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This book is an excellent guide to the basics of American history. I would not recommend it as a stand-alone textbook, but as a supplementary resource or prep for AP exams or SAT IIs.
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In this story Mr. Henty traces the adventures and brave deeds of an English boy in the household of the ablest man of his age --- William the Silent. Edward Martin, the son of an English sea-captain, enters the service of the Prince as a volunteer, and is employed by him in many dangerous and responsible missions, in the discharge of which he passes through the great sieges of the time. He ultimately settles down as Sir Edward Martin
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This book contains simple information about aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman life, with numerous hands-on projects for costumes, shoes, food, Greek/Roman crafts, art projects, Greek letters, clay tablets, Greek/Roman math and science projects.
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As part of the Horrible History series, this is about the British Royals throughout time. It provides an easy and fun way to remember who was who and who did what, and to whom.
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A visual chronology of world history, spanning more than 20,000 years-from the first humans to the dawn of the new millenium.
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This is an excellent reference manual that summarizes major world history events and topics from 4000 B.C. - 1996. The text provides "facts, charts, definitions, and explanations, complete with examples and illustrations."
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This cultural atlas focuses on the near east, or Mesopotamia, Anatolia, most of the land in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It talks about the transition of hunter-gatherers. The great history of the Near East...Fertile Crescent and areas around it.
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Dean Keith Simonton examines uncommon people: those creators and leaders whose impact on their own and later times has been so great that they deserve the label "genius." A simultaneous look at creativity and leadership is itself uncommon, and the comparison shows that when creators and leaders act at genius levels they have many similarities. What it is that causes them to stand out above others? Simonton believes that if we subject the lives of the eminent to scientific analysis we may be able to discover general laws of history and social be...
http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?chunk=25&mtype=&wtit=Genius%20Creativity%20%20%20Leadership
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In this path-breaking work, Dean Keith Simonton examines a range of important personalities and events that have influenced the course of history. He discusses how people who go down in history might be different from the rest of us, and explores which personality traits predispose certain people to become world leaders, movie stars, scientific geniuses, and star athletes. In exploring the psychology of greatness, this fascinating work also sheds light on the characteristics that any of us may share with history-making people.
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There are three books: Ancient Egypt, The Romans, and Ancient Greece. Each book starts out with describing the particular culture and then the rest of the book is the mystery that includes clues based on the history of the culture. The reader can earn points for each clue they figure out without looking back in the book.
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This is an 11-volume overview of American History that goes into much greater depth than the typical history book. Joy Hakim does an excellent job of telling both sides of issues and placing people in the context of their times. The text itself is very readable, aimed at middle school levels, with many interesting sidebars. Each book has a comprehensive bibliography of other readings, both fiction and non-fiction, that reinforces the material.
The Second Edition has updated information incorporating the most recent discoveries in h...
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History with the nasty bits left! This series makes history come alive through satire, parody and comics! Includes: The Awesome Egyptians,The Groovy Greeks, The Cut-throat Celts,The Rotten Romans, The Vicious Vikings, The Measly Middle Ages, The Angry Aztecs, The Terrible Tudors, The Slimy Stuarts, The Gorgeous Georgians, The Vile Victorians, and The Blitzed Brits. Note: some of the above may not be available readily in the U.S.A. Amazon.co.uk offers quick, reliable delivery.
http://www.terry-deary.com
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Books in the series include: If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln, If You Grew Up with George Washington, If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King, If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War, If You Lived in Colonial Times, If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, and If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad. The books are written in question and answer format and provide information about what life was like at that time in history.
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Jackdaws are a series of curriculum guides for eras in American and world history, accompanied by facsimiles of primary historical documents and materials. For students (and homeschooling families) who prefer to work from primary sources, like the accurate "look" of history, and find a curriculum guide helpful, the Jackdaws will lend a "you are there" perspective to the study of history.
http://www.jackdaw.com/
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This book critiques the common American history textbooks, "corrects" common fallacies and offers a revised chronicle of U.S. history providing additional, ignored and suppressed information. Winner of 1996 American Book Award.
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From Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill to Winston Churchill, a distinguished historian tells the life stories, delving deeply into the psychological background as well as the accomplishments, of eight men and one woman whose ideas and actions epitomize the essential development of British political and social life for the last hundred and fifty years.
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The Molly series follows Molly and her family through World War II, with Molly's father (an Army doctor) away at war. It shows what life was like for Americans at home during the war. For example, the family must cope with wartime shortages, they plant a victory garden, and take in a girl from England.
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In this service publication of the National Association for Gifted Children, editors Frances Karnes and Stephanie Nugent, provide a retrospctive review of events and milestones that have shaped the field of gifted education. Through individual profiles, more than 50 influential people in the gifted education field share their insights of where gifted education has been and where it is going.
http://www.nagc.org/acb/stores/1/Profiles-of-Influence-in-Gifted-Education-38-P89C31.aspx
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To a child, the future is a magnificent dream. For Jean-Francois Champollion, the dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past. In 1802, when Champollion was eleven years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges over the next twenty years as he searched for the elusive key to the mysterious writing -- and the fulfillment of his dreams.
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No one has demonstrated sprezzatura, or the art of effortless mastery, quite like the Italians. From the rise of the Roman calendar and the birth of the first university to the development of modern political science by Niccolo Machiavelli and the creation of the modern orchestra by Claudio Monteverdi, Sprezzatura chronicles fifty great Italian cultural achievements in a series of witty, erudite, and information-packed essays.
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This is a paperback book in the Horrible History series. With cartoon and anecdote, Deary and Hepplewhite highlight Egyptian History in a lighthearted way. Informative, fun, light and in tone without sacrificing substance. It is a supplementary resource, not a main text.
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The Cartoon Guide to the Universe is one of many books in the Cartoon History series that spans various subjects. Whether you are a fan of history, comics, or Gonick's books, The Cartoon History of the Universe is a great place to start. Part I contains volumes 1 to 7, from the Big Bang to Alexander the Great which include black and white illustrations of all subjects.
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Starting with the rise of China and going through the fall of Rome, Larry Gonick continues his chronicles of history that began in Volume I (chapters 1-7). The cartoons serve to make the book entertaining and accessible to younger kids. Gonick's style adds humor and color to the stories of history.
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Starting with the Big Bang and going up to Alexander the Great, Larry Gonick covers the major events in European History. The cartoons serve to make the book entertaining and accessible to younger kids. Gonick's style adds humor and color to the stories of history.
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Thousands of years--way before Christopher Columbus set sail--wandering tribes of hunters made their way from Asia across the Bering land bridge to North America. They didn't know it, but they had discovered a New World. The First Americans is a fascinating re-creation of pre-Columbian Native American life, and it's an adventure of a lifetime! Hunt seals with the Inuit; harvest corn on a cliff-top mesa; hunt the mighty buffalo; and set sail with Leif Erickson, Columbus, and all the early great explorers--Cabot,...
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Genius, a puzzling allegorical figure, appears in several major Latin and vernacular works of the later Middle Ages. Originally a spirit or god that survived in Roman religion for at least seven centuries, its history and significance has not previously been examined in detail.
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"Lavishly illustrated book" summarizes global history in only 109 pages. Covers major themes e.g. The Age of Ideas, The Rise of Fascism, The Power of the Habsburgs in a concise, accessible way. This is not a textbook, but it is an inviting publication that children and adults will enjoy for light reading.
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This eleven-volume survey of world history begins with "Our Oriental Heritage" and continues through "The Age of Napoleon." The serious historian will, of course, want to pursue individual topics in more depth, but for a basic adult-level survey of world history, Durant's work is a classic. Individual volumes can, of course, be used to supplement the study of a particular time period.
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This book covers 2,500 years of Western philosophy, from the ancient Greeks to the present day. This book is appropriate as either an introduction or for more advanced students.
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The Story of the World is an elementary world history book that talks about what history is, what achaeology is, the return of Assyria, Alexander the Great, the beginning of Christianity, and more. It has a nice narrative with a study/activity guide that can be purchased to supplement it.
http://www.peacehillpress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=5
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Another delightful book from the Horrible History series, this time on the Tudors! The series, who's theme is "History with the nasty bits left in!", is at once humorous and informative - kids won't even realize they are 'learning history'!
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In this book the reader travels back in time to visit a castle in the days of the Crusades, visits a band of Viking raiders in Norway, explores Rome at the height of the Roman Empire, and takes a trip down the Nile during the time when the pharaohs ruled Egypt. In each time, the reader follows a fictional character over a few days, and each section is follwed by a brief synopsis of the 'real' history of that time.
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History the way you want it! This is the American counterpart to the Horrible History series published in England. So far, there are three books in the series, starting with ancient Americans.
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