history

Chronicles the history and culture of skateboarding since the 1960s through a look at the careers of Rodney Mullen, considered the godfather of modern skateboarding tricks, and Ryan Sheckler, the sport's youngest pro athlete at the age of thirteen.

Discusses immigrant life in New York focusing on crowded living conditions and early employment and accompanied by photographs.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a farmer during the Irish Potato Famine and to travel across the Atlantic Ocean onboard a ship to America.

This book investigates the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in the year 79 and explains how the eruption brought an end to life in Pompeii but also preserved the city for nearly 2000 years.

Explains what genocide means, gives examples of its occurrence, and offers ideas for healing and prevention.

Examines the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and the differing perspectives accompanying it.

Brooke Gladstone, an American journalist and media analyst for NPR's "On the Media, " explores the history of the media in cartoon illustrations, covering from tabloids in ancient Rome to contemporary journalism in the twenty-first century, and examining the influence of consumers on the shape of the media.

Examines the Warsaw ghetto uprising, including the roots of the resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, stories from the participants in the uprising, how the battle ended, and how the small group of fighters became heroes during the Holocaust.

Chronicles Rosalind Franklin's role in the discovery of DNA, discussing how her contributions were downplayed by her colleagues, who received the Nobel Prize for the discovery, despite the fact Franklin did the most crucial part of the research.

Historical photographs and text recount the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in 1911 which took the lives of over 140 garmet workers.