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The 20th century

1999
Presents an inclusive, multidisciplinary look at the triumphs and tragedies of the twentieth century through a combination of reproducible text, maps, charts, timelines, and drawings in loose-leaf format.

Totally wacky facts about modern history

2017
"Presents more than 100 facts about modern history in a unique layout that appeals to struggling and reluctant readers"--Provided by the publisher.

Crawling from the wreckage

2011
A collection of columns by journalist Gwynne Dyer. Gwynne Dyer is cheering up. Sure, the past decade has had more than its share of stupid wars, obsessions about terrorism, denial about climate change, rapacious turbo-capitalism, and lies, lies, lies. But signs of progress actually do abound. While the world is far from perfect as we embark on a fresh decade, Dyer believes that the "sense of sliding out of control towards ten different kinds of disaster has gone." When things go wrong it?s always easy to pin blame ? but singling out the forces that lead to positive change can be trickier. In this illuminating collection of columns from the last five years, Gwynne Dyer ferrets out the signs of hope ? without overlooking the issues that remain seemingly intractable. Mining the events of recent history, Dyer contextualizes the recent past and anticipates what the future might have in store. This journalist?s beat is global: from Africa to South America, from Europe to the Middle East, and any other region with a political pulse. Acerbic and iconoclastic, Dyer has never been afraid to call ?em like he sees ?em ? and we are all the better for his trademark candour and the breadth of his knowledge and expertise. For anyone seeking to understand the larger forces that shape our society and our world. Random House.com.

Censored 2010

the top 25 censored stories
2009

1493 for young people

from Columbus's voyage to globalization
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.

The rise and fall of the great powers

economic change and military conflict from 1500 to 2000
1989

Did anything good come out of the Great Depression?

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

Winds of revolution

time frame AD 1700-1800
1990
Chronicles the era of the Enlightenment and the spread of invention and revolution in Europe, the Pacific, and North America.

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major events, 1920-1986, as presented in the New York times
1986

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