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Polio epidemic

crippling virus outbreak
2001
Discusses the history of polio, the development of the polio vaccine, and its present-day occurrences elsewhere around the world.

The Titanic

For appearance' sake

the historical encyclopedia of good looks, beauty, and grooming
2001
Presents more than three hundred alphabetized entries on people, companies, and topics related to grooming and attractiveness around the world.

The making of the atom bomb

2000
Discusses various topics connected to the production of the atom bomb, including the development of nuclear energy, work on atomic weapons at the Los Alamos and other sites, and the decision to use the first atomic bomb during World War II.

The righteous gentiles

1998
Presents an overview of non-Jews throughout Europe who tried to save Jews from persecution and extermination by the Nazis.

Smoke to flame

September 1935-December 1938
1998
Uses primary source material along with historical narrative to explore the unique aspects and events in the period of the Holocaust between September 1935 and December 1938.

The blaze engulfs

January 1939-December 1941
1998
Uses primary source material along with historical narrative to explore the unique aspects and events in the period of the Holocaust between January 1939 and December 1941.

American Indian children of the past

1997
Describes what life was like for Indian children growing up in various regions--Northeast Woodlands, Southeast, Southwest, Plains, and Northwest Coast--during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.

Freedom of worship

1997
Explores freedom of worship, as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, along with its history and importance to the formation of the United States of America.

The porcupine

1991
Examines the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the North American species of porcupine.

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