18th century

"[This] picture book biography chronicles the life of the first pioneer of children's books--John Newbery himself. While most children's books in the 18th century contained lessons and rules, John Newbery imagined them overflowing with entertaining stories, science, and games. He believed that every book should be made for the reader's enjoyment. Newbery--for whom the prestigious Newbery Medal is named--became a celebrated author and publisher, changing the world of children's books forever"--Provided by publisher.

"Discusses the school life of children who lived in the thirteen colonies, including lessons, books, teachers, examinations and special days"--.

Presents basic writing and selections from the work of Locke, Voltaire, Berkeley, Hume, Reid, Condillac, La Mettrie, Hamann, and Lichtenberg.

"[Relates the history] of late-eighteenth-century Hawaii--its kings and queens, gods and goddesses, missionaries, migrants, and explorers--a not-so-distant time of abrupt transition, in which an isolated pagan world of human sacrifice and strict taboo, without a currency or a written language, was confronted with the equally ritualized world of capitalism, Western education, and Christian values"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an inclusive, multidisciplinary look at the rapidly changing world from 300 to 1750 through a combination of reproducible text, maps, timelines, charts, and drawings in loose-leaf format.

Presents an inclusive, multidisciplinary look at the age of revolution from 1750 to 1914 through a combination of reproducible text, maps, charts, timelines, and drawings in loose-leaf format.

Learn about the powerful people who guided the nation through the revolution and the new nation.

Looks at the secret agents employed by George Washington during the Revolutionary War and the other secret activities carried out in the effort to fight the British.

George Washington?s Secret Spy War is the untold story of how George Washington took a disorderly, ill-equipped rabble and defeated the best trained and best equipped army of its day in the Revolutionary War. Author John A. Nagy has become the nation?s leading expert on the subject, discovering hundreds of spies who went behind enemy lines to gather intelligence during the American Revolution, many of whom are completely unknown to most historians.