Joy Hakim   A History of US Series by Joy Hakim This is a very popular series and for good reason. It presents history in a narrative fashion, which makes it very readable. While the author certainly has a couple of biases I don't agree with (what history book worth its salt doesn't have opinions?!), this series is interesting and holds the attention of its readers. I've been reading these to my children, and they have sparked many discussions. The set includes the 10 books and the 11th volume, which is a source book and index that includes many primary source documents. The source book is a valuable resource in itself and a valuable addition to the set. Teacher guides are available for each book. Recommended by the publisher for ages 9-12, though I think this series can span a much wider age range. Paper. Parent's Choice Award Winner.   The 3rd edition set (revised), Including the Source Book! 3rd Edition (revised) set (11 volumes): #FUN40 $175.45 $122.75   Individual Books - current, 3rd Edition (revised): (Note: The Source Book is designed to be used with the series but can also serve as a stand-alone reference. It contains significant documents that contributed to American political thought: Magna Charta, Common Sense, The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and much, much more.) Paper, Individual Books: $15.95 $14.55 each, Set $122.75 #7151 Book 1: The First Americans Prehistory-1600 -  $14.55 #7168 Book 2: Making Thirteen Colonies 1600-1740 - $14.55 #7175 Book 3: From Colonies to Country 1735-1791 - $14.55 #7182 Book 4: The New Nation 1789-1850 - $14.55 #7199 Book 5: Liberty for All? 1820-1860 - $14.55 #7205 Book 6: War, Terrible War 1855-1865 - $14.55 #7212 Book 7: Reconstructing America 1865-1890 - $14.55 #7229 Book 8: An Age of Extremes 1880-1917 - $14.55 #7233 Book 9: War, Peace, and All That Jazz 1918-1945 - $14.55 #7243 Book 10: All The People 1945-2001 - $14.55 #7250 Book 11: Sourcebook and Index - $14.55   #FUN40  Set of All 11 Books -  $175.45 $122.75 (Save!!) Teacher's Guides for the 3rd edition paper, 103 to 112 pages each. $16.95 per volume #3510 Book 1: The First Americans Prehistory-1600 Teaching Guide   #3529 Book 2: Making Thirteen Colonies 1600-1740 Teaching Guide   #3537 Book 3: From Colonies to Country 1735-1791 Teaching Guide #3545 Book 4: The New Nation 1789-1850 Teaching Guide #3553 Book 5: Liberty for All? 1820-1860 Teaching Guide #3561 Book 6: War, Terrible War 1855-1865 Teaching Guide #357X Book 7: Reconstructing America 1865-1890 Teaching Guide #3588 Book 8: An Age of Extremes 1880-1917 Teaching Guide #3596 Book 9: War, Peace, and All That Jazz 1918-1945 Teaching Guide #360X Book 10: All The People 1945-2001 Teaching Guide #FUN35  Set of All 10 Teaching Guides $169.50 $162.00   Book 4: The New Nation (1789-1850), 3rd edition - Observe our first president as he figures out how to do the job. Also, herein: Details of the world's greatest land bargains. News of an expedition to unmapped territory west of the wide Mississippi. And stories of a very power Indian leader, and of a man who made himself free. Beginning with George Washington's inauguration and continuing into the nineteenth century, The New Nation tells the story of the remarkable challenges that the new country faced. These dramatic events and more are woven into a seamless tale that's so exciting, how could it be true? But it is - it's A History of US. #3262 $15.95 $10.99 (Has a mild corner crease. One copy available.) Book 9: War, Peace, and All That Jazz (1918-1945), 3rd edition - Model T's, wood-frame airplanes, radios, Prohibition, jazz, the Roaring Twenties, Babe Ruth, flappers, the Depression, and two World Wars - all in a thirty-year span. From Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. History. Paper, 218 pages. 9.2"x7.6"x0.6". #3361 $15.95 $10.99 (Has a mild corner crease. One copy available.) History of US Book 11: Sourcebook and Index. An older edition that is a great collection of source documents. It is arranged chronologically, beginning with the Magna Carta and ending with Ronald Reagan's 1988 speech at Moscow State University. Each document is introduced and placed in historical context. Difficult vocabulary is defined in the margins along with explanatory notes and commentary that aids in understanding the meaning and historical importance of each document.  The Sourcebook and Index is an easy-to-use collection of the documents most essential to understanding American history. Paper, 319 pages. First Edition. #7722 $13.95 $9.99 A History of US: War, Peace and All That Jazz (1918-1945) Teaching Guide - This guide is for the 2nd edition of A History of US. This guide is slimmer than the teaching guides that go with the third edition (as above). Paper, 64 pages. #0951 $9.99 You can hear Diane Rehm's interview with Joy Hakim at: http://www.wamu.org/programs/dr/02/10/25.php (requires RealPlayer). The Story of Science by Joy Hakim In this multi-book series, master storyteller, Joy Hakim, narrates the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative (as in her History of US series), Hakim highlights the curiosity of the world's greatest scientists and encourages a similar spirit of inquiry in readers. "The Story of Science attempts to present the ideas of the physical sciences in a narrative combining stories with concepts. The books are beautifully designed and illustrated. They start with Thales, way back in ancient Greece, sojourn with Galileo, Kepler and Newton, take on Maxwell and the electromagnetic revolution, then Einstein, Bohr, Feynman and the moderns, finally looking at today's theories of the cosmos. These books are written for young readers of all ages–readers who want to think and learn, which includes everyone I know." Aristotle Leads the Way (The Story of Science) by Joy Hakim - In the first book of her three part series, Hakim invites readers of all ages to meet the forebears of modern science and share in their exciting discoveries in astronomy, math, and physics. In this book she covers the science of ancient civilizations including the Sumerians, Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Ancient Romans, Ancient Greece, Ancient Chinese, and others. Hardcover, 296 pages. Ages 12+. #1600 $24.95 $19.99 Newton at the Center (The Story of Science) by Joy Hakim  - Newton is the focal point of Book Two of Hakim's The Story of Science series, with his monumental discoveries about gravity, motion, and light marking the true beginning of science as it is known today.   Scientists such as Galileo and Copernicus boldly challenged knowledge from the ancient world, transforming science into a dynamic field of systematic investigation and wonderful new discoveries. In Newton at the Center, the author reveals and explains the central breakthroughs of four hundred years of math and science, including Newton's insights into gravity, motion, and light, Dalton's into gases, Volta's and Maxwell's into electricity, and Becquerel's into radioactivity. Hardcover, 479 pages. Ages 12+. #1617 $24.95 $19.99 Einstein Adds a New Dimension (The Story of Science) by Joy Hakim - Beginning with a journey through space and Albert Einstein riding on a light beam, Hakim takes a lively and accessible look at the theory of relativity, chaos theory, and string theory, showing throughout how the greatest scientific discoveries often begin with the simplest questions about our world - and who we really are. Sometimes it can seem like science just comes fully formed - a textbook can tell us the Milky Way is a galaxy, the Sun is 93 million miles away, or gravity bends light. But such a book often leaves out some of the most interesting stuff about that hard-won knowledge: how anyone ever figured it out, and even why anyone was wondering about it to begin with. It turns out those stories - the stories of the how and the why - are some of the most interesting in all of history. These stories are full of adventure and bravery, boldness and luck, and the discoverers are often those willing to stand up and call false what everyone else believes to be true. Einstein Adds a New Dimension culminates with their discoveries: the quantum world, the theory of relativity, and nuclear physics. Hardcover,480 pages. #1624 $27.95 $21.99   top of page