Describes the day-to-day practices and experiences of men, women, and children of all social classes in Stuart England, covering topics such as schooling, family life, material culture, cuisine, and entertainment.
Chronicles the life of Blaise Pascal, exploring his childhood as a prodigy, essential additions to Descartes's work at sixteen, invention of the mechanical calculator at nineteen, contributions to modern science and mathematical thinking, and other related topics.
In June 1665, excited at the prospect of coming to London to work at her sister Sarah's candy shop, teenaged Hannah is unconcerned about rumors of Plague until, as the hot summer advances and increasing numbers of people succumb to the disease, she and Sarah find themselves trapped in the city with no means of escape.
Discusses life at court and town and country life of seventeenth-century England from the reign of James I through the period following the Restoration.
Examines the life of sixteenth-century explorer and colonial leader John Smith, focusing on his role in establishing and governing the colony of Jamestown, and discussing his further explorations of New England.
Hannah and Sarah escape London, leaving behind plague and death as well as their sweets shop, and when it is safe, Hannah and her younger sister Anne return, only to face the city's Great Fire of 1666.
Discusses the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1607, and looks at how the English colonists weathered disease, starvation, winter storms, and Native American attacks to survive and thrive under the leadership of Captain John Smith.
In seventeenth-century London, Meg, who has little interest in cooking, needlework, or other homemaking skills, dreams of becoming a bookseller and someday inheriting her widowed father's book store.
Presents an account of the founding and difficult early years of the Jamestown Colony and discusses why colonists traveled from England to North America, what struggles the colonists faced in the settlement's first years and who led the colony and helped it become a success.
An English translation of the nineteenth century French play about Cyrano de Bergerac, a brilliant swordsman who hides his love for his cousin Roxane out of fear she will reject him because of his looks.
