miscellanea

Introduces children to the people, places, history, and culture of the China and provides information on the country's attractions, popular landmarks, cuisine, and interesting trivia.

Complete with instructions, diagrams and photographs, this is a collection of directions for playing indoor and outdoor games and making dolls, homemade board games, and other toys.

Presents the history of the U.S. Democratic party in a question-andanswer format.

Presents the history of the U.S. Republican party in a question-andanswer format.

Provides an introduction to the history, religion, land, climate, and languages of Southern Africa and examines their pre-history and emerging states, European settlement and domination, Zulu warriors and uprisings, Apartheid, and liberation.

Provides an introduction to the history, religions, land, climate, and language of West Africa and examines its pre-history, stone age, and iron age, the slave trade, colonial era, and the "Women's War.".

A reference guide to ancient Egypt which features miscellaneous facts and explanations of their significance.

A collection of two hundred vignettes that offer facts about the history of the United States, organized by themes.

George Washington, worried that his troops are not a match for the mighty British army, is inspired by a poem written to him by Phillis Wheatley, a former slave, who knew what it was like to long for freedom.