t is a great first book to be introduced to the conflict and to have difficult and complex issues like the Balkans distilled to the most base historical facts. There are maps that accompany each se…
The story of the heroism of the Children of France never will be fully told. Many of these little patriots have suffered the supreme penalty for their devotion to their country, leaving neither tra…
If you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the sea. They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. England and Scotl…
This book aims to furnish a concise and connected account of human progress during ancient, medieval, and early modern times. It should meet the requirements of those high schools and preparatory s…
The object of this book is to present a popular narrative of the Asiatic Zoological Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History to China in 1916-17. Details of a purely scientific nature h…
Eberhard's history is a decent starting point for a student of Chinese history, and one could even argue that this is more of a "social history" of China than otherwise, which will delight those in…
This is a great book because it gives lots of details about ancient china.
It's like a history textbook for the high school students. Easy to comprehend and full of interesting stories, which make it readable to all ages, even so many years have pasted. The contents are s…
What a great book for children to learn about the amazing buried treasures that are Pompei, Olympia, and Mycenae! There are gorgeous pictures of the actual excavations of these mythic places, and t…
Heidi is happy living in the mountains with her grandfather. One day, she is taken to the city to live with the frail and sickly Clara. Heidi longs for green fields and sunshine of the Alps. Perhap…