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10 Days: Abraham Lincoln
by David ColbertYou're about to be an eyewitness to the ten crucial days in Abraham Lincoln's life.
10 Days: Anne Frank
by David ColbertYou're about to be an eyewitness to ten crucial days in Anne Frank's life.
10 Days: Benjamin Franklin
by David ColbertYou're about to be an eyewitness to the top ten days in Ben Franklin's life, including: A cunning escape from a cruel brother. A shrewd plan to save the colonies. A treacherous spy game in Paris. A shocking battle with a vengeful aristocrat. And a last-minute triumph that bound American together. These days and five others shook Franklin's world- and yours.
10 Days: Martin Luther King Jr.
by David ColbertYou're about to be an eyewitness to the ten crucial days in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.
10 Days: Thomas Edison
by David ColbertYou're about to be an eyewitness to the top ten days in Thomas Edison's life.
100 Media Moments That Changed America
by Jim WillisFrom the launching of America's first newspaper to YouTube's latest phone-videoed crime, the media has always been guilty of indulging America's obsession with controversy.
100 Women Who Shaped World History
by Gail Meyer RolkaA comprehensive collection of one page synopses of 100 women of major importance in our history. Presents information in chronological order, contains timeline, and a trivia quiz.
1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI
by Peter LanceA journalist explores how the FBI overlooked opportunities to stop the 9-11 terrorist attacks. His conclusions are based upon interviews and declassified documents.
101 Reasons the '90s Ruled
by M.C. KingThe '90s were so money! Sit back and relive ten of the best years of your so-called life... Presidential scandals, rap feuds, Baywatch- the '90s had it all. It was the decade during which we first visited 90210 and had coffee with our Friends.
103 Journeys, Voyages, Trips and Stuff
by Siddhartha SarmaFrom ancient civilization to modern times, the experience of journeys by road, water and air is recounted by the author.
11,000 Years Lost
by Peni R. GriffinWhat does it mean if you die before you were born? An eleven-year-old Texan girl finds out what it was like to live in the Ice Age in this action-packed time-travel adventure.
14 Cows for America
by Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah Carmen Agra DeedyThey sing to them. They give them names. They shelter the young ones in their homes. Without the herd, the tribe might starve. To the Maasai, the cow is life. In June of 2002, a very unusual ceremony begins in a far-flung village in western Kenya.
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
by Charles C. MannDescribes the history of native peoples in America before Columbus. Includes bibliography.
1492
by Newton Frohlich Ramón Hervás1492 pone en escena a los grandes protagonistas de al epopeya del descubrimiento de América.
1634: The Galileo Affair
by Eric Flint Andrew DennisThe third chronologically in the 1632 series, former 20th century Grandville, WV continues its existance in 17th century Germany in this alternate history.
1688: A Global History
by John E. Wills Jr.A vivid picture of the world centered around that pivotal year.
1812
by Jon LatimerIn the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British perspective, Jon Latimer offers an authoritative and compelling account that places the conflict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars.
The 1812 Aponte Rebellion in Cuba and the Struggle Against Atlantic Slavery (Envisioning Cuba)
by Matt D. ChildsIn 1812 a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most important slave insurrections in Caribbean history.
The 1900s: (American Popular Culture Through History)
by Bob BatchelorPopular culture is what we do while we are awake and what we dream about while we are asleep. It is the way of life we inherit, practice, change, and pass on to our children.
1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs - the Election That Changed the Country
by James ChaceThis book describes the 1912 election and its impact.
1947: When All Hell Broke Loose in Baseball
by Red BarberThis is a great baseball story and an even better one about a crucial moment in American history.
1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About
by Joshua CloverVividly conjuring cultural sensations and events, Clover tracks the emergence of seemingly disconnected phenomena--from grunge to acid house to gangsta rap--asking if "perhaps pop had been biding its time until 1989 came along to make sense of its sensibility."
The 1990s
by Richard A. SchwartzAimed at students and general readers, this reference collects hundreds of eyewitness accounts to provide an overview of the 1990s as they were experienced by people from all segments of society.