Who built Machu Picchu? Why is the United States called a melting pot? What’s an isthmus? How does the Panama Canal work?
In Views of the Americas, you’ll discover answers to these questions and many more.
Through pictures, articles, and fun facts, you’ll learn about many of the countries and cities of North, Central, and South America.

Who is known as the Father of Europe? What did Tenzing Norgay climb? How did Cleopatra die? Why did Gandhi march to the sea?
In Remarkable People in History, you’ll discover answers to these questions and many more.
Through pictures, articles, and fun facts, you’ll learn about extraordinary people who have changed the course of history.

How did Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? Who was Basho? Where was Kiri Te Kanawa born? What is “scat” singing?
In Artists Around the World, you’ll discover answers to these questions and many more.
Through pictures, articles, and fun facts, you’ll learn about the many kinds of art and meet some of the greatest artists of yesterday and today.

For twenty years people have relied on these hundreds of recipes, instructions, and morsels of invaluable practical advice on all aspects of growing and preparing food. This definitive classic on food, gardening, and self-sufficient living is a complete resource for living off the land with over 800 pages of collected wisdom from country maven, Carla Emery--how to cultivate a garden, buy land, bake bread, raise farm animals, make sausage, milk a goat, grow herbs, churn butter, catch a pig, make soap, work with bees and more. Encyclopedia of Country Living is so basic, so thorough, so reliable, it deserves a place in every home--whether in the country, the city, or somewhere in between.

As with all major writing projects, the scope of this book evolved and expanded over time. Initially I intended to define and describe the origins of a relatively limited set of concepts important to the history of American business. It quickly became apparent that certain people played vital roles in inventing or innovating devices, mechanisms, or processes that profoundly shaped how business was and is conducted in the United States.