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  • Medicine and Health

    Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Medicine and Health covers the many contributions American Indians made to the world in these areas. In many ways, their medical and health practices were ahead of those of Europeans when settlers first came to the Americas. Ancient American Indian medical discoveries continue to save lives today.
    K

  • Food, Farming, and Hunting

    Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Explores Native American peoples' hunting, fishing, gathering, and farming practices, which helped sustain early European colonists and continue to play a role in feeding the world's population today.
    S

  • The European Overland Routes

    Irene M. Franck, David Brownstone

    Hardcover (Facts on File, June 1, 1990)
    A historical survey of the Amber Routes, the Appian Way, the Egratian Way, the Great North Road, the Heraclean Way, and the Orient Route.
    H

  • Science and Technology

    Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Shows how American Indians developed science and created technology by observing the world around them. The people of Mesoamerica invented the zero, created calendars, and developed writing systems. Today American Indians are scientists, doctors, and engineers, carrying a heritage of curiosity, observation, and invention into the future.
    L

  • Marine Science Experiments

    Pamela Walker, Elaine Wood

    Hardcover (Facts on File (J), July 1, 2010)
    The oceans directly influence climate and weather, affecting our daily lives in many ways. Marine science includes all of the sciences related to the sea, including marine biology and oceanography.Providing teachers with new and innovative classroom investigations in a clear and accessible format, Marine Science Experiments presents 20 experiments in this branch of science, on such topics as plankton, salinity, marine sediments, whales, and ocean regions. Experiments are supported by engaging, full-color figures and line illustrations to help hold students' attention while explaining important marine science topics.
    Z

  • Encyclopedia of Pollution

    Alexander Gates, Robert P. Blauvelt

    Hardcover (Facts on File (J), July 1, 2011)
    Encyclopedia of Pollution is a new, two-volume color set designed to address all aspects of pollution and the global impact on the environment in a single source. Containing more than 300 entries and essays interspersed throughout, it uses the most current scientific data to explain the different types of pollutants including properties, production, uses, environmental release and fate, adverse health response to exposure, and environmental regulations on human exposure. It provides the scientific background on the water, soil, and air of environments where the pollutants are released. Coverage also includes pollution regulation, the function of federal regulatory agencies and environmental advocacy groups, and the technology and methods to reduce pollution and to remediate existing pollution problems. Numerous case studies explore the most infamous of pollution events such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Gulf Storm oil well fires, the Chernobyl disaster, Hurricane Katrina, the World Trade Center disaster, and the Love Canal in New York, among many others including those that had great impact on legislation or that were used in popular media such as the films Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action. Biographies are provided of some of the leaders and pioneers of pollution study and activism. Other useful features include a detailed glossary, indexes, a timeline, and tables.

  • Peoples of West Africa: The Diagram Group

    Diagram Group

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Feb. 1, 1997)
    Surveys the geography and history of West Africa, describes the history, society, beliefs, and arts of the peoples who live there, and discusses medieval empires, slavery, and other historical topics, food and drink, hairstyles, folk literature, and music

  • The Gilded Age: 1870 to 1900

    Professor Rodney P Carlisle

    Hardcover (Facts on File, April 1, 2009)
    Often referred to as the 'Gilded Age', the period spanning from 1870 to 1900 encompassed both extravagant wealth and dire poverty in America. The Panic of 1893 caused an economic downturn and a major shift in electoral politics in the 1896 presidential race, leading to the nomination and victory of Republican William McKinley.

  • Elizabethan England

    Kathy Elgin, Professor Alex Woolf

    Hardcover (Facts on File, July 1, 2005)
    An eight-volume set examining the development of costume and fashion and the social history that gave rise to it. It depicts the changing styles, processes, and trends - from the first people to wear clothes in the last Ice Age to the courtly fashion of medieval Europe to the globalization of Western style - that led us to the clothing of today.

  • The Insomniac's Dictionary: The Last Word on the Odd Word

    Paul Hellweg

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Jan. 1, 1987)
    Book by Hellweg, Paul

  • The Facts on File Junior Visual Dictionary

    Jean-Claude Corbeil, Ariane Archambault

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Oct. 1, 1989)
    Identifies subjects in thirty-five categories and visually defines them as they appear in real life, emphasizing topics relating to children's surroundings
    H

  • Civil War Almanac

    John C. Fredriksen

    Hardcover (Facts on File, Aug. 1, 2007)
    Provides a chronology of military and political events of the Civil War, along with alphabetically arranged essays on the battles, individuals, legislation, and issues that impacted events.