Enzo George

This book examines the causes, circumstances, and effects of the Civil War through the eyes of generals, soldiers, and civilians.

Young readers will examine the discovery and settling of the American colonies through the eyes of explorers, soldiers, and civilians.

Details the events of the Protestant Reformation, including early reformers, how it spread, and the Church's reaction, and includes samples of primary sources from the time period.

Details the events of modern history since World War I, including the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, and the Cold War, and includes samples of primary sources from the time period.

Details the events of the Middle Ages, including the fall of Rome, the Crusades, and the Mongol invasions, and includes samples of primary sources from the time period.

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, it prompted the United States to enter World War II on multiple fronts. From Africa to Europe, the Pacific to the home front, your readers will explore the American experience of World War II through the details of the first-hand documents found in this fascinating volume.

"Europeans widened their world in a search for goods, land, raw materials, and other objects that created wealth in the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. View documents, maps, art, and the words from the people and events that marked this interaction of world cultures."--

Following World War II, Europe was divided in half: the democratic West, protected largely by the United State, and the communist East, controlled by the Soviet Union. In the decades that followed, the U.S. and Russia would compete for superiority in a conflict that came to be known as the Cold War. Explore the nuclear arms race, the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and the space race through first-hand accounts.

"The rebirth of knowledge, art, and philosophy, and a rejuvenation of banking and business, mark the period known as the Renaissance. Follow the important events in this flourishing of Western culture through the words spoken and the works done by the people of this period."--

In this day and age of technology, social media, and supervision, it's difficult to imagine someone vanishing without a trace. This page-turner includes famous disappearances such as expedition crews in search of new territory, ships going missing in the Bermuda Triangle, the lost colony of Roanoke, Amelia Earhart, and the recent case of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As they read this engrossing resource, readers can decide: were these people's lives...