Presents information on a variety of national and world records achieved in soccer, such as which country has won the World Cup the most or who is the all-time highest scoring player.

Lists an assortment of trivia and records pertaining to the world of professional baseball. Profiles famous players and teams and includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Profiles some of the most famous and daring stuntmen and stuntwomen in the world, from Annie Edson Taylor, who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel in the early 1900s to Jackie Chan, who does all of his own stunts in his movies.

Explores numbers, statistics, and records involving professional hockey, such as the fastest slap shot speed ever recorded, a player who has had his name on the Stanley Cup eleven times, and how many sticks a typical player breaks in a season.

Originally published in 1994, Black Firsts inspired readers of all ages. An epic record of African American achievement, it testified to a rich but often overlooked part of our history. Jessie Carney Smith, William and Camille Cosby Professor of the Humanities at Fisk University, greatly expands the new edition with more than 1,000 new stories of a people overcoming adversity to emerge triumphant. With more than 100 illustrations, Black Firsts includes...

"Describes some of the craziest, silliest, and most extraordinary records achieved by people around the world." --

Explores numbers, statistics, and records involving professional baseball, including which player has had his number retired most often by teams, the speed of the fastest fastball ever thrown, or how many hot dogs are consumed by fans in a year.

Historical scholarship is currently undergoing a digital turn. All historians have experienced this change in one way or another, by writing on word processors, applying quantitative methods on digitalized source materials, or using internet resources and digital tools. Digital Histories showcases this emerging wave of digital history research. It presents work by historians who - on their own or through collaborations with e.g. information technology...

"Here is the first-ever comprehensive guide to archival concepts, principles and practices. Encyclopedia of Archival Science features 154 entries that address every aspect of archival professional knowledge. Entries range from traditional ideas (like appraisal and provenance) to today's challenges (digitization and digital preservation). They present the thoughts of leading luminaries like Ernst Posner, Margaret Cross-Norton, and Philip Brooks, as...