Chrisp, Peter

Surveys the origins and causes of European fascism, in such countries as Italy, Nazi Germany, Spain, and Romania, and seeks common characteristics of the different nationalistic fascist movements.

Eyewitness accounts, 3-D models, maps, data boxes, and photographs provide an overview of mummies, with links for safe, secure Web sites where students can learn more about specific topics.

Examines the development of costume and fashion over the course of history, focusing on the styles and trends of the Victorian Age, from about 1837 to the dawn of the twentieth century. Includes photographs and a time line.

An account of explorers and their journeys including those along the rivers of North America, across the deserts of Australia, and to the region around the South Pole.

Various characters, including a waterman, an actor, a gallant, and an apple seller, from Shakespeare's London describe the Globe Theatre from their own perspective.

An illustrated, historical overview of piracy, examining the lives of seafarers, legendary figures, battles, and treacherous travels across the world's oceans with 3-D illustrations and fact boxes, and describing the ancient pirates of the Mediterranean, Viking raiders, Barbary corsairs, seventeenth-century buccaneers, pirate fiction of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and other related topics.

A color-illustrated children's guide to the clothes, tools, beliefs, ships, feasts, and livelihoods of Vikings, which includes step-by-step instructions for related projects.

Examines the lives and culture of the people of the Roman Empire, discussing clothing, society, homes, work, food and drink, the military, and other topics; and includes instructions for a variety of related craft projects.

Describes the life of an eight-year-old child named Cleon in ancient Greece, discussing families, homes, clothing, food, gods, sports, games, and things that people made.

Presents the life and work of the English playwright William Shakespeare and provides information about the theater of sixteenth-century London.