With the help of masterful cross sections, dramatic storytelling, and sidebars that highlight key concepts, places, and technology, readers can immerse themselves in 14 historic expeditions, from Leif Erikson's journey to North America to Edmund Hillary's... [More...]

This intriguing series looks at the lives of the rich and poor in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia. Highlighting differences in everything from food to religious beliefs, Rich and Poor In enables readers to imagine what life was like at the top... [More...]

How do we learn about ancient civilizations? Fortunately, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome left plenty of records behind. This series examines that evidence and explains how historians use it to reconstruct what life was... [More...]

World War I shows students how to find, evaluate, organize, and use information available on the Great War, such as the causes of the war, the role of the American army on the Western Front, and the Russian Revolution. Theres advice on planning and... [More...]

This work examines how Franklin D. Roosevelt navigated prewar neutrality to push the U.S. toward intervention on the side of the Allies, and considers critically his wartime policy of unconditional surrender and his unprecedented acceptance of a fourth term.

It is World War II, and the town of Coventry is being bombarded by German planes. While out hunting for Nazi spies, Bill and his brother find an unexploded bomb. When their friends refuse to believe them, Bill takes his brother on a dangerous quest to prove... [More...]

July 20, 2009, marks the 40th anniversary of the date that man first walked on the Moon. This special book combines the story of the preparation, journey, arrival, and landing of Apollo 11 with scientific information about the Moon and features a... [More...]

Anne Boleyn is prettiest of all ladies-in-waiting at the court of King Henry VIII. It isn't long before she catches the eye of the King, he is bored and unfulfilled by his marriage and with no heir apparent, he is casting his net wide. Anne is in love and... [More...]

Ross discusses how the British organized a massive, covert propaganda apparatus with the goal of dragging America into the Great War of 1914-1918 on the side of the Allies.