Examines the history, culture, and geography of the African continent from past to present. This book also discusses the ancient kingdoms of Africa as well as the place the continent holds in the modern world. It also includes maps, charts, documents, works of art, and examples of physical evidence that offer students insights into this continent.

Age Level: 10 and up

Fifteen-year-old Anna Moore is whisked back in time through the forces of a mysterious mirror to the first century AD during the Roman Empire.

The year is AD 79 and Anna finds herself in Pompeii just days before the deadly volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. As forces conspire against her, she struggles to escape the catastrophe that threatens the lives of thousands.

Set within historical events that rocked the ancient world, Vesuvius Rising is a dramatic reenactment of the lavish seaside town of Pompeii in all its glory, and the terrible fate that befell it. It is a tale of danger, courage and survival that brings the past to life.

Age Level: 10 and up

Fifteen-year-old Anna Moore discovers an antique mirror that whisks her back in time to seventeenth-century England.

The year is 1643 and the English Civil War is underway. Anna finds herself at Corfe Castle with the Bankes family when the castle is laid siege. Against all odds, she helps the family defend the castle from rebel forces who hopelessly outnumber them. What will happen and will Anna be able to return to her own time?

Inspired by true historical events, The Gilded Mirror is an adventurous tale that crosses centuries in time through the forces of a mysterious mirror. It is a story of friendship, tremendous courage in the face of adversity, and the indomitable human spirit.

Egypt 2035 BC...In a land steeped in myth and superstition, a raid on a small village leaves a young boy, Khu, its only survivor. Fate paves a strange and mystical path through dark and uncertain times, when the split powers of Upper and Lower Egypt compete for sovereignty over a realm plagued by instability, rebellion and fear. Two kings and their kingdoms battle over one dream--a dream threatened by shifting allegiances and foreign invasion. Khu is a story of a boy who becomes a warrior amid tragedy and triumph. It is a tale of virtue, vice and valor, where the destiny of a divided nation is inextricably linked to that of the boy Khu, in the struggle to restore Egypt to a unified and glorious kingdom.

It is the beginning of the second century AD, and the first Dacian War has recently ended. While Emperor Trajan is preparing to return to Rome in triumph, Marcus Valerius Vetus, a general in Trajan's army, learns of a tragedy that takes him home to the Roman province of Aquitania with a thirst for vengeance. But when the trumpets of war sound again, Marcus returns to battle in Dacia to defeat one of the Roman Empire's fiercest foes. The Roman General follows one man's journey through battle, misfortune, the triumph of the Dacian Wars, and a victory that leads him to Rome. It is a rousing adventure of courage, adversity, conquest, redemption, honor and love.

Fifteen-year-old Anna Moore has stepped back in time through the forces of a mysterious mirror to the fifteenth century during the fall of Constantinople. It is a city under siege, surrounded by an army intent on breaching its walls, taking its treasures, and killing or enslaving its people. Caught in the turmoil of the action, Anna tries to help people flee to safety from the impending doom.Inspired by true events that marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, The Gilded Mirror: Constantinople, is a bold and haunting tale of the last days of Byzantine Constantinople before the rise of the Ottomans.

It is the early part of the seventeenth century, after King James I ended the Anglo-Spanish War, leaving most Elizabethan Sea Dogs unemployed. Like many English privateers at the time, James Blackburn's privateering commissions have been annulled, putting him out of work. His reversal of fortune brands him a pirate when he continues to raid Spanish merchant ships without authorization from the Crown. His career as a sea rover takes him from the cold seaports of England to the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, and the winding alleys and bustling bazaars and souqs of the medinas along the Barbary Coast. The English Pirate follows James Blackburn in a bold high-seas adventure of piracy, plunder, daring exploits, seaborne battles, international intrigue, courage, love, and personal honor

It is the end of the sixth century AD when the Sasanian ruler King Shahryar discovers his wife's unfaithfulness and betrayal. Consumed by rage and bitterness, the king has his wife executed, and then exacts bloody vengeance on all the women in his harem. The rampage continues when he takes a new bride each evening, and has her executed the following day so that no one else will have a chance to betray him. After three years of ceaseless reprisals that have left the kingdom shaken and fearful, one woman, Shahrazad, comes forward to offer herself as a sacrifice to the king in exchange for a single request. Inspired by the Arabian Nights, Shahrazad is a provocative and rousing tale of treachery, betrayal, courage, devotion and sacrificial love.