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Twentieth-century teen culture by the decades

a reference guide
1999
Provides a decade-by-decade overview of all aspects of American teenagers' lives from 1900 to 1999, describing their home, work, and school lives, dating patterns, alcohol and drug use, tastes in books, music, and movies, and other related topics.

Tim Berners-Lee

inventor of the World Wide Web
2001
A biography of Tim Berners-Lee, focusing on the educational, personal, and professional factors that led him to create the World Wide Web.

The story of architecture

1999
Chronicles the history of architecture from prehistoric pile dwellings to the towering skyscrapers of the present day and explores the relationship between buildings and the people who live in them.

The short and bloody history of spies

2002
A humorous presentation of the history of espionage and the stories of individual spies from around the world.

Space flight

crossing the last frontier
2002
Profiles seven engineers and scientists who made space flight possible, including Robert Goddard, Sergei Korolev, and Wernher von Braun.

Sitting Bull

Lakota leader
1998
Discusses the life the Hunkpapa chief who is remembered for his defeat of General Custer at Little Big Horn and provides a history of the Lakota Indians who were his people.

Rites of autumn

the story of college football
2001
Chronicles the history of college football from its first games in 1901 through the major tournaments of the twenty-first century.

Outlaw machine

Harley-Davidson and the search for the American soul
1999
Chronicles the history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and discusses how society's image of motorcycles has changed over the years.

Music of the world

1999
Provides an overview of music in all the world's cultures, chronicling the history of music from prehistoric times to the present day.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

minister and civil rights activist
2000
A career biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., focusing on his accomplishments as a minister and leader in the Civil Rights movement.

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