הוצאת Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
הספרים של הוצאת Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
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An ancient city unearthed... In the 1730s, Charles of Bourbon, king of the area around present-day Naples, Italy, learned that local peasants were finding marble and other ancient objects when they dug their wells. He sent army colonel Rocque Joachin Alcubierre and later Karl Jacob Weber to explore ...
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Honduras in Pictures explores the history and government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Honduras. This edition includes comprehensive text with strong curriculum ties, beautiful full-color photography throughout, and interesting, detailed sidebars. ...
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In the Middle Eastern nation of Iran, discontent simmered for decades. The Iranian people despised their leader, Reza Shah, who catered to foreign businesses while ruling Iran as a dictator. In 1979 discontent boiled up into all-out revolution. Led by the charismatic Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian ...
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One of the deadliest diseases healthcare workers fight today, tuberculosis (often called TB) infects the lungs of one-third of the world's population and kills about 2 million people a year. While scientific breakthroughs brought this bacterial disease under control during the 1960s to the 1980s, it...
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Images and Issues of Women in the Twentieth Century...
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Uruguay in Pictures explores the history and government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Uruguay. This edition includes comprehensive text with strong curriculum ties, beautiful full-color photography throughout, and interesting, detailed sidebars. ...
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Willa Cather's childhood in post-Civil War Virginia, her adolescence on the Nebraska prairies, her love of the Southwest, and her intimate knowledge of opera and the theater provided her with the characters and setting for a dozen novels and numerous short stories. Cather's story is one of a woman w...
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From unsanitary pits to today's "green" cemeteries, Rest in Peace explores the evolution of burial practices and how they reflect the history and culture of the United States. Interspersed with primary source quotations and fascinating photographs, the book offers an unusual window in to the express...
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The animal rights debate is filled with passion and emotion. Some people think that animals deserve many of the same basic rights and protections that people have, such as freedom from inhumane suffering and cruelty. Others think animals should be at the disposal of people to use for whatever purpos...
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Tests, rules, team tryouts, dating, injuries, illnesses, bullies--stress is with young adults every day. This highly readable book looks at the causes and consequences of stress, covering topics such as the health effects of stress, stresses specifically faced by teens, and practical advice on how t...
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Guyana in Pictures explores the history and government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Guyana. This edition includes comprehensive text with strong curriculum ties, beautiful full-color photography throughout, and interesting, detailed sidebars. ...
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Digital art is all around us in magazines, movies, and video games, but it also hangs in art galleries around the world. What is digital art? Where did it come from? Is it even art at all? Ron Miller answers these questions and more--and inspires new artists to experiment with this exciting and ...
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One of the most hotly debated topics in the United States is the death penalty. Some people think it's a fair and just punishment. They say that people who commit murder deserve the ultimate punishment - execution. Other people strongly disagree. They say the U.S. death penalty system is flawed, unf...
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The Confederate prison known as Andersonville existed for only the last fourteen months of the Civil War - but its well-documented legacy of horror has lived on in the diaries of its prisoners and the transcripts of the trial of its commandant. The diaries describe appalling conditions in which verm...
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In every age, science and technology have advanced human civilization. From architecture to engineering, medicine to transportation, humans have invented extraordinary wonders. Explorers long ago and today have used technology to navigate, travel farther, and understand more about the world around t...
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An overview of Chad's geography and history, along with an exploration of the political, economic, and cultural landscape of this landlocked country in central Africa....
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This book examines the history of gambling as well as current federal, state, and local laws. It provides opinions and perspectives on both sides of the issue. It also presents the perspectives of people closely involved in gambling, such as professional poker players, compulsive gamblers, and indus...
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Paraguay in Pictures explores the history and government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Paraguay. This edition includes comprehensive text with strong curriculum ties, beautiful full-color photography throughout, and interesting, detailed sidebars. ...
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As USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, puts it, "The son of a Kenyan economist and a white Kansas anthropologist is a man not easily defined . . . he's smart, but not arrogant; passionate, but not ideological; confident, but open to other points of view; black and proud of it, but not bound or ...
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In every age, science and technology have played an important role in advancing human civilization. From architecture to engineering, communication to transportation, humans have invented and developed extraordinary wonders. Engineers take the discoveries of scientists and mathematicians to make pra...
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Belize in Pictures explores the history and government, economy, people, geography, and cultural life of Belize. This edition includes comprehensive text with strong curriculum ties, beautiful full-color photography throughout, and interesting, detailed sidebars. ...
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Yao Ming is a force on the basketball court. The center, born in Shanghai, China, towers over opponents at 7-foot-6. His strength, agility, and hard work have made him one of the most dominant big men in the NBA today. After leading his Chinese team to a championship in 2002, Yao was the top pick of...
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As USA TODAY, The Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, puts it, "Will Smith . . . could film himself painting a fence and it would open at No. 1." Whether he's blasting away at bad guys or romancing the heroine, moviegoers love him. And because they show up at the box office, movie studio executives love him t...
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What were Americans doing in the 1980s? Grooving to music videos on MTV, the nation's hottest new cable station; protesting nuclear arms; and grieving the horrific explosion and deaths aboard the space shuttle Challenger. Americans also watched in wonder as the Soviet Union, the nation's form...
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In every age, science and technology have advanced human civilization. From architecture to engineering, medicine to transportation, humans have invented extraordinary wonders. People have been constructing buildings for thousands of years. But in modern times, people have become more interested in ...
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This book looks at the history of drug laws in the United States, the modern-day War on Drugs, and the medical marijuana movement. It provides the opinions and perspectives of police officers, politicians, and the U.S. "drug czar." ...
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An overview of Rwanda's geography and history, along with an exploration of the political, economic, and cultural landscape of this east-central African nation. As part of the new, completely revised and redesigned second edition of the highly acclaimed Visual Geography Series®, Rwanda in Pictures ...
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An overview of Tanzania's geography and history, along with an exploration of the political, economic, and cultural landscape of this east coast African nation. As part of the new, completely revised and redesigned second edition of the highly acclaimed Visual Geography Series®, Tanzania in Picture...
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Examines the anxiety disorder known as OCD, its symptoms and manifestations, how it can be controlled and treated, and, through case studies, what it is like to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder....
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"I know that nothing will stop the eternal increase from these pirates but the presence of an armed force." When U.S. president Thomas Jefferson wrote these words, pirates from the Barbary Coast had been attacking U.S. merchant ships for almost ten years. The United States was ready to fight and dis...
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What were Americans doing in the 1970s? Letting their hair grow, disco dancing, and following self-help gurus. Meanwhile, their faith in government faltered as they watched images of the Vietnam War and dishonesty in the White House. The 1970s saw the flower children of the 1960s growing up. Protest...
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Same-sex Marriage is one of the most controversial and emotional issues under debate in twenty-first-century American society. Presenting a balanced, unbiased examination of this hot topic, author Tricia Andryszewski encourages readers to understand both sides of the issue before forming an opinion....
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When the first Neandertal skeleton was discovered nearly 150 years ago, scientists presented the race as barely developed brutes. But recent findings indicate that Neandertals made complex tools, organized group hunts, cared for their sick and injured, and buried their dead. How advanced were they? ...
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This book examines the history of human energy use as well as the latest energy developments in the United States. It provides the opinions and perpsectives of government and business leaders, activists, and ordinary Americans on both sides of the issue. ...
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What were Americans doing in the 1910s? Dancing the fox-trot, watching Charlie Chaplin in silent movies, and reading Tarzan of the Apes. Americans also grappled with many serious issues in the 1910s. They debated whether women should have the right to vote and whether liquor should be outlawed...
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A comprehensive biography of Thomas Edward Brady, Jr. (b. 1977), quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League, focusing on his football career. Also includes detailed information on his childhood and family. ...
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In every age, science and technology have advanced human civilization. From architecture to engineering, medicine to transportation, humans have invented extraordinary wonders. Transportation technology has seen significant changes over the centuries. Ancient people traveled on foot and on the backs...
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