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Eyewitness to the 20th Century

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December 2, 2021 0

National Geographic Eyewitness to the 20th Century

Using photographs, maps, charts, and time lines, this comprehensive volume portrays this century’s incredible events and developments from the Wright Brothers’ first flight to Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon, up to the events of today. Organized conveniently by decade, each section begins by highlighting a prevailing issue of the day—America and Big Business, Women’s Suffrage, the 1924 Immigrations Restriction Act, the Great Depression, the Atomic Age, McCarthyism, Civil Rights, the Explosion of Mass Culture, the Rise of Conservatism, and the End of the Cold War. The 20th century brought forth the most dramatic advances ever made in a single century. No one tells it better than National Geographic Society.

Details:

Format: Hardcover, 400 Pages

Published: 1998

ISBN: 0792270495

Condition: Used

Our Country’s Presidents

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December 30, 2020 0

Our Country’s Presidents: All You Need to Know About the Presidents, From George Washington to Barack Obama

By: Ann Bausum

Ladies and Gentlemen: the next President of the United States will soon be included within the pages of one of our perennial favorites. National Geographic Children’s Books will publish this fully revised and updated edition of Our Country’s Presidents in time for the Inauguration of our 44th head of state—the first Presidents reference book on the market after the election.

This president will follow in the footsteps of 43 predecessors who have assumed America’s greatest responsibility: these men have faithfully executed their duties—they have signed treaties, addressed Congress, brokered peace, and waged war. Each has left his own indelible mark on the history of the United States and on the lives of the American people.

Find out why George Washington gave up his life as a Virginia planter to lead the nation; why John Taylor was deemed “His Accidency”; walk with the presidents through wars, depressions, civil rights movements, and the space race; romp with the Garfield children in a White House pillow fight; and mourn with a nation for John F. Kennedy.

This timely update will offer fascinating and comprehensive profiles of all the presidents, timelines of their administrations, historic images, and features on important aspects of their terms. A fresh cover design and informative insight about our new leader will make this volume stand apart from all other contenders, and confirm its place as the definitive family reference guide to the fascinating lives of our leaders past and present.

Details:

Format: Hardcover, 216 Pages

Published: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-4263-0375-3

Condition: Used (May not contain dust cover)

National Geographic January 2021

By Eric

December 22, 2020 1

National Geographic January 2021 Highlights:

The Year In Pictures – A Special Issue

Five of our Photographers reflect on 2020. Essay: In a year of striking images, why we could not look away.

The Year That Tested Us

How much can any of us withstand? Deaths by coronavirus, until morgues are packed. Calls for racial equality, answered with backlash. The Earth scoured by locusts, hurricanes, fires. How much? And then how much more?

The Year That Isolated Us

A funeral with no mourners. A family visiting through a window. A virtual happy hour. Around the world, billions of people simultaneously experienced aloneness, separated from companions and solace.

The Year That Empowered Us

The phrase “I can’t breathe” took on multiple meanings, from hospital wards treating gasping COVID-19 patients to street protests where deaths in police hands triggered long-stifled cries for justice.

The Year That Hope Endured

Extraordinary developments occur even during terrible times. Scientists make discoveries, conservationists score victories, social movements spark change. And love, in all its forms, finds a way.

A Daylong Show of Commitment

Fifty-seven years to the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial, another march for civil rights and social justice drew thousands of people to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

On The Cover:
In 1890 this statue of Gen., Robert E. Lee was placed on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. The first Confederate monument there, it was the last one standing in late 2020 as its fate was argued in court. Kris Graves’s photos show the statue covered in graffiti and lit with projections. It’s a powerful symbol of the racial reckoning under way.

National Geographic June 2020

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May 28, 2020 0

National Geographic June 2020 Highlights:

The Last Voices of World War II

More than 66 million military men and women served in World War II, and countless civilians also figured in the war effort. To mark the 75th anniversary of the war’s end, National Geographic shares portraits and stories of some of the last surviving witnesses.

Hiroshima Memories

Nearly 75 years after a nuclear bomb blast devastated it, the city tries to move on from what it cannot forget.

Emperor Penguins

As sea ice dwindles, the species is marching toward extinction.

Taking the Lead

Women’s role in politics is mandated in some nations – but can be violently thwarted.

Air Time

Skateboards go global.

Inside the Quarantine

As the coronavirus ravaged Italy, a photographer in Milan found a way to take portraits of subjects in self-quarantine – from afar.

Satire and Science

Controversial issues are no joke – but treating them satirically can help change minds.

A Last Whale Tale

The beluga was well trained and friendly. Was he also a spy?

Jordan’s Epic Trek

The Jordan Trail crosses the country, through deserts to the Red Sea.

Coastal Connection

Denmark, a nation of 406 islands, is largely surrounded by water and blessed with coastlines of all kinds.

National Geographic November 2002

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March 30, 2012 0

ZipUSA: 68010 Boys Town, NE { ZipUSA: A Town of Their Own; ZipUSA: Boys Town, Nebraska}
ZipUSA: Boys Town, Nebraska Give them homes, schools, families, and some old- fashioned religion, and troubled kids might just pull themselves together. This is their place. BY JENNIFER STEINBERG PHOTOGRAPHS BY LANDON NORDEMAN
Gelada Monkeys: Where Queens Are King { Kings of the Hill? }
Kings of the Hill? In a male- dominated world, a female- run society is decidedly refreshing. Check out gelada monkeys- but don’t mess with the queens: They bite. BY VIRGINIA MORELL PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL NICHOLS
Special Report: Weapons of Mass Destruction { Weapons of Mass Destruction: Spreading Scourge; Weapons of Mass Destruction}
Weapons of Mass Destruction They redefined warfare in the 20th century and could redefine civilization itself in the 21st. A closer look at the ugly legacy of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons- and their unimaginable threat. BY LEWIS M. SIMONS PH
Megacities: The Coming Urban World { Cities}
Megacities By 2030, two out of three people will live in an urban world, with most of the explosive growth occurring in developing countries. For a preview of the future, the last in the Challenges for Humanity series explores Sao Paulo, Brazil; Lagos, N
Holy Mola! The Colossal Sunfish { Mola! ; It’s a Mola}
Mola! A swimming head, a pizza pie with eyes, a platter of para- sites- that’s a mola, the colossal fish that has at least one researcher wrapped around its little fin. BY JENNIFER STEINBERG PHOTOGRAPHS BY MIKE JOHNSON
Unmasking Skin
Unmasking Skin Equal parts armor, air- conditioning system, and genetic heritage, skin is more than skin- deep. Scientists are prob- ing beneath the surface of the body’s largest organ. BY JOEL L. SWERDLOW PHOTOGRAPHS BY SARAH LEEN

National Geographic September 1997

By Eric

March 30, 2012 0

The Dawn of Humans: Tracking the First of Our Kind
Around 117, 000 years ago in southern Africa an early member of our species left footprints in a sand dune. Could it have been the Eve some scientists are seeking?
A Dream Called Nunavut
In 1999, Canada’s Inuit will land their greatest catch – – 770, 000 square miles to call their own.
Balloon Challenge { Racing With the Wind}
Competitors from three nations last winter attempted the first nonstop girdling of the globe by balloon.
Route 66 { Romancing the Road}
Rattling through Arizona, this remnant of a historic highway returns travelers to two- lane America and the auto’s golden age.
China’s Three Gorges: Before the Flood
The world’s mightiest dam is rising on the Yangtze River. Gains: electric power and flood control. Losses: wild canyons and hundreds of thousands of homes.
Beirut Rising
A war- torn ruin after 15 years of civil strife, Lebanon’s capital is rebuilding itself physically and socially.
The Siren Song of Everest
Amateurs crowd the perilous slopes of earth’s highest mountain, seeking the adventure of a lifetime.