Brennan, Kristine

Chronicles the stock market crash of 1929, what led to it, the Great Depression that followed, and measures that were taken to prevent another such crash.

Examines the life of Crazy Horse, the Sioux leader who led the charge against Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Describes the life and death of the princess who created a sensation by divorcing England's Prince Charles.

Presents a chronicle of the disaster that occurred at the Chernobyl-4 nuclear reactor in Ukraine on April 26, 1986, after an accumulation of unchecked steam pressure blew the reactor lid off during a maintenance test, spewing deadly nuclear particles into the air.

A biography of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest.