Earle Rice

Looks at the life of French explorer Alexandra David-Neel, focusing on her experiences after she left her husband and traveled to India where she became intrigued with the Buddhist religion, eventually becoming the first Western woman to enter Tibet's Forbidden City, Lhasa.

This is an overview of the noted O.J. Simpson murder trial and the events preceding it.

This book discusses strategic battles in the Pacific during World War II, including Bataan and Corregidor, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

Sir Walter Raleigh streaked across the Elizabethan heavens like a bright, shining star. Often regarded as a true Renaissance man that is, a man gifted with many talents and abilities he lived life to the fullest. Born to adventure, Raleigh parlayed a sharp mind and a yen for prestige and power into enough living for a dozen lesser men. As soldier, swashbuckler, writer, historian, poet, explorer, businessman, and more, he rose in favor at the court...

Photographs and easy to follow text present a historical overview of the Korean War which began when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel to invade South Korea in 1950 and includes a chronology timeline and glossary.

Learn about the life of the famous explorer.

The Evolution of Government and Politics: China provides an opportunity to explore the government and political structure of China and how the nation s government evolved and changed through history. The young reader is encouraged to analyze past events and draw conclusions about how outside factors modified China s political system and world influence. The China title has been developed to address many of the Common Core specific goals, higher level...

In the 1920s, life was good for most Americans-and great for many. Prosperity built on the new economic premise of buy now, pay later ruled the decade known as the Roaring Twenties. Then the bubble burst, and America s house of cards came tumbling down. With stunning suddenness, the stock market Crash of 29 revealed the flaws in America s economy and plunged the nation into the worst depression it had ever known. The troubled citizenry called on...

Acclaimed as the most beautiful woman of her time, Eleanor of Aquitaine uniquely shaped 12th-century Europe. As the wife of two kings and the mother of three others, her beauty, grace, style, and intellect captivated a continent. At a time when men regarded women as little more than personal property to be owned and exploited, Eleanor threw off the shackles of male dominance and scribed an indelible mark on the history of France and England. As France's...