Joy Gregory

Introduces career opportunities in paleontology, describing day-to-day work, equipment used, education and training needed, and what readers can do now to advance towards this career.

Introduces career opportunities in astronomy, describing day-to-day work, equipment used, education and training needed, and what readers can do now to advance towards this career.

Did you know that biologists help people understand life on Earth? They explain how all living things are connected. Discover more fascinating facts in Biologist, a STEM Careers book.

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the five oceans. It is about half the size of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific Ocean. Find out more in Atlantic Ocean, one of the titles in the Our Five Oceans series.

Lake Huron has the longest shoreline of all the Great Lakes. Including its many islands, the shoreline measures 3,830 miles (6,164 km).

Did you know that the first mechanical engineers invented tools that made people more powerful? They proved that a rock tied to a stick made a better hammer than a plain rock. Discover more fascinating facts in Mechanical Engineer, a STEM Careers book.

Angie Thomas published her first book when she was 29 years old. She did not expect this first book to be a bestseller.

Italy is known for its ancient ruins, historic monuments, vibrant cities, charming towns, and beautiful countryside. Most of the country is a peninsula that is shaped like a boot. Learn more about Italy;s fascinating history, culture, geography, and more.

Balmy evenings in rural Maryland are fraught with danger; seductions can happen anywhere from a river bank to the front seat of a car, where a young self-conscious girl is learning to drive.

'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.' A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real heroine of American fiction, it is Hester Prynne's strength of character that resonates with the reader when her harsh sentence is cast. It is...