1894-

Tells the life story of Georges Lema?tre, the twentieth-century Belgian priest who became the father of modern cosmology, and chronicles the history of the study of the universe's expansion.

Presents the life and work of Lema?itre, a Roman Catholic priest and cosmologist. His theories are compared to Einstein and modern scientists studying the universe.

Introduces a major twentieth century artist through selected photographs that he took during his childhood.

Examines the role of women in education in Italy, Great Britain, and the United States, through the lives of Maria Montessori, Dora Russell, and Mary McLeod Bethune.

A biography of an Italian peasant who immigrated to America in the early twentieth century and endured poverty and the difficult life of an unskilled laborer, determined to become a published poet.

Uses the experiences of two individuals, Ada "Bricktop" Smith and Joe Jones, to present the story of the Great Migration of Southern Blacks to northern cities from the late 1800s to the years after World War I.