history

Describes the weapons, wars, and ways of the barbarian warrior nations that swept through Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the high Middle Ages.

Examines the origin and development of antisemitism as well as the effect it has had on the Jewish people.

A biography of the American inventor remembered for his steamboats but who was also an entrepreneur and political visionary.

Documents the history of the right to vote in America, from colonial times to the present, including the struggles of blacks, women, and those under twenty-one to win that right.

Chronicles the various word games, tells how they began, how they are played, and describes the many variations that have proliferated over the years.

Discusses the changing pattern of women's lives in the 1940s.

Bibliography: p. 389-416. A political biography exploring Mussolini's career including his childhood, his leadership of Italy, his weaknesses, and his military miscalculations.

Discusses the Tudor era and analyzes the royal Tudor women and their influence on this period of English history.