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|  | India by Barbara Epstein, Ian Buruma, Robert B. Silvers
How can we understand India today, fifty years after Independence and only months after its nuclear tests outraged the world? The novelist Arundhari Roy has written, especially for this collection, a fierce denunciation of the Indian nuclear program, which serves as an introduction to eight essays on India, all originally published in The New York Review of Books. AUTHOR: Barbara Epstein, Ian Buruma, Robert B. Silvers
PUBLISHER: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
FORMAT: Audio & Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Pony Express by Jean Kinney Williams
Description not available.Provides background information about the need for mail delivery in the West in the mid-1800s, and discusses how the Pony Express was created to fulfill this need. AUTHOR: Jean Kinney Williams
PUBLISHER: Compass Point Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Frederick Douglass by Lola M. Schaefer
Description not available.A simple biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century. AUTHOR: Lola M. Schaefer
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Fortune Tellers by Howard Kurtz
This balanced, penetrating investigation of financial journalism examines the complex relationship between the financial editorial community and the high-tech stocks it covers. A fast-paced analysis, it recounts the history of financial reporting, surveys how advances in communications technology propelled the field into modern prominence, and demonstrates its ability to rapidly affect public opinion and, in turn, stock valuation. AUTHOR: Howard Kurtz
PUBLISHER: Free Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Betsy Ross by Jane Duden
Description not available.Looks at the life of Betsy Ross from her Quaker childhood to her role in the Revolutionary War and her days as an independent businesswoman, examining the legend of the Besty Ross Flag and explaining the importance of its legacy today. AUTHOR: Jane Duden
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Tibet by Barbara Erickson
A history and guide to modern Tibet, written on the basis of the author`s extensive travels in that country. Erickson, a journalist who has taught in Uganda and covered much of Latin America, attempts to explain the myriad complexities of contemporary Tibet in light of its history since the Chinese Cultural Revolution. AUTHOR: Barbara Erickson
PUBLISHER: Pacific View Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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