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The Global Warming Combat Manual describes the practical measures that readers can take to reduce their carbon footprints and shows how to link personal choices with international campaigns to combat global warming.

This book lays bare the struggles Ebenezer D. Bassett, the nation's first African-American diplomat, faced as a pioneer of one of the most controversial times in America's history: racial integration.

Explores the history of the unique Indo-Muslim nation of Pakistan, from the ancient Indus Valley Civilization to coming of Islam to the ongoing and volatile feud with India over the region of Kashmir.

A-Z entries and primary document excerpts explore the turbulent history of poverty in America.

Considers the place of private schools in the larger story of American education

Examines the Primary, Secondary, and Postsecondary levels of education, identifying the types of education, and any race, gender or social class issues that impact education. This series includes discussions of curriculum and teaching methods, which are helpful.

One country's sacrament is another's illicit drug, as officials in South America and the United States are well aware. For centuries, a hallucinogenic tea made from a giant vine native to the Amazonian rainforest has been taken as a religious sacrament across several cultures in South America. Many spiritual leaders, shamans, and their followers consider the tea and its main component - ayahuasca - to be both enlightening and healing. In fact,...

A detailed examination of history's most brutal killers.

Corgi Toys proved an immediate success in the 1950s and over the next 30 years hundreds of miniatures would be modelled on contemporary vehicles. This book explores the history of Corgi Toys, describing the various models and illustrating how these simple children's toys became valuable collectables.

This book traces the history of syphilis and efforts to control the disease in the United States, from Colonial times to the present.