- Absorbing accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history - Examines each person's life in the context of the politics of the time - Full-color photographs enhance each book
- Absorbing accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history - Examines each person's life in the context of the ...
The Russian democratic experiment continues under its third president, Vladimir Putin, now in his second term. The former KGB spy holds strong convictions of how the country should be managed and where he wants to stand on the world stage.
The Russian democratic experiment continues under its third president, Vladimir Putin, now in his second term. The former KGB spy holds strong convict...
Conditions were harsh in tenement factories all over New York City, but they were especially difficult at one in particular. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, located near the city's Washington Square Park, made history on March 25, 1911, when a devastating fire destroyed the top three floors of the building in which it was located. One hundred and forty-six young women and several men died in what was the worst workplace disaster to take place in the United States to that date. The lack of fire sprinklers or extinguishers, a safe fire escape, and working elevators, coupled with cluttered and...
Conditions were harsh in tenement factories all over New York City, but they were especially difficult at one in particular. The Triangle Shirtwaist F...