From Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of The Port Chicago 50 and Bomb comes a tense, exciting exploration of what the Times deemed "the greatest story of the century": how Daniel Ellsberg transformed from obscure government analyst into "the most dangerous man in America," and risked everything to expose the government's deceit. On June 13, 1971, the front page of the New York Times announced the existence of a 7,000-page collection of documents containing a secret history of the Vietnam...
The Force Born of Truth (Civil Rights Struggles Around the World)
by Betsy Kuhn
Discusses the iconic photo of a lone protester, Tank Man, stopping a row of tanks near Tiananmen Square during protests in 1989. In Beijing on June 5, 1989, army tanks rolled down the city's main avenues in a show of government force. When a man suddenly and bravely stepped in front of the tanks, halting their progress, the image became an iconic symbol of protest.
Islam in Asia Facts and Figures (Major Muslim Nations)
by Dorothy Kavanaugh
The Taj Mahal (Campfire Graphic Novels)
by Rik Hoskin and Aadil Khan
The Taj Mahal in India has been called a 'teardrop on the cheek of time'. This grand monument that was raised to house the mortal remains of Mumtaz Mahal, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's beloved wife, today draws millions of visitors from across the globe. One of more than 85 titles Campfire has published since their introduction to North America in 2010. This is the story behind the Taj Mahal - of the incredible love story of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, how they met and fell in love, and how...
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Mao’s China, 1945–1976 Student Book (EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY (9-1))
by Robin Bunce
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, throug...
Russia (Essential Library of Countries)
by Sue Bradford Edwards
The Conquests of Genghis Khan (Pivotal Moments in History)
by Alison Behnke
This series takes a historical look at the ancient world's leading figures, who led armies to victory and ruled over vast domains in a time when the world was still young. As one empire fell, another would rise, led by charismatic and powerful commanders who could unite many people and were touched by greatness. Called the Scourge of God, Attila the Hun led an army of barbarians against the Roman Empire that terrorized all of Europe with its brutality.
The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima. Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Chil...
Amy Chan Zhou’s searing memoir about growing up in rural Communist China features descriptions of pastoral beauty and tales of the simple joys of raising farm animals or catching fish in a local river. However, her childhood is scarred by the primitive conditions, her family’s everyday struggle to obtain food, and the horror of witnessing relatives being tortured on a stage during “public denouncing” meetings. As the Communists take control of China in 1949, we follow the harrowing experienc...
The expansion of the Mughal Empire throughout India during the 16th and 17th centuries is traced through its decline in the 18th century and the subsequent rise of the British Raj and its influence on India up to the mid-19th century.
