Books published by publisher Facts on File

A historical survey of the Amber Routes, the Appian Way, the Egratian Way, the Great North Road, the Heraclean Way, and the Orient Route.

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.

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

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.

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.

Book by Hellweg, Paul

Identifies subjects in thirty-five categories and visually defines them as they appear in real life, emphasizing topics relating to children's surroundings

Provides entries for places, events and people which have played important roles in African American history

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.

An alphabetically arranged reference contains the definitions and origins of more than 15,000 words and expressions, such as slang words, proverbs, nicknames, and phrases from literature.

A companion to Facts On File's Life On Earth set, this is a comprehensive resource providing young readers information about the sea and its creatures. It presents living things in their physical habitats, emphasizing the relationship between marine biology and marine ecology. Each volume focuses on one specific area of the marine world.

Surveys the early history of science, discussing the philosophical underpinnings developed by Greek thinkers, continuing through the developments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and concluding with the discoveries of the seventeenth century.