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|  | Motoring with Mohammed by Eric Hansen
Description not available.Ten years after being shipwrecked in North Yemen, the author returns to recover the notebooks he buried for safekeeping, rediscovering the rich and exotic culture of Yemen with his guide, Mohammed AUTHOR: Eric Hansen
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Jews Blacks and the Blues by Nadine Cohodas
This volume explores the accident of location and the necessity of making a living as vital factors in the lives of two immigrant Jews, Leonard and Phil Chess, who arrived in the United States in the fall of 1928 from Poland, made their way to Chicago to join their father, and ended up building a record company that influenced three generations of musicians. AUTHOR: Nadine Cohodas
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Black Holocaust for Beginners by S. E. Anderson, Vanessa Holley
Breathing new life into a horrific period of history, this book takes readers back to the roots of African slavery in 1441 and brings them forward. Told from the point of view of one of the captive African women, the story shares her suffering, shame and helplessness, but also the bonding among captives and their efforts to maintain sacred traditions and rituals. Illustrations. AUTHOR: S. E. Anderson, Vanessa Holley
PUBLISHER: Writers & Readers Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Inventing the Victorians by Matthew Sweet
Drawing on letters, diaries, newspapers, novels, and plays, this study of the Victorian age displays how similar this period was to our own, and, moreover, how the modernism of the Victorian character--expressed through social turbulence, sexual liberation, and adventuresome proclivities--in many ways outshines that of the 20th century. AUTHOR: Matthew Sweet
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Cochise by Peter Aleshire
Description not available.A fascinating and powerful biography of one of the greatest figures in the history of the American West, who was the only Native American to win a battle against the Americans, reveals the intricate relationship between the Apache and the Mexicans and the bewilderment of the Apache leaders in dealing with an unfathomable white world. AUTHOR: Peter Aleshire
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Look What Came from Austria by Kevin A. Davis
Description not available.Describes many things that originally came from Austria, including inventions, music, sports and games, medical advances, foods, animals, and holidays. AUTHOR: Kevin A. Davis
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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