Medina, Nico

"RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned fifteen, he began studying theater in a performing arts school in Atlanta and never looked back. Ru developed his drag-queen personality and launched his career in the 1980s. He now hosts and judges the widely popular and long-running show RuPaul's Drag Race"--Provided by publisher.

"On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-three-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water at Beach Haven, New Jersey--the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a war on sharks"--Provided by publisher.

Provides a brief history of World War I, describing the history of the countries involved, the military leaders, how the war started, important battles, new weaponry, the casualties and devastation, and how the war ended. Includes timelines and black-and-white photographs.

A clear account of World War I, the war that left over 20 million dead and was the lead-up to World War II barely twenty years later.

A history of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s spotlights the heroic efforts of AIDS activists who fought for medical research and new medicines, for proper health care for patients, and for compassionate recognition of people with AIDS.

A history of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s spotlights the heroic efforts of AIDS activists who fought for medical research and new medicines, for proper health care for patients, and for compassionate recognition of people with AIDS.

Discusses how a a spontaneous protest outside of the Stonewall Inn, a New York City bar, in 1969 started the LGBTQ rights movement in the United States.

An overview of the world as it was 20,000 years ago when glaciers covered the Earth and creatures, now extinct, like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.

An overview of the world as it 20,000 years ago when glaciers covered the earth and creatures, now extinct, like the woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats battled to survive.

In 1961, a concrete border went up overnight, dividing the city of Berlin into two parts: East and West. The story of the Berlin Wall holds up a mirror to post-World War II politics and the Cold War era, when the United States and the USSR were enemies, always on the verge of war.