Doug West

Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was a talented and lovely lady by all accounts....

For a man who would be known the world over for his genius, Albert Einstein had an unimpressive childhood. It would not be until his mid-20s that his insight into nature and its connection with mathematics became apparent. This biography surveys the life and times of this towering man....

The 25-year old Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, and took off for Paris, determined to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised to the first pilot to fly nonstop between New York and Paris....

Dr. Robert Goddard was the first scientist who not only realized the potential for rockets for space flight but also contributed directly in making them a reality. His rare talent....

John Forbes Nash Jr. seemed to have it all: a PhD from Princeton, a beautiful wife, and a fantastic job teaching mathematics at MIT. He had no idea that at 31 his entire life would fall apart....

Thomas Jefferson is known by most as the third president of the United States, but his legacy extends much further than that....

Born of humble beginnings, Ronald Reagan came into the world as the son of working class parents in Illinois....

Margaret Thatcher was a British stateswoman and the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From 1975 to 1990, she was the Leader of the Conservative Party....

The French and Indian War, as it is known in North America, was part of a larger conflict called the Seven Years' War, which involved nations on three continents....

There are many theories as to why the United States and then much of the world entered into a long period of price deflation, high unemployment, and an overall significant economic downturn....

Alexander Hamilton, born in the British West Indies, was an outsider from the very beginning. His illegitimate birth drove him to prove his worthiness to others throughout his life....

John Adams was not an Adonis, but through his intellect, force of will, and dogged determination, he would become one of the founding fathers of America....

The history of United States Coinage is a story that parallels the rise of America. Starting from a humble beginning in a basement in Philadelphia in the first few years of the country....

Now is your chance to find out about the interesting woman who had a huge impact on the world of science and advanced the cause of women....

This bitter war would drag on for years, with battlegrounds scattered up and down the eastern seaboard of the now United States - few were spared the effects of the war....

Benjamin Franklin was first and foremost a public servant, but he was also a prolific writer, humorist, musician, inventor, businessman, and scientist....

Galileo Galilei grew up in a time when nearly everyone thought the Earth was the center of the universe and the Sun and the planets revolved around the Earth....

Hubble's discoveries changed our knowledge of our place in the universe forever. His determination that the universe is expanding served as the foundation for the big bang theory....

The separation from his mother at an early age appears to have left a permanent scar on young Isaac Newton that followed him through the rest of his life....

This book is a story of Miss Cannon's trip to Spain and Italy in 1893 where she visits some of the major cathedrals, mosques, and palaces in Spain....