Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States. The personal account of a fugitive slave's privation and sufferings and his campaigns for Negro emancipation. This dramatic autobiography of the...

Introduces the civilization of the ancient Egyptians.

A simple retelling of the birth of Jesus; the visits by the shepherds and wise men; and the return of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus to Nazareth to live.

Retells the story of John the Baptist, who prepared the way for Jesus, and recounts the early teachings of Jesus.

Peter and Paul begin the work of the early Christian Church.

Surveys the history, topography, people, and culture of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, with an emphasis on current economy, industry, and place in the political world.

An introduction to the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of the most populated country in the world.

The story of Sister Catherine Labouré who was visited by a vision of the Blessed Virgin and told to create a medal in devotion to her. This book shows what happened, also telling about Catherine's second mother, about obstinate old John-- who refused to have anything to do with the Medal-- and about how Sister Catherine kept her big secret.

The coastal people of what will be California, Arizona and New Mexico are struggling with the changing world around them. As the mammoths disappear, the seer Sunchaser must decide whether to shelter a beautiful stranger and risk angering the Spirits further.

"The people of ancient Mesopotamia, who settled in the 'fertile crescent' between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers before the fourth millennium BC, laid the foundations of Western civilization. Some of the earliest experiments in agriculture and irrigation, the invention of writing, the birth of mathematics and the development of urban life began there. Many fundamental developments in human society - from hunter-gatherer to farmer, from village to...