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The World in the Time of Marco Polo
Fiona MacDonald
Hardcover (Dillon Pr, June 1, 1997)Marco Polo (1254-1324) was an Italian merchant and explorer, who spent more than 20 years travelling around the world. This book describes some of his adventures, the people he met, the places he visited and the sights he saw. It also highlights what was happening elsewhere in Marco Polo's time in countries he did not visit. This book covers the years 1200-1350 so that the reader may see his life in context and understand how the world was before Marco Polo was born and what happened in the years soon after he died. To help the reader find their way through the book, each chapter has been divided into seven sections. Each section describes a different part of the world, and is headed by a colour bar. There is also a time line giving an outline of world events in Marco Polo's time and a map which shows some of the most important places mentioned in this book.
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Ada Byron Lovelace: The Lady and the Computer
Mary Dodson Wade
Library Binding (Dillon Pr, Nov. 1, 1994)A biography of the British noblewoman whose additions to her translation of an account of Charles Babbage's calculating machine became the first computer program
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Madam Prime Minister: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher
Libby Hughes
Library Binding (Dillon Pr, Nov. 1, 1989)Examines the childhood, education, and political career of the woman who has been elected prime minister of Great Britain three times
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The World in the Time of Alexander the Great
Fiona MacDonald
Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Oct. 1, 1997)Recounts the story of Alexander the Great and looks at what was happening all around the world in his time.
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Margaret's Story: Sexual Abuse and Going to Court
Deborah Anderson, Martha Finne
Library Binding (Dillon Pr, May 1, 1986)Examines the story of a young girl who is sexually abused by her neighbor and what happens when she seeks help
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Racing the Iditarod Trail
Ruth Crisman
Library Binding (Dillon Pr, May 1, 1993)Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Iditarod, the annual Alaskan sled race that began in 1925, in which mushers and their brave dog teams travel more than one thousand miles over harsh, wintry terrain from Anchorage to Nome.
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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination
Jr. McHale, John E.
Hardcover (Dillon Pr, March 1, 1995)Traces the life of Dr. Mudd, a physician who unknowingly treated the fugitive assassin John Wilkes Booth, and was later wrongly convicted of being a conspirator
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Mr. Z and the Time Clock
Bonnie Pryor
Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Feb. 1, 1986)When twelve-year-old twins become owners of a time clock, they begin traveling back and forth through time, trying to solve the mystery of the strange Mr. Z who is a sinister presence in their lives.
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The Tuskegee Airmen: Black Heroes of World War II
Jacqueline L. Harris
Paperback (Dillon Pr, Jan. 1, 1996)Covers early Black aviation, and the struggles and glories of the 99th Fighter Squadron which trained near Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
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Elizabeth Van Lew: Southern Belle, Union Spy
Karen Zeinert
Paperback (Dillon Pr, March 1, 1995)Traces the life of a Southern woman who remained in Richmond as a Union supporter, where she provided help to Union prisoners and organized a spy ring that sent information to Union intelligence
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The World in the Time of Charlemagne
Fiona MacDonald
Hardcover (Dillon Pr, Oct. 1, 1998)Describes the life and reign of Charlemagne and tells what was happening all around the world in his time
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Margaret Bourke-White: Photographing the World
Eleanor H. Ayer
Library Binding (Dillon Pr, June 1, 1992)Traces the life and accomplishments of the noted photojournalist who served as a foreign correspondent for the magazine "Life" during World War II and the Korean War
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