"Before Ibsen, tragedies examined the lives of the aristocracy and upper classes, but A Doll's House was the first serious play to be written in prose about ordinary people in everyday situations. The plot revolves around Nora Helmer who is married to Torvald, an ambitious banker. Initially, the couple seem ideally matched, but as a consequence of blackmail Nora is forced to re-examine her life along with her role as a frivolous, scatter-brained wife."--p....

Explores the geography, climate, wildlife, people, and culture of Europe. Examines how people live on this continent and includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Exiled from their homeland, a young girl and her entire family are unhappy about the monochrome sweaters all children wear until Mom decides to make a change. Includes facts about Portugal's history and government, about Amnesty International, and the text of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

This book provides an introduction to the weather, geography, animals, and languages of Europe.

Examines the land, climate, vegetation, animals, and people of Europe. Includes maps, a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.

A tailor's very old overcoat is recycled numerous times over the years into a variety of garments and other uses.

Presents a thirteen-volume reference guide to the geography, history, economy, government, culture and daily life of countries in Europe.

Journeying back in time to the year 1320, twenty-first century Oxford woman Kivrin arrives in the past during the outbreak of a deadly epidemic.

Briefly surveys and offers fun facts and true and false questions about the land, climate, plants, animals, history, and modern culture and pastimes of the continent of Europe--such as the fact that Pompeii was a European city covered in ash and lava 2,000 years ago. Includes a glossary.

New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish: to travel across Europe -- together. They are to deliver three letters, in which Violet will say goodbye to those she hasn't seen since travelling to Europe forty years earlier. Constantly at odds with each other as they explore the luxurious Queen Mary, the Orient Express, and the sights of Paris and Venice, Clara...