Relates the incident in the life of Matoax, a.k.a. Pocahontas, the American Indian princess, in which she saves John Smith from death.

Detailed illustrations and text provide a close-up look at the human body and its workings, covering individual organs, the diverse systems, and their functions

Describes the day-to-day life and work of a fifteenth-century printer in Nuremberg, Germany, as seen through the eyes of his twelve-year-old son

Depicts the journey made by a boy and two monks from Ireland to Rome during the Middle Ages

Presents a story of a rich merchant, Francesco Datini, and his household in northern Italy in the late fourteenth century, seen from the viewpoint of a slave, depicting the merchant's life in the town of Prato and his work in nearby Florence.

Describes a year in the life of the monks living in the great monastery of Cluny in medieval France, as seen through the eyes of a young boy who has just joined the monastic order.

Observes a young Viking boy who lives on a farm in Denmark around 900 A.D. while his father sails on trading expeditions, until the entire family moves to a new settlement in England. Includes illustrations of tools and equipment they might have used in their daily lives.Observes a young Viking boy who lives on a farm in Denmark around 900 A.D. while his father sails on trading expeditions, until the entire family moves to a new settlement in England

Presents the story of a young auxiliary soldier at a fortress on Hadrian's Wall, depicting life in the Roman Army in the third century A.D

Tracing a year in the life of a royal tomb painter and his family, this volume details everyday life in ancient Egypt, more than three thousand years ago

Observes a potter and his family living in Athens in 420 B.C., a time of the Olympics, a great festival to Athena, and the construction of many temples, and describes the potter at work making and decorating pots. Includes illustrations of tools and equipment he and his family might have used in their daily lives.Integrating facets of history, anthropology, archaeology, and social science, this unusual study follows a year in the life of a Greek craftsman potter and his family, who live in fifth-century B.C. Athens

Presents, in text and illustrations, a range of people whose way of life reveals various aspects of the society developing in Europe and America from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.

Depicts and interprets the latest fossil evidence on the development of modern man and relates the advances in early hominid biology which have occurred as a result of this evidence