Water: Science and Issues
This set covers all important water science concepts and current issues and highlights major historical developments and key figures. 4 volumes.
History Behind the Headlines
Presents in-depth information on conflicts appearing in today's headlines. Users are provided with historical background and analysis to events to give a greater understanding of the politics; players; and layers of current affairs.
American Decades Primary Sources
Cross-disciplinary source spanning the 20th century. Each volume in the set includes full or excerpted primary sources representing the seminal issues; themes; movements and events from a decade. Includes oral histories; songs; speeches; advertisements; TV; play and movie scripts; letters; laws ; legal decisions; newspaper articles; cartoons; recipes; and more.
Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
A survey of the Renaissance-era topics most studied in high school world history; art literature; economics and science curriculum. Presents 465 alphabetically arranged entries broadly covering people; places; events; concepts; works of art and literature; and scientific achievements from around 1350 to 1620. For students in grades 7 and higher.
UXL American Decades
This series covers 20th-century events and social history beginning in 1900 and ending in 1999; written expressly for middle school students. Each decade is covered in one volume. Topics for each decade include: Headline Makers; Topics in the News; Arts and Entertainment; Business and the Economy; Education; Government; Politics; and Law; Lifestyles and Social Trends; Medicine and Health; Science and Technology; and Sports.
Genetics
A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of genetics; from Mendel to the decoding of the human genome. Explains the workings of genes and chromosomes; genetic diseases; and biotechnology. Also covers the ethical; legal; and social issues connected to genetic science. Includes full-color photos and line drawings; a glossary of scientific terms; and coverage of careers in the field.
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
Profiling milestones and movements in the arts; literature; music and religion from a specific period; each volume in this set helps students and researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other; as well as to history and culture. An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume.
African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience
Discusses the history of African Americans from pre-colonial times to the present. Includes memoirs; letters; family histories; newspapers; oral histories; and city directories; providing historical evidence to help understand and interpret past events. For high school and college students; as well as general readers.
Medieval World
Illustrated history of a thousand years of amazing diversity and development; from the fall of the Roman Empire around AD 500 and the Islamic expansion; to the discovery of the New World by Columbus in 1492.
Shakespeare for Students; 2nd ed.