history

Examines the American Arts and Crafts movement during the early years of this century.

Presents the play-by-play of the best World Series in the history of baseball, and covers 1991, 1975, 1947, 1924, and 1912; and describes the melodrama, strategy, and heroes for each matchup, which includes Smokey Joe Wood, Joe DiMaggio, Carlton Fisk, and others.

Attempts to explain as objectively as possible the Supreme Court's rulings on privacy, rules of evidence, the exclusionary rule, and other Fourth Amendment issues.

Offers a cross-cultural survey of Western and non-Western sculpture, discussing technique, processes, and tools.

Discusses the situation of white women in slave-holding families during the Civil War, showing how they responded to their new responsibilities as heads of households, loss of prosperity, and a changing society.

Describes the hundreds of firsts involving African-Americans, arranged by subject, with annotations that summarize events, and brief biographies.