history

Explores how artists who immigrated to America during the first half of the twentieth century to escape war and persecution in their homelands influenced the culture of America and how their work was influenced by their experiences in the United States.

A novel about the history of philosophy, that uses the life of a schoolgirl, Sophie, as a backdrop for a discussion of the meaning of life.

Recounts scientist, journalist, and conservationist George Bird Grinnell's efforts to protect a herd of wild American buffalo in the last three decades of the nineteenth century.

Presents the history of the AIDS epidemic around the world, discussing the science, politics, and culture of the disease.

Chronicles seven presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon to George W. Bush that profiles their early years, political careers, presidency, and legacy.

Chronicles the post-World War II presidential administrations of Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson that profiles their early years, political careers, presidency, and legacy.

Profiles the presidential administrations of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt that chronicles their early years, political careers, presidencies during the Great Depression, Roosevelt during World War II, and the legacy that each leader left behind.

Chronicles five presidential administrations from Theodore Roosevelt to Calvin Coolidge that profiles their early years, political careers, presidency, and legacy.

Chronicles the presidential administrations of Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley that profiles their early years during the development of the Industrial Revolution, political careers, presidency, and legacy.

Chronicles ten presidential administrations during the age of expansion and reform from John Quincy Adams to James Buchanan that profiles their early years, political careers, presidency, and legacy.