A close-up look at the events surrounding the U.S. purchase of Alaska from the Russians. The author shows the human foibles on both sides of what was later to be regarded as a significant event in American history.
A career biography of a celebrity scientist who has brought astronomy to books, magazines, and television, as well as to his Cornell University classroom.
Text and photographic illustrations discuss animals as a food source, as the objects of hunting and trapping, as pets, and as the subject of the animal rights movement.
Focuses on the personalities and historical events which shaped the civilization of ancient Greece, from the story of the Trojan War to the conquests of Alexander the Great.
A biography of the Wisconsin Senator whose questionable methods as a "Communist witch-hunter" brought him fame in the decade after World War II and led to his eventual censure by the United States Senate.
Includes nine stories about some of the best known haunted houses in the world, including the Octagon in Washington, D.C., and the Weir house in Edinburgh, Scotland.
