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Explores why the Cold War ended, including such reasons as the changing relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, economic problems, and the increase in nuclear weaponry worldwide.

A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of being a great enlightened monarch.

Recounts the history of slavery and the slave trade in the United States discussing their causes, the slave experience, the Civil War, and Reconstruction and its aftermath.

Questions the events leading up to the westward expansion, the great migration, and its impact on frontier life.

Discusses the events and people that have shaped the city of Moscow, its architecture, museums, parks, shops, economy, culture, and way of life.

Discusses the events and people that have shaped the city of Sydney, Australia, its architecture, museums, theaters, parks, shops, economy, culture, and way of life.

Examines the life styles, forms of government, and spiritual beliefs of the people who inhabited North America up to the sixteenth century and looks briefly at the impact of colonization.