Each story reflects the impact of historical events on the day-to-day lives of children. Stories are linked by the travels of a wooden toy horse who is passed from child to child. Grades 3-6.

This historical magnum opus covers 4,000 years of the history of the Jews as a people, a culture, and a nation, showing the impact of Jewish character and imagination upon the world.

In 1759/1760, the Township of Horton was bordered by the Gaspereau and Habitant Rivers and included the 'great marshes'. Besides New Englanders from Connecticut, the Township was settled by Loyalist families and Irish immigrants who...

The term Dark Age was first introduced by historians during the 14th century, denoting that little was known of European history in the centuries between the fall of the Western Empire and the beginning of the 11th century. By the 19th...

Sadako Okuda was a sewing teacher on a small island some 35 miles outside of Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945. At the heart of A Dimly Burning Wick is her searing diary recording the final moments of dying civilians...

A Concise History of Modern India, by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from the Mughals to the present, it has...

The best views, biking, beaches, and outings for kids--they're all here in an updated edition of the Lower Mainland’s favourite guidebook for day-trippers, described in the clear, upbeat, observant prose that is Jack's trademark. From...

For the two generations who have grown up since Lyndon Johnson was president, the events as well as the thinking behind the revolutionary and romantic pretensions of the 1960s are almost equally unclear. This was the era of the Beatles...