Product Description: Though small, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan plays a crucial role in the affairs of the volatile Middle East. A moderate Arab country, Jordan borders not only Israel and the West Bank, but also Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. This strategic locationalong with the nuanced and forward-looking foreign policy of Jordans young ruler, King Abdullah IIhas made Jordan an island of calm in the often-turbulent Middle East...read more

Product Description: Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, foreign relations, and major cities of the Palestinians.

Product Description: The more than 3,800-year-old history of the land known as Mexico is populated with great military and political leaders, inspirational artists and writers, and extraordinary women. This book provides biographical information about some of the most important figures in Mexicos history, including the Aztec emperors Itzcoatl, Montezuma, and Montezuma II; the Spanish conquistador Hernn Corts; the 19th century political leaders Agustn de Iturbide, Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna, Benito Pablo Jurez, and Porfirio Daz; the revolutionaries Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa; and artists like Diego Rivera, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, and Frida Kahlo...read more

Product Description: For nearly 4,000 years, the people who have lived in the region known as Mexico have expressed themselves through a variety of folk arts. Today, the art and architecture of Mexico blends indigenous and pre-Columbian influences with Spanish and European traditions...read more

Product Description: This illustrated series exhibits biographical accounts of the great people of all time. 'People of Importance' includes a variety of figures, such as Vincent Van Gogh, Mother Teresa, Archimedes, Confucius, Dalai Lama, and Marco Polo.

Product Description: Discusses the confederacies formed by Native American tribes to control trade and keep peace in their regions, including how confederacies were created and how today's Native American tribes continue to form alliances.

Product Description: This illustrated series exhibits biographical accounts of the great people of all time. 'People of Importance' includes a variety of figures, such as Vincent Van Gogh, Mother Teresa, Archimedes, Confucius, Dalai Lama, and Marco Polo.

Product Description: Discusses the foods common to Native American tribes, and explains the cultural significance certain foods had for specific tribes.

Product Description: This illustrated series exhibits biographical accounts of the great people of all time. 'People of Importance' includes a variety of figures, such as Vincent Van Gogh, Mother Teresa, Archimedes, Confucius, Dalai Lama, and Marco Polo.

Product Description: This illustrated series exhibits biographical accounts of the great people of all time. 'People of Importance' includes a variety of figures, such as Vincent Van Gogh, Mother Teresa, Archimedes, Confucius, Dalai Lama, and Marco Polo.

Product Description: Surveys the history of the arts in Mexico, discussing architecture, painting and sculpture, the performing arts, the literary arts, and Mexican folk art.

In Mexico, the blood of European peoples and the indigenous tribes came together. They formed a new nation and a new culture, one neither European nor Native American. Here, readers can discover the people who helped create Mexico.

Discusses the geography, history, economy, government, religion, people, foreign relations, and major cities of Tunisia.

Product Description: Helps to learn how William Shakespeare persevered through plagues, limited education, and family tragedy to become one of the most revered playwrights and poets in history, whose works continue to entertain audiences more than 400 years after his birth.

Offers a simple biography of Samuel Clemens, the author known as Mark Twain, through tales of his early days growing up in Missouri through his later years as an adventurer traveling to the western frontier.

A biography of the German composer who was inspired by personal tragedies to create great musical compositions.

Chronicles the life of the Suquamish leader who helped his people to adjust to the arrival of white settlers, in spite of his misgivings about their effect on the environment, and offers an interpretation of his famous speech.