Shows U.S. county boundary maps for the census decades superimposed on modern county boundaries. Gives background information on each census, including census availability for each county.

Amy respects that Daniel won't give in to the spectacle of the horse show circuit. He rides his horse Amber like it's the two of them against the world and Amy wants to help them conquer it.

Just when Amy feels that things are back to normal at Heartland, an injured police horse named Venture arrives. Venture's partner, Sergeant Garcia, is desperate to help the wounded gelding. Amy convinces the policeman to put his trust in Heartland's methods. But when Amy's tried-and-true remedies have no effect on Venture, she is the one who loses faith. Before she can reach a breakthrough, Amy must open herself up to new possibilities and learn to...

In a place where murder isn't supposed to happen-Southern Illinois-deputy sheriff and investigator Harry Spiller learned the hard reality: murder is all around us. It doesn't matter whether you live in a big city or small county with farms and churches-murder is swift and can happen to anyone, anywhere, and anytime. All too often, victims fall prey in places we think are safe to raise our families, where we take walks on hot summer nights, where our...

In a place where murder isn't supposed to happen-rural Missouri and Southern Illinois-deputy sheriff and investigator Harry Spiller learned the hard reality: murder is all around us. It doesn't matter whether you live in a big city or small county with farms and churches-murder is swift and can happen to anyone, anywhere, and anytime. All too often, victims fall prey in places we think are safe to raise our families, where we take walks on hot summer...

The My Guide to the Solar System series takes readers on a trip through our solar system and beyond! In this book, meet a meteor and learn what makes them special. Through simple sentences, emerging readers will learn technical facts and develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a table of contents, glossary, index, and an author biography.

Distant thunder rolled as Mr. Olsen poured coffee for his customers, and comments crackled like popcorn. "Surrender?" "Unconditional, he said. Who woulda thought..." "Sure ain't lookin' good." "Sure hate to think of 'em bein' prisoners." "Ain't Howard Hannam's son over there?" "Yeah, and my brother's boy. Sure hope MacArthur keeps his promise to rescue them fellas." The news was grim in May 1942. The Philippines had fallen to the Imperial Japanese...

The still birth of a long-desired-for baby raises the haunting spectre of guilt over failures real and imagined and over things that happened in Marcia's childhood. This personal crisis triggers a nightmare of self-despite and despair. Reliving the past splits her focus and her personality into three. Will she regain control of herself enough to become one again? Marcia is trapped in a loveless marriage. Her hopes of saving the marriage by having...

March 3, 1943 Bethnal Green, London's East End Shortly after a quarter past eight, a siren split the air. Marian Williams lifted her sleeping daughter from her bed and darted down the stairs. Her mother and father-in-law, off on air warden duty, had left the front door unlocked. She hugged her youngest child close. The blackout made the going difficult, but her husband's instructions echoed in her brain: "Whatever you do, get down inside the station...