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This exciting history series explores key moments that defined the world between the World Wars, answering questions such as: What was the Great Depression all about? How did the Spanish Civil War affect World War II? With primary sources, colour and black and white photographs, and a close study of the times, people, and places involved, the Interwar Years is sure to engage aspiring historians with an examination of key events bookended by the worldÎs greatest conflicts.
One Nurse. Trillions of microbes. A deadly WWI battle. In France of 1916, a battlefield nurse encounters a strain of lethal bacteria while treating a patient with dysentery. This army of bacteria invades deep into her gut, rallying the resident microbes to fight for their lives-and hers! Enter the phage, deadly microscopic predators, ready to wage war and protect their host. This graphic novel examines what happens when bacteria attacks the body and how the body's defenses respond, drawing upon
In October 2023 fighters from the Hamas militant group in the Gaza territory crossed over into neighboring Israel where they attacked civilians, ultimately killing some 1,200 people while kidnapping nearly 230 Israelis, taking them back to Gaza as hostages. The incident touched off the Israel-Hamas War in which Israel used its formidable military to attack Gaza; nearly 30,000 Palestinians lost their lives in the conflict. The Israel-Hamas War is the latest conflict in the long history of hostili
In a quaint 19th century whaling village, a young woman seeks to expose the dark truth behind the villageÎs eerie disappearances at the risk of the lives of everyone she loves...assuming anyone will listen to a female in the first place.
“I am branded in Québec as a traitor to the French, and in Ontario as a traitor to the English. In Québec, I am branded as a jingo, and in Ontario as a separatist. In Québec, I am attacked as an Imperialist, and in Ontario as an anti-Imperialist. I am neither. I am a Canadian.” The words of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Canada’s first francophone Prime Minister, still resonate today. Faced with the monumental task of rebuilding a young nation at a time of great divide, Wilfrid encountered many challenges
After adults morph into monsters and everyone under eighteen barricades themselves inside their schools to survive, a political exile seeks asylum from her magnet schoolÎs hard-partying crosstown rival, which has adopted the neo-feudal trappings of a popular video game and all the competing factions, love triangles, and palace intrigue that go with it.
Exploring the evolution of different musical styles is a creative way to learn about history, and readers are able to do this as they discover the fascinating stories behind a variety of popular genres of music, including pop, hip-hop, country, and indie rock. These stories are told with the help of annotated quotes from artists as well as leading music critics, historians, and other experts, giving readers a behind-the-scenes look they won't soon forget.
While science fiction blockbusters regularly rely on antimatter, black holes, and parallel universes as popular plot devices, the real science behind these cosmic phenomena is just as fascinating as anything Hollywood can fabricate. Armed with this excellent companion for a STEM-driven curriculum, students will dive deep into the mysteries of space, learning about the formation and evolution of the universe at both the macro and micro levels. Whether it's demystifying the Big Bang, supernovas, o
Patrick Mahomes, Brock Purdy, and C.J. Stroud are among the NFLÎs top young quarterbacks who are already breaking records and changing the game. And while their on-field achievements are remarkable, their off-field stories are just as inspiring. Read about these superstars, and others, like Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson, and Joe Burrow to understand how they reached the top of the football world.
Featuring fantastic and authoritative popular science content, this set will have your readers enraptured by scientific principles for hours. Subjects are drawn from the ""Top 100"" lists of inventions, unsolved mysteries, hoaxes and mistakes, and answers to the world's greatest questions. This series will appeal to the curious mind with content that explains each concept from origin to modern day, complete with photographs of the subject as well as the major people involved.