history

Sketches the history and achievement of soccer, highlights world competitions and memorable players, and examines various national playing styles.

Fifteen star players in the National Football League provide an inside look at some of their triumphs and disappointments, on the field and off.

The professional baseball player from the New York Yankees chronicles the baseball season of 1956 and his career.

The history of the black women writers in America, their struggle for recognition, and their contributions to American literature.

Presents a biography of the Jewish leader who led the revolt against the Seleucid Empire, taking Jerusalem in 164 B.C. and rededicating the Temple.

Examines the life and work of nine of the most renowned photographers to record life in the United States from the Civil War to the present day. Included are Mathew Brady, William Henry Jackson, Edward Curtis, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, and W. Eugene Smith.

A collective biography of the individual astronauts who risk their lives to make space exploration possible.