Brooks, Philip

Examines prehistoric life around the world, showing how tools and survival skills developed, and looking at the progress made by early people in the areas of art, culture, religion, and society. Includes information on archaeological finds, maps, and fact boxes.

A biography of American artist, Mary Cassatt, who was an impressionist painter during the early 1900s in France.

Describes the planning and building of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and examines its exhibits documenting the European Holocaust from 1933 to 1945.

Offers an account of the history of prehistoric peoples around the world, beginning with the origins of the human race in Africa and continuing through the birth of civilization.

Presents the history of Hannibal, a famous Carthaginian military commander who invaded Italy by crossing the Alps with war elephants, and won many battles against Rome over a decade before being defeated in the Battle of Zama at Carthage.

A color-illustrated overview of transportation that describes a wide variety of vehicles including automobiles, bicycles and motorcycles, boats and ships, aircraft, and spacecraft.

Follows the life of the successful entertainer Oprah Winfrey, from her difficult childhood to her present fame.

Text and illustrations depict some of the sports and games popular in the United States.

A biography of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, focusing on both her personal life and her art.

Describes how Joseph McCarthy and his associates tarnished reputations and ruined lives as they investigated potential communists and Soviet spies in the 1950s, how the "witch-hunt" ended, and its consequences.