history

Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focusing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.

Contains a short history of sign language including information on the Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet who was instrumental in founding Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, as well as on Helen Keller and others involved in teaching the deaf.

A biographical portrait of archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, describing how his youthful determination to live a romantic and heroic life came true when he discovered the lost city of Troy.

Examines the ways humans have measured time throughout history and discusses the various units that are used to keep track of it.

Provides information on what it was like to be a soldier at different stages in world history, beginning with the Roman Empire in 50 A.D. and continuing through World War II, discussing what motivated the men to fight, and looking at issues such as camp food, weapons, and recruitment.

Text and photographs examine the health risks in the American colonies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and looks at the questionable, and even dangerous, treatments and remedies available at the time.

Looks at the history of astronomy from pre-history through the twenty-first century.

In 1938, fourteen-year-old Cece, an aspiring radio actress, encounters lies, secrets, and hoaxes both at home and in the studio where she is transcribing the script for Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds" broadcast.

Combines photographs, facts, and stories to describe a number of sports upsets and includes an audio CD of some of the actual broadcasts of the games.