Most Popular Books by Carolyn Meyer

Information on how masks have been used by various peoples over the centuries and directions for making similar masks out of easily available materials.

The author recounts her visit to South Africa where she interviewed numerous young people, both black and white, to find out what growing up is like in a country torn apart by racial strife.

Instructions and patterns for making a number of items by crocheting, knitting, weaving, and by macramé.

Retells nine familiar Bible stories accompanied by instructions for making relevant projects such as wall hangings, pillows, and stuffed toys.

Describes the life of Alaskan Eskimos and their dilemma in trying to reconcile the white man''s ways with their ancient culture.

Traces the history of spinning and weaving, patchwork and quilting, silversmithing, jewelry making, glassblowing, pottery, woodworking, and bookbinding and examines the lives of two or three artisans working in each craft.

A fourteen-year-old Jewish girl goes to live with her father and stepmother in a small town and soon finds herself the center of a civil rights battle when she objects to the high school band marching in the formation of a cross.

When seventeen-year-old Denny, who is black, falls in love with his white stepsister and her father throws him out, he drives cross-country to find his own father, whom he barely knows.

In today''s fast-paced, multi-tasking work environments, successful communication means more than getting the message across: it means getting noticed and getting results. Communicating for Results: A Canadian Student''s Guide offers practical, classroom-tested instruction not only in grammar but in the rhetorical techniques and persuasive strategies that students need to become effective writers and speakers. Its hands-on, skills-based approach uses models, organizational plans, workshops, discussion forums, quick-reference guides, and checklists to simplify the writing process while banishing writer''s block and easing fears about public speaking. Designed to make effective communication achievable in even the most demanding workplace environment, Communicating for Results is equally suitable for classroom use and personal desktop reference.

Drowning her unhappiness in luxurious parties and scandalous fashions when she falls short of impossible court standards and expectations, Marie-Antoinette incites the wrath of her impoverished French subjects and her disapproving mother. By the award-winning author of Doomed Queen Anne.

A study of the contemporary Yupik culture in an Alaskan village as seen through the eyes of a typical family.

Brimming with intrigue, romance, and adventure, a collection fit for a queen contains tales of four formidable young women who were wives or daughters of King Henry VIII in the titles, Mary, Bloody Mary; Beware, Princess Elizabeth; Doomed Queen Anne; and Patience, Princess Catherine.

The acclaimed author of "Mary, Bloody Mary" has penned a powerful historical novel about a little-known but gifted musician who becomes lost in the shadow of her younger brother.

Intolerant of drugs and drug use, Lan finds his convictions tested when a friend from the Youth Symphony asks for help.

In 1501 fifteen-year-old Catharine of Aragon arrives in England to marry Arthur, the eldest son of King Henry VII, but soon finds her expectations of a happy settled life radically changed when Arthur unexpectedly dies and her future becomes the subject of a bitter dispute between the kingdoms of England and Spain.

In 1921 in Dillon, Texas, twelve-year-old Rose Lee sees trouble threatening her black community when the whites decide to take the land there for a park and forcibly relocate the black families to an ugly stretch of territory outside the town.

Describes the way of life of an Amish family in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, including their work, beliefs, and customs.

The author relates her visit to Japan where she interviewed adults and children and recorded their feelings about life in a country experiencing drastic changes in lifestyle.

The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin''s Secret Service

The complicated lives of C.C.''s family and friends fall into new patterns the summer she is fifteen.

Fourteen-year-old Win hopes to receive support and guidance in self-acceptance from his adult friend Elliott, despite another boy''s insistence that Elliott is homosexual.

A guide to woodworking with directions and diagrams for numerous projects ranging in difficulty from a cheese board to a desk.

Provides original versions of folk songs from more than twenty-five cultures. As children sing or listen to the traditional and revised folk songs their knowledge of other cultures is expanded.

Collection includes two draft typescripts of Carolyn Meyer''s young adult novel, Girl with Brush and Canvas: Georgia O''Keefe, American Artist. Both typescripts bear handwritten editorial emendations and are signed by the author and dedicated to the Ted Hipple Special Collection.

Discusses the growth, cultivation, processing, and uses of coconuts. Includes thirty coconut recipes.

Meyer offers a revealing look at Kristina, who was raised by the King and Queen of Sweden as a prince rather than a princess and assumed the throne as King at the age of 18.

Follows the career of a group of rock and roll musicians trying to make it big.

A history of dairying around the world, particularly in the United States. Includes recipes using dairy products.

More interested in learning about Life than domestic arts, as her parents wish, fifteen-year-old Teddie learns perhaps a bit more about life than she''s bargained for during the summer of 1928.

Includes index.Describes the history and important ingredients of bread-making. Includes customs and legends about bread and discusses breads popular in different countries.

Originally published in 2000 as: Anastasia, the last Grand Duchess.