Fast Track U S History

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: U.S. History! Covering the most important material taught in high school American history class, this essential review book breaks need-to-know content into accessible, easily understood lessons. Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important events, people, and concepts in United States history • Maps, timelines, and charts for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: U.S. History include: • Native Americans • Colonial America • The Revolutionary War • Abolitionism and suffrage • The Civil War and Reconstruction • The Industrial Revolution • The Great Depression • World Wars I and II • The Cold War • Civil rights • Conservatism and the "New Right" • 9/11 and globalism ... and more!

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: WORLD HISTORY! Covering the most important material taught in high school history class, this essential review book breaks need-to-know content into accessible, easily-understood lessons. Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important events, people and concepts in world history • Maps, timelines, and charts for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: World History include: • The Paleolithic era • Early and Classical civilizations • The Byzantine Empire • China, Japan, and India • The Renaissance • The Enlightenment • American and French Revolutions • Imperialism • Colonialism • World Wars I and II • The Cold War • Globalization ... and more!

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: U.S. History! Covering the most important material taught in high school American history class, this essential review book breaks need-to-know content into accessible, easily understood lessons. Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important events, people, and concepts in United States history • Maps, timelines, and charts for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: U.S. History include: • Native Americans • Colonial America • The Revolutionary War • Abolitionism and suffrage • The Civil War and Reconstruction • The Industrial Revolution • The Great Depression • World Wars I and II • The Cold War • Civil rights • Conservatism and the "New Right" • 9/11 and globalism ... and more!

Along with her daughter, Mason has written a guide for young women who are facing the tough decision of when--and if--to start a family. The result is a roadmap of new choices for women facing the sobering question of how to balance a successful career with family.

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT! Covering the most important material taught in high school government classes, this essential review book gets readers on the fast track to class success, with critical information presented in an easy-to-follow quick-study format! Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important concepts, institutions, and policies covered in U.S. government & politics, social studies, and civics classes • Diagrams, charts, and graphs for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, colorful modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: American Government include: • Constitutional underpinnings • Federalism • Public opinion • Voting and polling • The effects of mass and social media • Electoral laws and systems • Political parties, interest groups, and PACs • The branches of government • The legislative process • Civil rights and civil liberties • The U.S. criminal justice system ... and more!

GET UP TO SPEED WITH FAST TRACK: GEOMETRY! Covering the most important material taught in high school geometry classes, this essential review book gets readers on the fast track to class success, with critical information presented in an easy-to-follow quick-study format! Inside this book, you'll find: • Clear, concise summaries of the most important concepts, formulas, and geometric skills • Diagrams, charts, and graphs for quick visual reference • Easy-to-follow content organization and illustrations With its friendly, straightforward approach and a clean, colorful modern design crafted to appeal to visual learners, this guidebook is perfect for catching up in class or getting ahead on exam review. Topics covered in Fast Track: Geometry include: • Key terms • Angles • Polygons • Circles • Congruence and similarity • Constructions • Transformations • Trigonometry • Three-dimensional figures • Reasoning and proofs • Perimeter, area, and volume ... and more!

Orphaned as an infant, sexually assaulted as a naïve college student, strong-willed, impulsive Lark Chadwick is vexed and trying to figure out what to do with her mixed-up life. When she discovers the body of the aunt who raised her, Lark goes on a search for answers. She is stunned to learn from a 25-year-old newspaper clipping that she’s the “miracle baby” who survived a suspicious car accident that killed her parents at a rural railroad crossing in southern Wisconsin. Lark convinces Lionel Stone, the crusty Pulitzer-Prize winning editor, to let her do a follow-up investigation of the crash. Two of her sources are the sheriff and the town’s mayor, they’re running against each other for Congress, the election is a week away, and both men have a secret that will unravel the mystery. Fast Track is the first book in the award-winning Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense-thriller series penned by former veteran CNN journalist John DeDakis. As Lark learns, in order to find purpose in life, you first have to unravel the mystery of the past.

As she prepares for the 2004 Summer Olympics, our best hope for middle-distance gold tells young women runners where they go wrong--and shares the training and nutrition secrets that put her own career on the fast track Suzy Favor-Hamilton is the premier female middle-distance runner in the United States, whose many honors include 6 U.S. National Championships, 9 NCAA Titles, and 4 Big Ten Athlete of the Year Awards (now called the Suzy Favor award). In this book, she teams up with Jose Antonio, Ph.D., one of the pre-eminent exercise and sports nutrition scientists in the country, to show young female runners how to improve at their favorite sport. Currently there are 4.6 million women in the United States who run 100 days or more each year. In Fast Track they will discover: - How much, how hard, and when to train (and rest) - The pros and cons of strength training, cross-training, stretching, and other non-running exercises - How to avoid the top ten mistakes runners usually make - Why Suzy's diet program is very different than is generally recommended-and how this program has led to dramatic improvements in her running and in her life off the track Suzy's real-world experience competing at the highest level in athletics combined with Dr. Antonio's in-depth knowledge of exercise and nutrition science will make this book a 'must read' for all female runners-both competitive and recreational-who want to go faster, play harder, and minimize the risk of injury.