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On both sides of the Civil War

2003
Presents historical information about the Civil War interspersed with a story about Daniel Mayfield and his parents who prepare to leave their home in Tennessee for the safety of Kentucky in order to avoid the boy's conscription into the Confederate army.

Flag Day

2006
Presents a brief history of the American flag and Flag Day, when the country adopted the flag, who created it, and how it has changed since 1777.

Edmonton Oilers

1996
Presents a history of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team, highlighting the games and players that have contributed to the team's success through the years.

The Tudors

the kings and queens of England's Golden Age
2012

Kate

the future queen

Confederates Don't Wear Couture

2013
While touring with group of Confederate Civil War re-enactors for a summer internship, Libby and Dev attempt to design and sell Southern Confederate costumes for a ball, investigate haunted battle grounds, and seek handsome Southern soldier boys.

Football

2012
Each title in this series will focus on one sport (or a group of related sports) that will give readers an overview of the sport, scientific principles and concepts related to the sport, biomechanics and physiology related to playing the sport, and relevant elements of related sports medicine.

Life in a medieval abbey

2003
Provides a portrait of the English monastery at the height of the Middle Ages, looking at the roles of the various people who lived in the abbeys, the craft involved in building a monastery, the blossoming of artistic and intellectual activity, and other aspects of life within the abbey walls.

Family life in the Middle Ages

2007
Presents a history of the family during the Middle Ages, covering the transition from Roman times, the impact of religion, the physical environment, and the family in the West, in the Byzantine Empire, in the Islamic World, and in the Jewish culture of the times.

Kings & queens of ancient Britain

a magnificent chronicle of the first rulers of the British Isles, from the time of Boudicca and King Arthur to the Wars of the Roses, the Crusades and the reign of Richard III
2007

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