When Mohandas Gandhi is thrown off a train one day, it marks the beginning of a journey. A journey to put an end to the unfair treatment of Indian people in South Africa. A journey to teach everyone that you can change the world without using violence. A journey to make the world a better place. A long journey that begins with one small word: No.

In this book, young readers are introduced, in an engaging and accessible way, to one of South Africa’s – and the world’s – greatest and bravest heroes, the remarkable Mahatma Gandhi.

Also available in Afrikaans as Hoe om ‘n trein te stop.

Wanneer Mohandas Gandhi eendag van 'n trein afgegooi word, is dit die begin van 'n reis. 'n Reis om 'n einde te maak aan die onregverdige behandeling van Indiërs in Suid-Afrika. 'n Reis om almal te leer dat jy die wêreld kan verander sonder om geweld te gebruik. 'n Reis om die wêreld 'n beter plek te maak. ’n Lang reis wat begin met een klein woordjie: Nee

Meet a judo champion, a chess grandmaster, a spacewalking astronaut, a World War II spy, and more. . .

What do all these people have in common?

They are all inspiring Jewish women―mensches who rocked the world!

This is part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times. Each entry places the subject in the context of their age and evokes what was distinctive and interesting about their personality and achievement.

As the son of a former slave, a musical pioneer, and a posthumous winner of a Pulitzer Prize, composer Scott Joplin fought a lifelong campaign to have ragtime music accepted by the American public. This instructive biography includes all-new information about Joplin's accomplishments. Born in Texas in 1868, Joplin showed enormous musical talent at an early age. When he was 20 years old, he began to tour the Midwest, demonstrating his command of the piano. He became famous for writing and playing ragtime music, a predecessor of jazz, which features a strong syncopation in its jaunty, African-based rhythms. Before Joplin, ragtime was considered vulgar. After Joplin became one of the first black composers to publish his songs, his compositions, such as ""Maple Leaf Rag,"" considered a masterpiece, and ""The Entertainer,"" featured in the 1973 Robert Redford/Paul Newman film, ""The Sting"", helped ragtime attain national prominence.