In 1920, Susan B. Anthony passed a law that gave voting rights to women in the United States. RIGHT? WRONG! Susan B. Anthony wasn't even alive when the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified. Plus, it takes a lot more than one person to amend the constitution. The truth is, it took millions of women to get that amendment into law. They marched! They picketed! They even went to jail. But in the…
Before the Civil War, there was a crack team of abolitionists who used quilts and signal lanterns to guide enslaved people to freedom. RIGHT? WRONG! The truth is, the Underground Railroad wasn't very organized, and most freedom seekers were on their own. With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, acclaimed author Kate Messner and coauthor and Brown Bookshelf contribu…
During the Black Death in the 14th century, plague doctors wore creepy beaked masks filled with herbs. RIGHT? WRONG! Those masks were from a plague outbreak centuries later--and most doctors never wore anything like that at all! With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, acclaimed author Kate Messner delivers the whole truth about diseases like the bubonic plague, c…
This book explores important events that have shaped our world. Find out how planet Earth formed, who ruled ancient Egypt, which NASA spacecraft flew past Mercury, and what is the fastest-selling book in history. Over 2000 key dates are accompanied by hundreds of illustrations, diagrams, and photographs.
From Stone Age tools to smartphones, explore the past through this picture packed encyclopedia on incredible artefacts. Along the way, you'll unearth exquisite jewelry crafted in ancient empires, discover treasures once owned by medieval monarchs and learn about gadgets used by spies in World War II
Dunia para pengelana tangguh dan berani. ada Marcopolo yang berkelana sekaligus membuka wawasan orang Eropa tentang dunia timur. Ada juga Muhammad ibn Battuta sang pengelana gurun terhebat, Ferdinand Magellan sang pengeliling dunia lewat lautan, atau Roa
From the hunter-gatherers and pyramid-builders of ancient times, to the space travelers and tech experts of today, The Kingfisher World History Atlas shows the who, what, when, where, and why of the major events of human history.
Dunia memiliki orang-orang besar, orang-orang yang berpengaruh pada sejarah peradaban bangsa maupun manusia.'