Offers a brief introduction to the life and times of Union War Secretary Edwin Stanton, providing information on his childhood in Ohio, his career as a lawyer, his friendship with Abraham Lincoln, and other related topics.
Discusses life in China primarily during the Han dynasty, describing the life of farmers, life in a city, life in the military, business practices, the arts, and more.
Text and illustrations chronicle the life and achievements of controversial seventeenth-century Separatist Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island and served three terms as its president; also includes a glossary, chronology, colonial time line, and further reading list.
Examines the life of the physicist who, among other achievements, was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize for physics for developing the hydrogen bubble chamber, a powerful tool for tracking atomic particles.
Discusses the history of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, including its construction, the plays that were performed there, its financial aspects, and the reconstruction in 1995.
Describes the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu, the ruins of which show the religious beliefs, masterful stonework, wise use of natural resources, and history of the people who ruled the largest indigenous empire of the Americas.
