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Books in Way People Live series

  • Life in the South During the Civil War

    James P. Reger

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1997)
    Describes the daily life in the Confederacy of ladies and gentlemen, slaves, middle class whites, and marginal characters
  • Life Among the Samurai

    Eleanor J. Hall

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1999)
    Discusses the social position, culture, and wartime and peacetime activities of the samurai warriors of ancient Japan.
  • Life of a Slave on a Southern Plantation

    Stephen Currie

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Sept. 1, 1999)
    Details the living conditions of plantation slaves, examing house, field and artisan work; food and clothing; marriage; separation; resistance; leisure activities; and old age.
  • Life During the Renaissance

    Patricia D. Netzley

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, April 1, 1998)
    Describes the history, culture, and life of people living during the Renaissance
  • Games of Ancient Rome

    Don Nardo

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Discusses life in ancient Rome, focusing on the origin and popularity of public games, Rome's monumental game facilities, gladiators, wild animal shows, and other spectacles
  • Life in Ancient Egypt

    Thomas Streissguth

    Hardcover (Lucent, Sept. 13, 2000)
    Examines ancient Egypt and how its politics, daily activities, art, religion, and social structures worked together to form Egyptian culture.
    V
  • Life As a Nazi Soldier

    Eleanor H. Ayer

    Hardcover (Lucent, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Provides information on what daily life was like for German soldiers during World War II, including what they did during training, battle, and leisure time.
    Y
  • Life on the Underground Railroad

    Stuart A. Kallen

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Describes what it was like to be involved in the Underground Railroad, discussing life on the run, the lives of the trackers, conductors, and stationmasters, and the building of new lives in Canada
  • Life in the Australian Outback

    Jann Einfeld

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Sept. 18, 2002)
    Describes the variety of people, careers, and lifestyles found in Australia's Outback.
    Z+
  • Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

    Gail Stewart

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1995)
    Describes life in the section of Warsaw where Polish Jews were confined by the Nazis in the eary 1940s
    X
  • Life During the Spanish Inquisition

    Gail Stewart

    Library Binding (Lucent Books, Jan. 1, 1998)
    Examines the culture of Spain during the centuries of the Inquisition by focusing on personal aspects of daily life at the time
  • Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues

    John F Wukovits

    Hardcover (Lucent, Oct. 15, 2004)
    While Major League Baseball enjoyed a widespread following in the first half of the twentieth century, another brand of ball existed in the shadows. Forced by segregation to develop their own leagues, African American athletes played an equally exciting game. Life for these ball players could be arduous, yet they endured the hardships because of one thing -- a love for the sport.