Anne Terry White

Discusses the unique attributes which human beings have (such as nerves, a brain, language, the ability to learn and to form memories, curiosity, and the ability to change) which have enabled them to become masters of the earth.

Describes the operation, stations, and famous conductors on the underground railroad, a network that helped many slaves escape from bondage.

Traces the history of the Cherokee Indians from 1600 to 1839 when their struggle to save their land was lost and they were forcibly removed to the West.

How old is man? Where did he come from? How did he live? Less than a hundred years ago, people did not know. Then, exciting clues were discovered - hatchets made of stone, paintings drawn in caves, and skeletons of prehistoric beasts and prehistorie man. Step by step the puzzling pieces were put together until finally the great mystery was solved. Here is a story that spans a million years - the story of the first men in the world.

"In Windows on the World: Fifty Writers, Fifty Views, architect and artist Matteo Pericoli brilliantly explores this concept alongside fifty of our most beloved writers from across the globe. By pairing drawings of window views with texts that reveal--either physically or metaphorically--what the drawings cannot, Windows on the World offers a perceptual journey through the world as seen through the windows of prominent writers: Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul, Daniel Kehlmann in Berlin, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Lagos, John Jeremiah Sullivan in Wilmington, North Carolina, Nadine Gordimer in Johannesburg, Xi Chuan in Beijing. Taken together, the views--geography and perspective, location and voice--resonate with and play off each other"--

Examines, through eyewitness accounts, the growth, practice, and eventual abolition of the slave trade.

From the dust cover of the 1961 edition: The famous story of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, one of the best-known tales from the Arabian Nights. As the story unfolds, Ali Baba and his wife, although kind and good, are very poor while Ali's brother Cassim, who is lazy and greedy, is very rich...

A biography of the trade union leader, political activist, and pacifist who ran five times as the socialist candidate for president.

Two tales from the Arabian Nights, the first relating the seven adventurous voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, the second telling how a young prince twice used a magic horse to carry away the princess he chose to be his wife.

Retells the story of Odysseus' adventurous journey home from the Trojan War past Calypso, Cyclops, Circe, and other dangers.