history

Thirteen-year-old Jason finds an old postcard at his recently-deceased grandmother's house that leads him on an adventure blending figures from an old, unfinished detective story with his family's past.

Describes the migrations of the Barbarian peoples between ancient times and the Middle Ages.

Examines the history of Hawaiian government and leadership from the early European conquest of the islands through to its entrance as the 50th state in the Union.

Describes a nighttime fire in a country house in Vermont in 1948 and the struggle of the residents to save their belongings.

Safely back in 1803 England, Merlin's Irregulars are more confident, proud, and powerful, but class distinctions complicate their relationships until the mages are called upon to rescue a vitally important French scientist and his family from Nazi-occupied France.

Amy Enfield becomes involved with the spirit of her ancestor Lucy Griffin and undertakes a quest for silver stolen from the parish church by Lucy's lover during the American Revolution.

When the cunning seafaring trader Gunnar and his short-tempered, sword-wielding son, Harald Silkenhair, land in Trollsvik looking for a crew for a journey to Vinland, fifteen-year-old Peer, suspicious of their motives, reluctantly agrees to join them, mostly to watch over his friend Hilde, who is eager to sail to the New World as companion to Gunnar's wife Astrid.

Examines the lives of some of the great women of the Old West, including Native Americans, African-Americans, Spanish settlers, and pioneers; and includes photographs and engravings, a glossary, listings of important dates and people, and an index.

Recounts the story of the American patriot who rode from Boston to Lexington to warn his fellow citizens that the British were coming.