History & The Past: General Interest (Children's/Teenage)

The con artists in this book pursued a variety of ambitions—making money, winning wars, mocking authority, finding fame, trading an ordinary life f...

He must make a speech to a joint session of Congress that will build support for America’s entry to World War II, but to do that he needs an armore...

They are all among the historical figures portrayed in this delightful book by writer Abby Ewing Zelz and cartoonist Eric Zelz. Just like us, the g...

Discover the scientists who changed our world in My First Heroes: Scientists! Push, pull and slide the scenes to find out about Zhang Heng, Isaac N...

Discover the artists who changed our world in My First Heroes: Artists! Push, pull and slide the scenes to find out about Artemisia Gentileschi, Vi...

Discover the inventors who changed our world in My First Heroes: Inventors! Push, pull and slide the scenes to find out about Archimedes, Patricia ...

Many people are fascinated by tales of lost civilizations such as Atlantis, Camelot, El Dorado and Lemuria because they believe they may have been ...

The founding fathers and mothers of the United States were not, as history often makes them out to be, stuffy cardboard figures of virtue and nobil...

Benito Mussolini was a man of many contradictions but with one driving ambition: to rule Italy and restore it to the power and splendor of the anci...

Early in life, Joseph Stalin became convinced of the inevitability of social revolution. And in it, he was determined to play a prominent role. He ...

A House Divided is an exciting introduction to two of the most fascinating players in the American Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant was gruff and sloppy...

With expert storytelling skills, historian Jules Archer recounts the complete story of Watergate, from that first fateful predawn Saturday morning—...

In the early stages of the Pacific War, General Douglas MacArthur was expected to prevent the Japanese from taking Australia. With limited forces, ...

The Fact Atlas series offers an age-appropriate overview of the historic and world-changing events of World War II, covering everything from the ri...

At twenty-six, Douglas MacArthur was military aide to President Theodore Roosevelt. His courageous leadership of the Rainbow Division during World ...

Find out about the life of Martin Luther King Jr from how he fought racism and led the civil rights movement to his tragic death and how he is reme...

Why do people riot?From the Boston Massacre in 1770 to the Los Angeles riots of 1992, mob violence in the United States is often sparked by unjust ...

History has shown that dictators often share similarities in the ways they come to power, hold power, and topple from power. The Dictators is a fas...