Reveals the daily lives of Russian people during the rule of the Romanovs, including the celebrated serf actor Mikhail Shchepkin, Princess Catherine Dashkova, and others of the period.

"On July 1, 1916, witnesses watched in horror as twenty-three-year-old Charles Vansant was attacked and killed by a shark in shallow water at Beach Haven, New Jersey--the first recorded shark attack in American history. Scientists claimed a shark could not be responsible, but more deadly attacks soon followed along the Jersey Shore and up the freshwater Matawan Creek, setting off a nationwide panic that led the White House to declare a war on sharks"--...

"In the early-morning hours of June 28, 1969, police arrived at the Stonewall Inn's doors and yelled, "Police! We're taking the place!" But the people in this New York City neighborhood bar, members of the LGBTQ community, were tired of being harassed. They rebelled in the streets, turning one moment into a civil rights movement and launching the fight for equality among LGBTQ people in the United States." -- Amazon.com.

"On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s." -- "El 28 de agosto de 1963, más de 200.000 personas se reunieron en Washington, DC, para exigir igualdad de derechos para todas las razas. Fue allí donde Martin...

"Fue la puerta de entrada a una nueva vida en Estados Unidos para millones de personas. Los enemigos de Estados Unidos fueron retenidos aquí durante la Primera y Segunda Guerras Mundiales...[pero,] ahora es un museo que rinde homenajea la historia de los inmigrantes." -- "Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration of...

"Describe cómo los peregrinos de Plymouth compartieron una fiesta de tres días con sus vecinos nativos americanos después de su primera cosecha en 1621, estableciendo una tradición que se convertiría en una fiesta nacional." -- "Describes how the Pilgrims at Plymouth shared a three-day feast with their Native American neighbors after their first harvest in 1621, establishing a tradition that would become a national holiday." --

"D-Day significó el principio del fin para la Alemania nazi y el Tercer Reich. Los lectores se sumergirán en el corazón de la acción y descubrirán cómo se planificó y llevó a cabo y cómo abrumó a los alemanes que habían sido engañados pensando que el ataque tendría lugar en otra parte." -- "D-Day spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was...