Product Description: The Internet gives us information, communication options, shopping opportunities, entertainment, and much more--all at the touch of a fingertip and much of it for free. But in exchange for these benefits, we may be losing a basic right: the right to privacy...read more

Product Description: A stunning series exploring a fascinating variety of arts, crafts, designs and styles. Looks at what we can learn about a culture through its works of art.

In the Middle Eastern nation of Iran, discontent simmered for decades. The Iranian people despised their leader, Reza Shah, who catered to foreign businesses while ruling Iran as a dictator. In 1979 discontent boiled up into all-out revolution. Led by the charismatic Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian people seized control and created a new government based on the Islamic religion. The Iranian Revolution quickly became a showdown between the ideas and values of Islam and those of the West--particularly the United States. The most dramatic event in this showdown occurred in late 1979, when Iranian students captured a group of U.S. Embassy staff, holding them hostage for more than a year. During the following decades, the revolution recast the face of the Middle East: it set in motion a movement of Islamic fundamentalism--a movement that has taken center stage in world events in the twenty-first century. The Iranian Revolution is an ongoing story. However the story ends, the revolution is surely one of world history's most pivotal moments.

Product Description: - One of the few series that covers a broad range of major events throughout U.S. history.- A proven, best-selling series that has been redesigned and rewritten, with new topics to bring it up to date.- Great introduction to the various presidents and the changing ways in which they have connected with U...read more

Introduces the sport of baseball , and includes a brief history; describes the skills and tactics used and how to reach the highest levels; and highlights or lists some of the top players, coaches and teams.

Product Description: Search for the origins of fire with Mantis. Witness mighty Zeus as he employs a powerful thunderbolt to overthrow his tyrannical father in ancient Greece. Meet Amaterasu, the Japanese goddess of the sun who shut herself in a cave, leaving the whole world in darkness...read more

Product Description: What did Hernan Cortes hope to find when he explored Mexico? Why did he decide to destroy Tenochtitlan? How did his journey shape the future of Mexico? Follow the life of Hernan Cortes from his childhood in Spain, to his travels to the New World, to his ru

Product Description: Eye witness accounts from a range of source material, including diaries, letters and newspapers, form the basis of this series. Each book in the series provides a helpful insight into an important period of history or world-changing event.

Product Description: Describes the scientific contributions made by people in colonial America, including natural history, medicine, astronomy, and electricity.

Product Description: Describes the history of the National Mall, the buildings around it, and the special events that have been held there.

Product Description: What was it like to be in the north tower of the World Trade Center when it was hit by American Airlines Flight 11? How did it feel to be the president on September 11, 2001? What was it like to be a witness to history? Revisit the day the world changed: September 11, 2001...read more

Product Description: "I know that nothing will stop the eternal increase from these pirates but the presence of an armed force." When U.S. president Thomas Jefferson wrote these words, pirates from the Barbary Coast had been attacking U.S. merchant ships for almost ten years...read more

Looks at genocides of six different peoples--the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, the Jews of Europe, the Cambodians, the Tutsis of Rwanda, the Muslims of Bosnia, and Darfur tribes of Sudan.

Showing what art reveals about historical civilizations and how history is portrayed through the art and architecture that remains, this title focuses on a significant period of events, politic, culture and every day life. It supports the QCA schemes of work for history at Key Stage 2 and 3, with relevance to the art curriculum at Key Stage 3.

Product Description: Discover the wonders of Native American art in this title that uncovers the unique culture and people that have created these beautiful art forms.

Supports a wide range of intermediate-grade curricula with a balanced perspective on the U.S. government's often controversial agencies and institutions--and how they work to solve problems, provide national security and infrastructure, represent the United States, and impact citizens' day-to-day lives.

Discusses the history of the presidency and the many duties of the president, and looks at specific presidents during key periods in history.

Offers a window into native American culture, reflecting its history, technology, beliefs and daily life. Every piece of Native American art tells us something about the environment in which the culture developed, so that we can see how and why people make their art. Age 12+.

Discusses the troubled childhood, life, and career of the nineteenth-century composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Over 200 questions and answers introduce myths from many ancient cultures, including Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Celtic, Norse, and Native American.

Offers a factual and in-depth look at one of the bloodiest battles in American history that is acknowledged as the turning point in the Civil War, complete with a day-by-day breakdown of events, profiles of major players, detailed examination of battle maneuvers, and more.

Offers a look at the events that led up to this incredible battle between the Native Americans and the Federal Troops and the destruction of the Plains Indians’ way of life that followed as a result of their victory, complete with profiles of the major players, recent archeological finds, glossary, and a list of places of interest to visit.

Examines the creation of the original thirteen colonies in the United States, from the failed colony of Roanoke in 1587 to the formation of the Georgia colony in 1733.