Wonders of the world (Mikaya Press)

A history of the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza and the civilization that produced it.

Relates the history of how the Panama Canal was planned and built, including the political, international, and health aspects of getting the project finished on time.

Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the construction of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.

Discusses the origins, construction, completion, uses, history, and eventual ruin of the Parthenon.

The Statue of Liberty pays homage to what is best about America, but it was the idea of two Frenchmen who lived under the harsh rule of Emperor Napoleon III. Edouard Laboulaye and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi wanted to remind their countrymen that tyranny is not inevitable, that citizens have rights which no government can take from them. It took two decades of planning, fundraising, and building for their dreams to cross the ocean. And now the statue...