Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Discusses the history of the religion Islam, from its origins in the Prophet Muhammad's teachings, to the twenty-first century.

"Wrapping your head around centuries of American history can make you dizzy. You need to know about the land (828,000 acres from the Louisiana Purchase alone), the people (from the earliest American Indian peoples to the immigrants of the last few centuries), and the high stakes (from a risky revolution to an international space race). How can all these dates and details make more sense? Infographics! The charts, maps, and illustrations in this book...

Presents a comprehensive study of the Olympic games and discusses their origin and the ancient games, their rebirth in 1896, Olympic traditions and torch lightings, famous athletes, and more.

Presents illustrated profiles of every American president up to George W. Bush, briefly describing their challenges in office, their popularity, and their wives and families.

Examines the historical development of Judaism from the age of the patriarchs to the birth of Israel, and looks at how the Jewish faith is practiced in the modern world.

From the pyramid so that an Egyptian pharaoh would last forever to the dramatic, machine-like Pompidou Center designed by two young architects, Patrick Dillon's stories of remarkable buildings--and the remarkable people who made them--celebrates the ingenuity of human creation.

Describes Easter Island and tell how people first came to live there and discusses how they built the enormous statues and why.

Presents an illustrated introduction to the history of the American West, from the explorations of Lewis and Clark, to the massacre at Wounded Knee, providing information on trappers and mountain men, native Americans, the Pony Express, railroads, and gold miners. Includes time line.

Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica.