Axelrod, Alan

Learn how the cops really catch the bad guys.

A collection of short narratives that chronicles over 1000 events beginning with the earliest peopling of America and ending with Hurricane Katrina in 2005 explaining the importance of each in American history.

In 1558, Elizabeth I inherited a business in trouble: burdened by runaway inflation and a debased currency, lacking strategic alliances, torn by internal dissent, and eyed greedily by competitors bent on takeover, England was on the brink of ruin. Forty-five years later, the island nation was the richest and most powerful country in Europe.

Contains more than 750 entries that provide information on various aspects of American folklore.

Provides over seven hundred entries about the second World War discussing the biographies of key figures, maps and explanations of decisive battles, and the military, historical, political, and diplomatic aspects of the war.

Profiles of over 600 individuals and organizations that have influenced the environmental movement.

Chronicles the Indian wars from the Colonial wars to Wounded Knee with biographies, personal narratives, and excerpts from diaries.

Presents biographical information on nearly 500 military leaders looking at each subject's significance to military history, an overview of their military service, and their character.

Provides a comprehensive overview of American history, from the arrival of the first people on the continent through the coming of the millennium, with capsule histories of major events, brief biographies of key people, digests of important statistics, and definitions of historical terms.

A collection of short narratives that chronicles over 1000 events beginning with the earliest peopling of America and ending with Hurricane Katrina in 2005 explaining the importance of each in American history.