history

A photographic survey of developments in technology since the mid-eighteenth century, with information about the people behind the inventions.

Profiles all of the U.S. presidents from Washington to George W. Bush and the election of 2000.

Examines one of the most controversial battles in the civil rights movement, highlighting personal stories of the students and civil rights leaders who helped bring the races together.

Examines the lives and achievements of eight pioneers of aviation, including the Montgolfier brothers, inventors of the hot-air balloon; Bessie Coleman, the first African-American female pilot; and Beryl Markham, the first pilot to cross the Atlantic, east to west.

Presents hundreds of firsthand accounts of key events in the Civil Rights movement, covering a period that ranges from 1954 through 1965; and includes narrative introductions to each chapter, a chronology of events, a biographical dictionary, a bibliography, and photographs.

More than two hundred photos and informative captions present Anne Frank's family before their years in hiding from the Nazis; chronicle the events that affected their lives in Germany and the Netherlands; and show late twentieth-century examples of racism and racial violence in the U.S. and Europe.

Presents an illustrated description of the Industrial Revolution, and discusses its impact on daily life.

Surveys the development of the printing press, from advances in Asia and Gutenberg's work in Germany to the profound impact of printing on civilization in general.

A biography of the Hungarian-born Jewish physicist whose work in developing the atomic and hydrogen bombs, as well as the weapons system known as the Stategic Defense Initiative, still generates controversy.