history, modern

The post-Cold War era began with a decade of conflicts often mediated by the United States as the world's only remaining superpower. The September 11 terrorist attacks, however, marked the dawning of a new era. The United States became preoccupied by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, while around the world, new challenges and threats emerged: a more assertive Russia, an increasingly powerful China, dangerous terrorism organizations, and a refugee crisis in the Middle East that spilled into Europe. The story of this fraught era, in which the world was beset by millennial anxiety and destabilized by geopolitical shifts in the balance of power, is told here with great insight and a sure understanding of the complex interplay of action and reaction that characterized the proliferation of conflicts at the turn of the 21st century.

An adaptation of the adult book that studies the economic and ecological connection started by Christopher Columbus and continued by Legazpi that transported thousands of species around the globe including people, foods, insects, bacteria, plants, viruses, and animals. Discusses how this global connection impacted human history causing the rise of Europe, the devastation of imperial China, the disruption of Africa, and the prominence of Mexico City.

Text and illustrations explore the causes and effects of the Great Depression, along with the positive and negative outcomes of it.

Chronicles the era of the Enlightenment and the spread of invention and revolution in Europe, the Pacific, and North America.

Discusses the history of Europe in 1913, the year before the beginning of World War I.

An investigation of journalistic wrongdoing, looking at deliberate and unintentional errors in the way some of history's most important stories were reported, and discussing how those mistakes influenced public opinion.