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New York City's Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, with more than 25 million visitors each year. Designed in 1857 by th...
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Presents a selection of primary and secondary source articles featuring diverse opinions about the Treaty of Versailles....
Examines one of the best know villains in English history....
Caring for the World's Poor
Examines the life of a Catholic woman, teacher, and missionary who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for aiding the poor and dying in India....
Discusses the prohibition era of early twentieth-century America, including temperance movements, the prohibition amendment, alcoholic beverage profit...
Ever since he made his first movie 20 years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio has become one of the most famous and highly regarded actors in Hollywood....
The Civil War brought enormous hardship and tragedy to America's female population. Yet, it also provided women of all races and social classes with u...
Examines the devastating earthquake that struck San Francisco in 1906 and the resulting fires that destroyed a large section of the city....
Describes the life and work of the award-winning musician whose success has continued for over thirty years....
Officially established by a 1948 United Nations mandate, which divided the area known as Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, the nation of Israel h...
In 1347, Europe was hit by the worst natural disaster in its recorded history: the Black Death. Now believed to be a combination of bubonic plague and...
According to the Hebrew Bible, David rose from humble beginnings as a sheepherder in the hills of Bethlehem to become the ruler of the ancient kingdom...
In 1935, 17-year-old I M Pei left his family in Shanghai, China, to study architecture in the United States. Following the Communist takeover of China...
Introduces the life and work of I. M. Pei, a Chinese American architect who is responsible for such works as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Clevela...
Presents a look at the personal lives and the music careers of the three men who made up the rap group Run-DMC....
The daughter of a wealthy planter, Alexander used her inheritance to fund research for her passion....
President during difficult economic times in the late 1970s, Carter supported ecology, government efficiency, and international peace agreements. He w...
Follows the life of the greatly admired American president, from his childhood in a log cabin to his actions in the White House....
A biography of the first Congressman from the state of Hawaii who was also the first American of Japanese descent to serve in the Congress of the Unit...
A biography of the former slave, Harriet Tubman, who led over two hundred slaves to freedom along the underground railroad....
Presents a biography of the Puritan woman who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for disagreeing with the prevailing religious practices....
Examines the life of the Spanish explorer who came to the Americas with Columbus and went on to become governor of Puerto Rico, he later discovered Fl...
Women Explorers chronicles the lives of six intrepid women whose hunger for adventure and knowledge compelled them on paths of discovery around the wo...
Discusses how the ten-year Chinese Cultural Revoltion changed the course of Chinese history in the 20th century....
Readers will be captivated by the remarkable accomplishments and riveting personalities featured in these biographies on the United States' greatest p...
Women's Rights Reformer
Describes the life of the Puritans in New England during the 17th and 18th centuries, including their religion and views on the supernatural, working ...
A biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimination to become a world-famous African American athlete, actor, singer, and civil rights act...
When the Boer War between the British Empire and the white-controlled South African republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State erupted in Oc...
Hysteria in Colonial America
Examines the witchcraft hysteria in Salem Village in 1692, including the history of witchcraft, the principal participants in the accusations, the tri...
Discusess the role of women during the Revolutionary period and highlights several women who played an important role in the fight for freedom....
Entertainer and Civil Rights Activist
A brief biography of African American entertainer and activist Paul Robeson that highlights his degree in law, his transition to acting, and his legac...
Discusses the Salem witch trials, containing information about the major participants and the event's effect on the nation's history....
Profiles the life of Alexander the Great, his short reign, his conquests, and his untimely death....