A Henry Holt reference book

Discusses the history of food and how humans have progressed from a diet of roots and berries to one of doughnuts and coffee. Includes more than 13,000 entries in twenty-eight areas such as agriculture, technology, transportation, and retailing.

Illustrated guide to the philosophies and faiths of Asia, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto, examining the main beliefs of each tradition and discussing its origins, history, and modern practice.

Collection of journalistic dispatches from ten American conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm, providing a chronicle of the evolving nature of warfare and the development of the war correspondent.

Collection of the most important mythological traditions of the world with more than 500 color photographs, line art, charts, and maps.

Collection of inaugural addresses by United States Presidents, including the five who were never inaugurated, with annotations, brief biographies, and more.

Explores human physiology with sections on the various systems of the body.

History of Europe illustrated with more than 500 pictures and 120 maps.

Maps, illustrations, and text tell the history of the United States from pre-Columbian times to the elections of 1992 and 1994, with information on Prohibition, gender relations and segregation, colonization, the slave trade, and immigration.

Essays written by many prominent historians examine almost 100 classic films and point out how actual historical events and figures differ from the way they are portrayed in the movies.