history

The story of man's fight against seven major dangerous diseases including smallpox, leprosy, plague, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, and AIDS.

Presents a discussion of feminism, explaining what it is and the issues involved, tracing the history of women's quest for equality, and looking at how feminism has been received in various countries and under different political regimes.

Recounts the history of organized crime from the Cosa Nostra to Al Capone to recent global criminal organizations.

Presents an in-depth look at the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movements from their inception to the present.

Traces the history of rockets from fireworks to the space age. Includes biographical information on the inventors and the innovators.

A biography of the social reformer who spent her life helping the poor and working for women's rights, who also founded The Catholic Worker and established House of Hospitality that still feed and shelter the poor in cities around the world.

A young German boy recounts the fate of his best friend, a Jew, during the Nazi regime.

A biography of the founder of the first school for the deaf in the United States who, among other accomplishments, evolved a new sign language and wrote children's books.

Follows the life of one of the first black organizers of voter registration in Mississippi.

Text and photographed details of a mural depict the history of the Japanese people in America.