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

The ingenuity and technology of the ancient world never ceases to surprise and signalling demonstrates both to the full. There has, however, never ...

The history of the United States has been characterized by ferventidealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for everycritical, defining m...

Delightful and inspiring tales of some of the most fascinating andawesome women of colonial times American history is rife with stories of our fou...

Get to Know the Presidents! Ever wonder what the U.S. presidents were really like? Just like the rest of us, our nation's leaders got into scrapes ...

Sail down the Ivory Coast with the ancient Phoenicians. Meet theKublai Khan with Marco Polo. Join the Antarctic explorers in theirrace to reach the...

Serve up a heaping lesson of history with delicious recipes from our nation's past-- from the pilgrims' first feast to today's high-tech, low-fat f...

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES TO LIFE Discover why young people all over the country are reading the Black Stars biographies of African American ...

Chariot racing, peplos weaving, cooking, and helmet making! Anything can happen when you spend the day in ancient Greece! It is over two thousand...

Parades, gladiator games, tunic weaving, and coin making! Anything can happen when you spend the day in ancient Rome! Find out what life was like...

Royal jubilees, towering pyramids, face painting, and jewelry making? The sky's the limit when you spend the day in ancient Egypt! Picture this: Yo...

Profiles of some of history's greatest scientists-- and fun experiments that demonstrate their theories! Janice VanCleave's Scientists Through the...

It took her two tries, but in 1955, sixty-seven-year-old Emma “Grandma” Gatewood became the first woman to solo hike the entire length of the Appal...

The true story of one family choosing kindness in a time of war and fear When World War II "borrows" the men in seven-year-old Gerda's family, the ...

Alan Turing was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. He created one of the first designs for a stored-program computer and is...

Explore the Victorians who lived in a time of great progress and change. Find out how factories and towns grew incredibly fast, and the British Emp...

A fantastic sticker book full of brave knights and magnificent castles and over 400 colourful stickers to complete the medieval scenes. Scenes incl...

Mary is a brave nurse. When a war starts in the Crimea she sails across the sea to help, and even enters the battlefield!Hopscotch Histories are br...

Nero wanted to be a singer. But his mother wanted him to be emperor of the most powerful empire in the world. Through lies, scheming and murder she...

Designed as an introduction to the Holocaust, this book presents the origins and history of anti-Semitism, beginning with the year 70 A.D., when th...