history

Profiles important inventors and inventions from colonial America, including Benjamin Franklin, David Rittenhouse, Sybilla Masters, Benjamin Banneker, and Thomas Jefferson.

Examines various aspects of home life in colonial America, discussing housing, furniture, families, children, housework, food and drink, cooking, spinning, weaving, sewing, and changing lifestyles. Includes a glossary and list of primary sources.

Contains twenty articles that provide accounts of scientists and discoveries that changed the course of world history, from the invention of gunpowder in 1280, to the landing of the first men on the moon in 1969.

Shows how pioneers practiced medicine that was sometimes practical, sometimes superstitious, and sometimes downright dangerous.

Orphans Amy and Dan Cahill, continuing their worldwide quest to track down the thirty-nine clues that will reveal the secret of the Cahill family's power, follow a link to one of the planet's strongest fighters, and have a run-in with the unreliable Alistair.

Illustrations and easy-to-follow text describe what life was like for a sea captain living during the colonial times.

Discusses the foods, methods, equipment, and places used by cooks in colonial America.

Looks at how colonial Americans kept themselves entertained, discussing Native American sports and games, colonial sports, music, theater, social activities, festivals, and other topics. Includes a glossary and list of primary sources.

Examines medicine and medical practice in colonial America, discussing the effect of European diseases on Native Americans, Native American medicine, disease in colonial communities, medical supplies, and other topics. Includes a glossary and a list of primary sources.

A color-illustrated look at the innovations in technology and design that affected home products, furniture, architecture, transportation, and fashion in the 1990s.