history

Covers the rich diversity of life in India, covering customs and rituals, artworks, artifacts, and temples.

Provides an overview of the land, people, history, and culture of Russia from its earliest days to the present.

Covers the kingdoms and peoples of pre-colonial Africa revealing traditional lifestyles, beliefs, skills, and crafts of the ancient continent, from the Sahara southwards.

A ten-volume overview of the twentieth century which explores what characterizes each decade as expressed through the arts, economy, education, government, politics, fashions, health, science, technology, and sports.

Examines the life of the Indian princess Pocahontas and her contact with English settlers, especially John Smith.

Explores the life and times of the great painter, scientist, philosopher, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci.

Provides information on the American war for independence: the battles and leaders, soldiers and heroes, scoundrels and patriots.

The Sixties in America Reference Library presents a broad overview of the turbulent 1960s, a decade that forever changed the American social, political and cultural landscape.

Provides information on the history of space exploration and the daily life of astronauts.

During World War II, a young Jewish boy escapes his home in the ghetto after the Nazis invade, and eventually joins a resistance group in the forests of Poland.