Product Description: When Cold War tension was at its height, Joseph ("call me Joe") McCarthy conducted an anti-Communist crusade endorsed by millions of Americans, despite his unfair and unconstitutional methods. Award-winning writer James Cross Giblin tells the story of a man whose priorities centered on power and media attention and who stopped at nothing to obtain both...read more

Product Description: Thomas Jefferson was a soft-spoken man. But his contributions to American democracy live on as bold reminders of his formidable intellect and spirit. Son of a wealthy famer, young Thomas was a studious boy who shared his father's love of books...read more

Examines the family life and career of the first American president, also discussing myths and legends, monuments to Washington, and Mount Vernon

Describes the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone, and explores the culture and history of ancient Egyptian civilation