This Starting Off Strong set includes: 30 student books containing four short selections—"The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros; "The Moth and the Star" by James Thurber; "State of Affairs" (from Robinson Crusoe) by Daniel Defoe; and "Boar...

“How did life begin? How is it changing? How are human beings related to other forms of life? What are the ethical implications of studying or altering life?”—From the introduction to the new edition This new edition of our popular...

“How did life begin? How is it changing? How are human beings related to other forms of life? What are the ethical implications of studying or altering life?”—From the introduction to the new edition This new edition of our popular...

“How did life begin? How is it changing? How are human beings related to other forms of life? What are the ethical implications of studying or altering life?”—From the introduction to the new edition This new edition of our popular...

With 21 selections from key thinkers in ecology, biology, economics, public policy, sociology, history, philosophy, and literature, Keeping Things Whole draws on writers who have influenced the way we think about our place in the natural world. The...

What's the Matter? draws readers into the ongoing inquiry about the natural world, providing an overview of how physics has developed through the centuries, in the words of the scientists who made the great discoveries. It includes 31 selections,...