A survey of the history and culture of the West African Mali Empire.

Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. But his story is legend in this real-life saga.
This epic warrior tale reads like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history.
When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family—and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery....

Introduces through text and photographs the land, history, government, people, and economy of the third largest country in South America.

A guide to the history, government, people, culture, and economy of Australia.

Text and illustrations present detailed information on the geography, history and government, economy, people, cultural life and society of traditional and modern Vietnam.

A historical and current look at Ethiopia, discussing the land, the government, the culture, the people, and the economy.