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Enzo George
In this day and age of technology, social media, and supervision, it’s difficult to imagine someone vanishing without a trace. This page-turner includes famous disappearances such as expedition crews in…
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Provides a history of reports of alien encounters from ancient times to the present day and introduces some of the theories and beliefs put forward to explain these events.
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This compliation of facts, overview analysis, and primary sources gives an in-depth look at World War II in Europe and North Africa.
The Irish tomb called Newgrange dates back 5,000 years. It’s no ordinary tomb. The impressive mound is surrounded by 97 stones, is decorated with artwork, and seems to have passages…
The Pyramids of Giza are 4,000-year-old tombs built for three Egyptian pharaohs. Though all have been looted over the years, they still hold many surprises and curiosities. And they reflect…
It was once said that anyone who entered the Russian village of Dargavs would never leave…alive. This community, now called the City of Dead, contains about 100 crypts in the…
The tomb of China’s First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, is guarded by an army of more than 6,000 life-size terracotta warriors. Doubtless many untold treasures and secrets are sealed in…
Westminster Abbey is a breathtakingly beautiful church in London, England–that happens to hold more than a thousand tombs! Many of the most famous British personalities were laid to rest in…
The subterranean tombs known as the Roman Catacombs are truly time capsules. Some tunnels date to the first century. Both Jewish and Christian graves are found there, including cremated and…
Examine the causes, circumstances, and effects of westward expansion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the eyes of pioneers and explorers.
Examine the causes, circumstances, and effects of the Revolutionary War through the eyes of the Founding Fathers, generals, soldiers, and common people.
Examine the causes, circumstances, and effects of the Civil War through the eyes of generals, soldiers, and common people.
Examine the causes, circumstances, and effects of the Great War through the eyes of generals, soldiers, and common people.
Examine the discovery and settling of the American colonies through the eyes of explorers, soldiers, and common people.
The early nineteenth century in the United States was a study of contrasts. On the one hand, the Jazz Age brought cultural liberation, vivacity, and reckless consumption; on the other…
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, it prompted the United States to enter World War II on multiple fronts. From Africa to Europe, the Pacific to the home…
Shortly after World War II, America experienced an incredible economic and technological boom as soldiers returned home from abroad. The middle class grew, and technology such as the automobile and…
This title explores the sit-ins, protests, tragedies, and victories of the Civil Rights Movement.
Describes the major events of the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
Details the events of the Middle Ages, including the fall of Rome, the Crusades, and the Mongol invasions, and includes samples of primary sources from the time period.
The rebirth of knowledge, art, and philosophy, and a rejuvenation of banking and business, mark the period known as the Renaissance. Follow the important events in this flourishing of Western…
Europeans widened their world in a search for goods, land, raw materials, and other objects that created wealth in the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. View documents, maps, art, and…
The transition from an agricultural economy to an industrial one in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the West caused one of the great upheavals in the history of the…
Details the events of modern history since World War I, including the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, and the Cold War, and includes samples of primary sources from the time…
This interesting title shows readers how the creation of maps depends a lot on the individual perception of the mapmaker. Readers will explore how mapping strategies can be used to…
Playing basketball requires skill, strength, agility and physics! Get an edge on your competitors with this fascinating book, which reveals the science of the game. Discover how players who jump…
Pedaling a bike engages some of the most complex forces in the world of physics. Get an edge on your competitors with this fascinating book, which reveals the science of…
Whether you are throwing and catching in your backyard, playing touch football, or receiving the kick-off at the Super Bowl, you are demonstrating the laws of physics. Get an edge…
Nearly all snow and ice sports involve overcoming the force of friction and reducing it as much as possible. Get an edge on your competitors with this informative book, which…
The streets are a physics playground! Discover how, by applying forces such as friction and the laws of motion, inertia, and torque, the urban environment can be used for sports…
Whether it is a fun day at the beach, taking a canoe trip across a lake, or doing laps in a pool, water is a great venue for sports and…
Playing basketball requires skill, strength, agility-and physics! Get an edge on your competitors with this fascinating book, which reveals the science of the game. Discover how players who jump have…
There are endless phrases and theories about what happens when we are on death’s door. Your life flashes before your eyes. You see a bright light. The truth is, no…
Learn about the Civil War through the eyes of those who lived it with this compliation of primary sources and analysis.
