Harmon, Daniel E

Chronicles Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf's life and discusses Pakistan's internal problems and relationships with other countries.

Examines the lives and discoveries of Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, seventeenth-century French explorers who were assigned to follow the course of the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to see whether it led to the Pacific Ocean.

Examines the military history of the United States, and looks at the responsibilities that go along with being the strongest nation in the world.

Discusses the history and development of the Food and Drug Administration, current issues facing this agency, and challenges for its future.

Describes the functions of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and communities of Turkey.

Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Libya.

Provides information about the Polynesians who migrated in canoes from Asia to the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and looks at the adventures of sixteenth and seventeenth-century explorers in the South Pacific.

Discusses the activities of some of the first French explorers who came to North America beginning in the late sixteenth century, including Giovanni Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, ?tien Br?l?, and others.