Books with author Sean Price

Why did robbers steal precious works of art from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990? In 2005, how did thieves in Amsterdam pull off the largest diamond heist in history? Throughout the world, some criminals seem to pull off the perfect crime. They leave us asking, “How’d they do it?” or “Why’d they do it?” and “Could it happen again?” With dramatic photos and intriguing theories, this eBook will take readers on a journey around the world and learn about some tough crimes to solve.

The Muckrakers were the writers and photographers who exposed the uglier side of American life, such as the disgusting and dangerous conditions that existed in Chicago’s stockyards, or the awful way patients were treated in insane asylums. They exposed the fact that young children were working in dangerous coal mines and factories. What were patent medicines and why were they a real problem? What happened in Tammany Hall? And what horrifying practice did Ida B. Wells-Barnett write about? Find out all this and more! Each book in the 'American History Through Primary Sources' series delivers curriculum content by way of primary source material. Background knowledge of the subject matter is incorporated into the text. The books use clear, predictable text structures and have been leveled by a literacy expert to ensure accessibility. Vocabulary is defined at the point of use.

Find out the important role women played, both on the home front and overseas. From building war planes to sending home news from overseas, from nursing the injured to training men the skills they’d need as soldiers, the war could not have been won without the help of women. Read about how the attitudes towards women began to change during the war. Each book in the 'American History Through Primary Sources' series delivers curriculum content by way of primary source material. Background knowledge of the subject matter is incorporated into the text. The books use clear, predictable text structures and have been leveled by a literacy expert to ensure accessibility. Vocabulary is defined at the point of use.