history

Instructions for making medieval costumes such as king, monk, knight, peasant, and minstrel, with facts about the medieval period.

Explores 20th-century American eating patterns and includes a selection of recipes reflecting contemporary tastes.

Details the events, technological advances, people, and machines involved in the history of spaceflight.

An illustrated history of flight from early theories to the present time.

Describes in human, political, and scientific detail the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the power of the atom, to the first bombs dropped on Japan.

Discusses why and how walls have been constructed throughout history, around cities, castles, even countries.

A survey of the past and present wildlife of Europe, Asia, Africa, Madagascar and the Islands of the Indian Ocean, the Malay Archipelago, Australia, and New Zealand. Includes a discussion on the future of wildlife.

An introduction to the achievements of ancient China.

Summary: Traces the development of Air Force aviation by examining specific types of fighter planes.