Burgan, Michael

Discusses the disastrous 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine.

Presents facts on espionage around the world during the Cold War, chronicling the Cold War's major events and discussing such topics as the Manhattan Project, the division of Berlin, the U-2 spy plane, "Sputnik, " the Cuban missile crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and spies such as Gu nter Guillaume and Dmitri Polyakov.

Tells the story of Fort McHenry, the place from which American troops successfully defended Baltimore from the British in 1814 in a battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the "Star-Spangled Banner.".

Discusses the lives of the African Americans of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

A history of the Titanic and a recounting of one of the worst maritime disasters in history.

Presents an account of the first naval battle between metal ships which took place during the U.S. Civil War at Hampton Roads, Virginia in 1862, between the "Monitor" and the "Virginia".

Describes the creation of the United States Constitution and discusses amendments.

Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake written in graphic novel format.

Explores the history of American capitalism from colonial times to the present.

Describes the rise of industry in Europe, covering why businesses began using coal and oil in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the effect of railroads on the Industrial Revolution, and how these events led to the world economy of the present day.