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  • Networking Women

    Building Social and Professional Connections

    by Lena Koya, Heather Moore Niver ...
    Series series Women in the World
    Networking is the process of building up your social and professional connections in order to advance your career and/or to strengthen your community. For young women in particular, networking is a useful skill to know in order to chart a path through adulthood, whether through choosing a college, finding a first job or internship, or even meeting new friends. This text guides readers through the ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Teen Pregnancy and What Comes Next

    by Lena Koya, Mary-Lane Kamberg ...
    Series series Women in the World
    Finding out you are pregnant, particularly as a teen, can be a frightening and disorienting experience. This text guides readers through important first steps to taking on a potential journey to parenthood, from telling your parents, to finding a medical practitioner, or deciding to terminate a pregnancy. Readers are encouraged to build a support network and to forge a path forward that is ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Female Athletes

    by Lena Koya, Laura La Bella ...
    Series series Women in the World
    Many women have broke the glass ceiling of sports, including tennis star Serena Williams, race car driver Danica Patrick, and soccer player Abby Wambach. These women have fought hard to reach the summit of their sports, and many women in sports continue to fight to be taken seriously or to be paid the same as men. This text examines female athletes, their struggles, as well as representations of ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Female Body Image and Self-Perception

    by Lena Koya, Mary-Lane Kamberg ...
    Series series Women in the World
    Societal norms have placed large burdens on how women perceive themselves, and how they want others to perceive them. This has led to some distressing statistics, with up to 10 percent of college-aged women in the United States suffering from an eating disorder. While individual women can focus on cultivating a healthy body image, it is important for young women to analyze how the media and others ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Investigating the Crash of Flight 93

    by Lena Koya, Tonya Buell ...
    Series series Terrorism in the 21st Century: Causes and Effects
    The tragic events aboard United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, are seen as an example of extreme heroism. When they realized their plane had been hijacked, passengers aboard flight 93 fought the hijackers and brought the plane down in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in an attempt to save the lives of people on the ground. This book examines the events leading up to the hijacking, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Female Activists

    by Lena Koya, Alexandra Hanson-Harding ...
    Series series Women in the World
    Many women have chosen to speak out for their rights and the rights of others, including such famous female activists as Rosa Parks, Dolores Huerta, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Often, these women have spoken out despite the fact that they faced time in jail, injury, or even death. This text introduces readers to female activists and their work and suggests way readers can help to fight against ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Women in Positions of Leadership

    by Lena Koya, Nancy Furstinger ...
    Series series Women in the World
    Unfortunately, far fewer women than men hold positions of leadership around the world. This is not due to the fact that women are less skilled at leadership than men, but is due to a mix of societal norms, economic policies, and other pressures that push women out of leadership positions or downplay their accomplishments. This volume aims to guide women to become leaders in all aspects of their ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Investigating the Attack on the Pentagon

    by Lena Koya, Carolyn Gard ...
    Series series Terrorism in the 21st Century: Causes and Effects
    September 11, 2001, is a day that is engraved in the minds of people all around the world, even if they were too young to remember that day themselves. The horrible terror attacks on that day changed the way the U.S. government dealt with terrorism and ushered in a new age of security. In this book, students will learn about the attack, which killed 189 both on Flight 77 and on the ground, as well ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Investigating the Attacks on the World Trade Center

    by Lena Koya, Carolyn Gard ...
    Series series Terrorism in the 21st Century: Causes and Effects
    The world watched in horror on September 11, 2001, when two passenger planes were flown into the World Trade Center buildings, killing nearly three thousand people. Soon after, the United States entered a war that would last many years. This book explores the events leading up to this horrific attack and the terrorist group responsible, as well as the attack itself and its long-lasting ... Read more

    $24.99 USD