- Features the history and geography of each river
- Documents how these waterways were corridors for exploration, cultural exchange, conflict, migrations, trade, and economic development
- Meets high school social studies standards.

Series presents six rivers in a combined geographical & historical perspective. Documents how rivers were corridors for exploration, cultural exchange, conflict, migrations, economic development & trade. Great Mesopotamian cities of Seleucia, Nineveh, Ctesiphon stood on the banks of the Tigris & Euphrates. Ages 15+.

- Features the history and geography of each river
- Documents how these waterways were corridors for exploration, cultural exchange, conflict, migrations, trade, and economic development
- Meets high school social studies standards.

- Features the history and geography of each river
- Documents how these waterways were corridors for exploration, cultural exchange, conflict, migrations, trade, and economic development
- Meets high school social studies standards.

In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo traveled from Venice to meet the great ruler of the East, Kublai Khan. When he returned 25 years later, he wrote The Book of Marco Polo.

Columbus left Spain thinking he could reach China by sailing west. Instead, he found the New World.

In the tradition of the best-selling series, REVOLUTIONARY WAR LEADERS, this new series presents 10 figures whose choices had a profound influence on the course of the American Revolutionary War. Ideally suited for middle school students, these books are the perfect length for school reports and are fully documented. This series meets national history curriculum standards.

His accomplishments from sonnets and love poems to the most famous sculptures, paintings, and buildings ever created.

A mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, Italian-born Galileo was the first to study the skies with a refracting telescope.

These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they collectively represent to the world. Photographs, illustrations, and lively text tell the stories ot these fascinating historical figures.