Books with author Ryan P. Randolph

If you think go-karts are just a fun leisure activity, prepare to be amazed. Kart racing has been a competitive motorsport around the world since the 1950s. Kids and adults alike can race these tiny, yet powerful vehicles, on dirt and asphalt tracks. The most powerful racing karts today, known as superkarts, can speed along at close to 160 miles (257 km) per hour! Some top race car drivers, including Michael Schumacher and Tony Stewart, got their start in kart racing when they were kids. Informative text is paired with stunning photographss of karts racers in action.

Earth's changing climate is a critical topic for discussion for people of any age; readers learn to calculate their carbon footprint and understand the impact they have on our global environment, and what can be done to make things better. Strongly Correlated to the Common Core Standards for Informational Text, this title offers the opportunity to identify and evaluate reasons and evidence authors give in support of their claims—a vital critical thinking skill.

Understanding how money works is a vital skill that is most helpful when learned early in life. National standards in personal finance education for elementary students are met in this at-level collection. Different aspects of finances works, both in the grown-up world and in parallel examples of financial decisions kids might make, are presented; in addition, a fact page of tips tailored to the subject is offered as a reader resource. These curricular resources meet National Standards in Personal Finance Education and will help put readers on the path to a lifetime of financial responsibility.

As one of the founding fathers of the United States, Alexander Hamilton impacted our history. In our country's infancy, the economy was fragile. Our financial fragility might have toppled the young government. During Hamilton's term as the first secretary of the treasury, he authored an economic plan to help this young country solve the economic problems it faced.

After the election of 1800, many of the judgeships that had been promised by the previous administration were left vacant. William Marbury sued the secretary of state to force him to deliver his commission. The new chief justice marshall understood that any decision made in this case could be seen as a denial of the basic principle of the supremacy of the law. His ultimate decision in the case has been hailed as a judicial tour de force.