Product Description: Pat Ryan, an Irish American, studied art at Mount Holyoke College in the mid-forties, having been introduced, by her parents, to the work of the masters through frequent museum trips in Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York. After a three-year stint as a Navy WAVE, the State Department offered Ryan a job abroad, where she would realize her dream of seeing the original works she'd so admired in her youth...read more

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Describes the geography, history, people, and culture of the mountainous island country of New Zealand

A simple introduction to the land and people of the African nation of Kenya

Describes the history, geography, people, and customs of this peninsular Asian country.

Describes the five major regions of China and briefly tells how people live there

Describes the geography, history, people, and customs of South Africa

Recounts some of the highlights in the history of the America's Cup yachting competition, from its beginning in 1851 through the 1987 victory of Dennis Conner.

Describes significant moments in the history of the heavyweight boxing championship.

Examines the team's history, their highlights and failures, and discusses key players and games

A history of the sixty-year-old Giants football team looks at fifteen world championship games as well as more than twenty great Giants players who have made it to the Hall of Fame

Traces the history of the Los Angeles Raiders football team and highlights the team's great players of the past and present