history

In the opening days of World War II, Captain Alexander de Milja, a member of the Polish resistance movement, is given the job of smuggling the national gold reserve to the exiled government.

Presents topical essays on science as a whole; essays on the history of biology, mathematics, and physics; and historical profiles of algebra, anthropology, and anatomy and physiology.

Biographies of the six queens who were the wives of Henry the VIII of England drawn from early biographies, memoirs, and diplomatic reports.

Traces the ascent of Mary Tudor to power in sixteenth-century England and discusses the burning at the stake of nearly three hundred Protestants during her brief reign.

From Abbad I (d. 1042) to Zia [Zia-ul-Haq], Mohammad (1924-1988) covers despots, divine right monarchs, communist dictators, fascist leaders, and other infamous rulers in all periods of history.

Traces the history of Mount Rushmore and discusses how the monument has become a symbol of American history.

Presents information on the personal lives and careers of each president from George Washington to George W. Bush, and includes a section of comparative data on such topics as age and physical characteristics, death and burial, elections, and conventions.

Draws from historical events to tell the story of the military development of the knights of western Europe during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, discussing how they had to change in order to adapt to new technology on the battlefield and examining their code of chivalry.