the final verdict.

The reader is invited to make a decision in a crucial moment in ten World Series games, based upon analysis of pertinent facts. The actual decisions and their outcome are then supplied.