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Books in Essential Library series

  • How the Internet Changed History

    Carol Hand

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Sept. 1, 2015)
    How the Internet Changed History examines the birth of the Internet, how it works, and how it has revolutionized culture, industry, and business. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • How the Automobile Changed History

    Diane Bailey

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Aug. 1, 2015)
    How the Automobile Changed History examines the automobile's start as a motorized carriage, how it works, and its evolution into the world's principal method of transportation with significant cultural, industrial, and environmental influences. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Essential Fantastic Four - Volume 6: Reissue

    Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, John Buscema, Ross Andru, Joe Sinnott

    Paperback (Marvel, Feb. 15, 2012)
    Presents the adventures of the Fantastic Four, a group of friends who were exposed to mysterious cosmic rays, which caused them to have phenomenal powers.
  • How the Printing Press Changed History

    Nelson Yomtov

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Sept. 1, 2015)
    How the Printing Press Changed History examines the invention and development of the printing press, how it works, and how its role in speeding the dissemination of information revolutionized society. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Medicine on the Battlefield

    M. M. Eboch

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2016)
    Provides an overview of World War I medical care, discussing how soldiers were cared for on the field, medical advances driven by the war, and how medics tried to prevent disease from spreading.
  • How the Computer Changed History

    Therese Naber

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Aug. 1, 2015)
    How the Computer Changed History examines the development of the computer, how it works, and how it has become a standard machine used in businesses, homes, and industries. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Hinds' Feet on High Places

    Hannah Hurnard

    Hardcover (Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, April 1, 1998)
    There are no obstacles which our Savior's love cannot overcome. The High Places of victory and union with Christ can be reached by learning to accept, day by day, the actual conditions and tests permitted by God.The lessons of accepting and triumphing over evil, of becoming acquainted with grief and pain, and of finding them transformed into something incomparably precious. . .these are the lessons of the allegory in this book.
  • World War I Aftermath

    Tom Streissguth

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2016)
    "Find out how World War I deconstructed empires, reshaped borders, and revolutionized military technology"--Page 4 of cover.
  • Trench Warfare

    Sue Bradford Edwards

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Jan. 1, 2016)
    Provides an overview of trench warfare, discussing trench design, daily life in the trenches, and the weapons soldiers used.
  • How the Wheel Changed History

    Melissa Higgins

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Aug. 1, 2015)
    How the Wheel Changed History examines the ancient origins of the wheel and explores the many inventions--from the spinning wheel to the phonograph--made possible by the simple machine. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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  • Women in World War I

    Kristine Carlson Asselin

    Library Binding (Essential Library, Dec. 15, 2015)
    Discusses the role of women during World War I, describing the jobs they took to help the war effort at home and abroad, social programs they created, and the lasting impact the war had on them.
  • In His Steps

    Charles M. Sheldon

    Hardcover (Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, April 1, 1998)
    In His Steps is a most unusual appeal to the Christian to follow in Christ's steps, regardless of what others might do.