Arcadia Public Library

"In 1897, gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer. And in a few months, an American battleship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S. into war. This is the story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of our greatest storytellers of all time...'A Moment in the Sun' takes the whole era in its sights--from the white-racist coup in Wilmington, North...

This book is a visual journey through our age. To create it, Getty Images and National Geographic identified 100 days that represent defining moments of the past 150 years, and crystallized them with photographs that evoke joy and anger, triumph and despair--including scores of rare and unpublished photographs uncovered during its creation. From the Getty Images archive, images depict major world events. National Geographic's contributions illustrate...

Looks at the appeal of war, arguing that the ideas of combat are noble and glorious, providing a purpose for living for some people.

For the past fifty years, "The New York Review of Books" has covered virtually every international revolution and movement of consequence by dispatching the world's most brilliant writers to write eyewitness accounts.

Text, maps, and illustrations present the events that changed the world geographically in the two hundred years from 1453 to 1763.