A comprehensive look at the life of Anne Frank, her family, and the friends who helped them and other Jews to elude Nazi soldiers for two years by hiding in an attic.
Chronicles the life of Agnes Bojaxhiu, or Mother Teresa, and describes her work with the ill and poverty-stricken in Calcutta, as well as her many honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize.
Looks at what life was like for town and city dwellers during the Middle Ages, discussing the feudal system, kings and castles, and the church and religion, and examining the circumstances of different classes of people.