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Age range 12 to 16 Slavery from Africa to the Americas charts the
history of 24 million people taken from their homes in West Africa
by force, and their journey across the Atlantic Ocean to start
their new lives in the Americas. It also looks at their constant
fight against enslavement, as well as examining the developments in
Europe and the USA that brought slavery to an end. This book takes
a fresh look at history by using original documents as the starting
point for studying major events or periods in the past. Drawing on
a wide range of sources, from diaries and letters to speeches and
legal documents, each are set in context and fully annotated.
Scientists and their Discoveries looks at the lives and
achievements of many of the scientists who have transformed the
world with discoveries ranging from tiny subatomic particles to the
massive and powerful mechanisms that drive the Earth and the
stars--Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Harry Hess,
and many more. It examines their ideas and how they affected
society, highlighting their work which was a mixture of experiment,
collaboration and brilliant individual insight that has
characterized scientific advance down the ages.
The Second World War 1939-45 examines the causes of the war and
details the course of the conflict in Western Europe, the USSR,
Africa and the Pacific. It also describes the experiences of
civilians, resistance fighters, prisoners of war and Holocaust
victims.
The First World War 1914-18 explores the political situation that
provided the breeding ground for war, and traces the course of the
fighting that killed almost nine million soldiers. It goes on to
look closely at the wartime experiences of many people, and briefly
examines the changes that swept the world after the armistice was
signed.
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