A history of the first cross-country air race for women which took place in 1929, and contains profiles of the twenty women who participated including Amelia Earhart and Ruth Nichols.
Presents a collection of vintage black-and-white photographs documenting the history, players, and teams of the legendary Negro Baseball Leagues of the 1940s and 1950s near the end of their era.
A collection of photographs by U.S. Marine Joe O'Donnell that capture the people, places, and horrors he witnessed in Japanese cities after the U.S. bombing raids.
Presents a collection of nineteen essays on the controversial theory of evolution, and address issues such as Darwin's ideas of natural selection, tracing man's origins, creationist arguments, and more.
Introduction to the various aspects of the theatre, providing an overview of acting, lighting, makeup, directing, costumes, sound, and set design, and including essays on the history of theatre.
Presents brief descriptions of more than a hundred disasters of the twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries, including natural phenomena, pandemics, ecological disasters, shipwrecks, and human malevolence, arranged by decade.
Traces the history of blue jeans from the invention of riveted pants by Levi Strauss in California in the 1870s, to the appearance of the garment on the fashion runways of the twenty-first century.
a history of African-Americans & the national game
McNary, Kyle P
2003
Includes detailed history of baseball from the perspective of the African-American players and statistics and analysis of the games of the Negro League World Series.
Presents an overview of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and chronicles the events that led to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, including interviews, photographs, and information from important historical documents.
Presents over four hundred full-color illustrated photographs describing over forty hot rods and customized cars and includes technical and performance information and engineering modifications of each vehicle.
