history

It's the end of the feud between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr that most people focus on: the duel in which Burr took Hamilton's life. However, the pair had been rivals, friends, and contemporaries for years before that. Readers follow the engaging historical account in this book, complete with a timeline and color-coded sections to show each man's perspective of their time and relationship. Their story is further complemented by quotes, historical images, and historical context to give readers a sense of the time Hamilton and Burr lived in.

An illustrated collection of random facts about each president of the United States,from George Washington to Donald Trump.

Learn the basics about Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, and how the holiday celebrates the emancipation of slaves in the United States.

In the American Book Award-winning We Too Sing America, nationally renowned activist Deepa Iyer shows that this is the latest in a series of recent racial flash points, from the 2012 massacre at the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to the violent opposition to the Islamic Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and to the Park 51 Community Center in Lower Manhattan. Iyer asks whether hate crimes should be considered domestic terrorism and explores the role of the state in perpetuating racism through detentions, national registration programs, police profiling, and constant surveillance. Reframing the discussion of race in America, she "reaches into the complexities of the many cultures that make up South Asia" (Publishers Weekly) and provides ideas from the front lines of post-9/11 America.

Discusses the accomplishments of twelve influential musicians and their impact on the world.

As athletes from around the world hone their skills for the ultimate competition, records are bound to fall.

Discusses how Ford and his assembly line revolutionized how things are made, includes information about Ford's early life and work as an engineer, highlights Ford's many experiments and inventions, emphasizing the Model T and how the assembly line worked.

Sacagawea explored the west with Lewis and Clark. Discover how she helped the explorers forge friendships with Native Americans, and how Sacagawea was reunited with her own family.

From candle-lit cottages to electricity-filled houses, this carefully leveled text compares and contrasts homes of the past to homes of the present.

Mathematician Ian Stewart delves into the lives of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians, examining the role they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the math we use today.