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Since the early twentieth century, men and women around North America have taken an active stance on environmental conservation. History has seen many efforts to conserve our carbon footprint over the generations; the rise of national parks, recycling plants, environmental agencies, and climate change initiatives are just a few examples. This series examines crucial historical and contemporary movements and the people that have greatly influenced environmental outlooks today, not only in North A
Readers will explore what occurred behind the scenes in the development of astronomy, neuroscience, code breaking, mathematics, medicine, and physics in this comprehensive series. They will learn about how some of the most revolutionary mathematical principles, lifesaving medical breakthroughs, mind-blowing physics theories and discoveries about our universe, and high stakes, top secret innovations in code making and code breaking changed the world and our understanding of it.
In recent decades, the fight for LGBTQ+ equality has come a long way. Both the United States and Canada recognize same-sex marriage, medical advances are helping lower HIV-infection rates, and transgender visibility and awareness is growing. Catered to emerging curricular requirements to include LGBTQ+ history, this set examines the community's struggles for social inclusion and equal rights. It covers key episodes of high interest, including the Lavender Scare, the Stonewall riots, the AIDS cri
On a country hill, above a village, stands the House. Abandoned after some 200 years, it is rediscovered and reborn at the turn of the 20th century. As 10 more decades pass, war ravages the hillside, old ways are replaced by new technologies, and a new family story unfolds.
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