Celebrates the lives of the first Africans arriving in America, depicting their hardships, triumphs, and contributions to American society.

A wealthy rancher is so certain of the honesty of his foreman that he wagers his ranch.

Even though her nephew Tuthomosis III destroyed almost all evidence of her triumphant reign, archaeologists have been able to recreate the amazing and unconventional life of Egypt's only successful female pharaoh who used a male title, wore men's clothing and a beard, and kept her people happy and content, in a lavishly illustrated biography.

Mi Nuong, the sheltered and privileged daughter of a mandarin comes to understand the consequences of her naive, yet cruel, words to a fisherman. By the author of The Sea King's Daughter.