Covers the music, the musicians, the instruments, and music's place in cultural history. Presents a history of each musical style, from its roots to its expression along with glimpses of the lives of leading composers and musicians. This volume focuses on the music style of jazz.

Discusses the political, historical, and cultural life of the United States in the 1990s.

Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the 1950s, including the effects of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, television, music, art, science, and technology.

Discusses the history, geography, people, and culture of Egypt and its significance in the world today.

Describes what it was like to be involved in the Underground Railroad, discussing life on the run, the lives of the trackers, conductors, and stationmasters, and the building of new lives in Canada.

Discusses facts and myths about pirates who sailed and plundered on the seas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

Discusses the Salem witch trials, including their Puritan background, the accusations made, and the outcome of the social hysteria that produced the situation.

Provides a history of ghosts, descriptions of different types of hauntings, and information on the people who seek scientific evidence that apparitions are real.