Target Sitting is the heartbreakingly candid journal of a Capitol Hill staffer in the wake of September 11, 2001. Beginning the week after the 2001 attacks, Target Sitting carries readers through that heart-pounding day, the anthrax attack on the Hill, and the full body shudder associated with working at the seat of government in the ensuing years. Target Sitting is a stark look at life in the target that al Qaeda missed in 2001.

Inaugurated after a bitter recount in Florida following the 2000 presidential race, President Hal Cord leads an angry and divided nation. ELECTED follows the Cord administration through political cat fights with Congress, the race to prevent al Qaeda attacks, and their success and mistakes on the international and domestic fronts. White House Press secretary MJ Bennett battles daily with reporters and watches in horror as her country is brutally attacked, and careens into a Central Asian war that threatens the life of her new love, a legendary Special Forces commander. After September 11,...

Constitution Translated for Kids - winner of the 2011 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award for Education (Government and Politics), the "Mom's Choice Award" and a "Best Books Award" - is a simple, widely acclaimed, non ideological translation of the entire U.S. Constitution, side-by-side with the original 1787 text. Teachers hail the accompanying free Teacher's Guide as an extraordinary resource to teach the Constitution to all ages.

The Manifesto is a uniquely candid description of what it is like to work on Capitol Hill as a congressional staffer. Beginning with a briefing of logistics and expectations for Capitol Hill interns and new staffers, author Cathy Travis - a 25 year veteran of Capitol Hill - offers a concise overview of how Capitol Hill offices do their daily work. The second part of the book is an in-depth look at expectations and insights into the individual staff jobs in a congressional office. Offering best practices for congressional offices, Travis gives advice to the chief of staff, and then lays out...

From a Capitol Hill confirmation hearing, Judge Jodie Davis - a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court - tells the U.S. Senate about her childhood in northeast Arkansas in the turbulent South of the late civil rights era (1968-69). The lives of young Jodie's neighbors are thrown into turmoil - first when a black family tries to buy a house in their neighborhood, then by a monster tornado roiling through their town. But none of that prepares them for the chaos in the aftermath of a murder on the football field of the high school - a murder witnessed by several young people from the neighborhood....

"Remarkable Journey" explores the life and times of Solomon Ortiz, a distinguished veteran of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983-2011. This explores his early life, his military service, his heroic law enforcement work, and his 28 years of public service in the United States House of Representatives. In Congress, Ortiz was a leading player on the national stage on issues that had great impact on U.S. history in the early 21st Century (military readiness, border security, the 9-11 aftermath, health care and economic development). Ortiz' longevity of service includes a deep involvement...

Not Elf on the Shelf - Shelby's family has Mary and Joseph on the road to Bethlehem. They put Mary and Joseph figurines from the Nativity scene someplace in the house, moving them closer to the manger scene each day. Mary and Joseph's perilous, 90 mile journey to Bethlehem takes them from the Galilean highlands, to the Jordan River Valley, through the mountains and forests, to Jerusalem, and then on to Bethlehem. The story offers a very human look at Mary and Joseph, and shows the long road Jesus' parents took at the beginning of the greatest story ever told. Beautifully illustrated, this...

When the light goes off in the refrigerator, a family of colorful, familiar items spring to life, sitting down to the dinner table. The young son (Musty, the mustard) tells how he laughed at a kid at school that day, and then endures his family's anger for making fun of the new kid. The little boy doesn't want to admit he was wrong, and struggles with what to do to keep from going rotten in the fridge. This fun, beautifully illustrated, story book (for ages 4-6) teaches kids the value of being nice, through humor and alternative scenarios. It serves as a lively bedtime story, back-to-school...

Constitution Translated for Kids - winner of the 2011 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award for Education (Government and Politics), the "Mom's Choice Award" and a "Best Books Award" - is a simple, widely acclaimed, non ideological translation of the entire U.S. Constitution, side-by-side with the original 1787 text. Teachers hail the accompanying free Teacher's Guide as an extraordinary resource to teach the Constitution to all ages.

Cuando la luz se apaga en el refrigerador, una familia que vive dentro cobra vida. Al sentarse a cenar el pequeno Miguel (mostaza) cuenta como se comporto ese dia en la escuela con la llegada de un nino nuevo y despierta el enojo de sus padres. Que debera hacer Miguel "para no echarse a perder"? Este libro de cuentos alegremente ilustrado para ninos de 4 a 6 anos, ensena el valor de la amistad a traves del humor y situaciones diferentes . Es un relato apto para antes de dormir o al comenzar la escuela y ofrece otra mirada dentro de los mundos sociales de la ninez."