history

A collection of firsthand accounts of thirty human and robotic spaceflight missions.

Traces the history of Western art, discussing how and why specific works were created, how works in different media are related to each other, and how artistic trends were developed.

A narrative chronicle of the invention of the compass that discusses its development in both China and Europe.

Studies how epidemics have changed history and how human behavior has contributed to the emergence and spread of disease.

Traces the history of laudanum, focusing on how the drug was touted as a miracle drug during the nineteenth century, causing writers, artists, and everyday citizens to become addicted to it.

Traces the history of democracy, discussing how it was developed, how it works, why people are prepared to give their lives to achieve democracy, and how it has helped shape the history of the twentieth century.

Profiles the lives and work of important American women who fought for the female right to vote, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Anna Howard Shaw, Alice Paul, and Carrie Chapman Catt.

An illustrated chronicle of the race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to achieve greatness in space exploration, spanning from the earliest research efforts and military interest in rockets to the battle for the moon and eventual cooperation between the nations.

Traces the lives and motives of American assassins or would-be assassins and their impact on history.

Presents volume four of an eight-volume series on political assassinations, and chronicles the life of civil rights activist, Medgar Evers, the events that led to his murder in 1963 by White Supremacist Byron De La Beckwith, and the trial and conviction that took place thirty years later.