Profiles the legendary pitcher who played twenty-seven seasons in the major leagues, following his journey from living in a small town in Texas to becoming a Hall of Fame pitcher and owner of the Texas Rangers.
A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.
Describes the establishment of concentration camps throughout Nazi-occupied territory whose sole purpose was to exterminate Jews and other people considered undesirable by Hitler and his followers.
Discusses the Elizabethan Age in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries as well as the role Queen Elizabeth I played in bringing stability and wealth to England during her reign.
Chronicles the lives and careers of eight military leaders who served during World War II, including Rommel, Zhukov, Yamamoto, Nimitz, Eisenhower, Von Manstein, Montgomery, and MacArthur.
A history of the Nazi movement in Germany beginning in 1919 with the German Workers' Party and including discussion of Adolf Hitler, anti-Semitism, and World War II.
