juvenile literature

A history and current appraisal of the Latin American countries, particularly their past and present relationship with other nations.

Photographs and text document life in Biblical times, surveying the clothing, food, and civilizations of a wide variety of cultures, including the Israelites, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans.

Describes the warm river flowing in the Atlantic Ocean, the studies that have been made of it, and its current and future importance.

An introduction to the geography, history, culture, agriculture, industry, and current political situation of Afghanistan.

Details that period of Spanish history and civilization when the Muslims invaded and took over the Iberian peninsula, parts of which they controlled for nearly 800 years.

Describes what life would be like if you had lived at the same time as Abraham Lincoln.

Contains the most current information about China's development and modernization.

During the Great Depression of the 1930's twelve-year-old William has a series of Christmas dreams in which he glimpses, among other visions, the Holy Family as an Eskimo family.