Compass point books minneapolis (75 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In the 1950s, a black man in the South was expected to lower his eyes when he passed a white man on the street. African-American and white citizens attended separate schools, restaurants, and parks. They were even buried in separate graveyards. That was how traditional Southern society had…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. How did a country once so united split in two? Why did the South feel that the North threatened their traditions and livelihood? Why did the North only want to fight in the South's territory? From the campaign for emancipation to the brutal battlefield, The U.S. Civil War: Why They Fought r…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In 1861 the United States was at a crossroads. People in the Southern states believed that Northerners were trying to change their way of life. People in the North were upset that Southerners wanted to govern themselves. The issue of slavery was caught in the middle. As the events of the Ci…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The tragic events of September 11, 2001, sent shock waves around the globe that are still felt today. Nearly 3,000 people died in the terrorist attacks and thousands more were injured. On the afternoon of the attacks, three firefighters paused in their rescue work to raise an American flat…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A series of photos taken from space more than 20 years ago revealed thousands of unknown galaxies in a tiny patch of 'empty' space. Called the Hubble Deep Field, the amazing image is made up of hundreds of photos combined into one. It was taken over the course of 10 days from the Hubble Spa…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A Perspectives Flip Book, this title looks at World War I from both sides, from the point of view of the Allies and of the Central Powers. The sequence of events is objectively documented, with many photographs from the time included. Tensions have been brewing in Europe for years. Finally…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. American Indians had lived in North America for thousands of years by the time European settlers arrived. The settlers came in search of land and were eager to build farms, roads, and towns. The Indians lived off the land and believed it belonged to everyone. When the U.S. government comple…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In the 1930s, photographer Dorothea Lange traveled the American West documenting the experiences of those devastated by the Great Depression. She wanted to use the power of the image to effect political change, but even she could hardly have expected the effect that a simple portrait of a w…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. People from Great Britain came to North America to start new lives in the 13 American colonies. In the beginning colonists accepted British rule without question. But by the mid-1700s, things were changing. Many colonists wanted the right to govern themselves. The British government felt as…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Nine African American students made history when they defied a governor and integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957. It was the photo of a young girl trying to enter the school being taunted, harassed and threatened by an angry mob that grabbed the world's attention and kept its disappro…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In May 1963 news photographer Charles Moore was on hand to document the Children's Crusade, a civil rights protest. But the photographs he took that day did more than document an event; they helped change history. His photograph of a trio of African-American teenagers being slammed against…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Little boys, some as young as 6, spent their long days, not playing or studying, but sorting coal in dusty, loud, and dangerous conditions. Many of these breaker boys worked 10 hours a day, six days a week all for as little as 45 cents a day. Child labor was common in the United States in t…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. President Theodore Roosevelt called Jacob Riis 'the best American I ever knew.' The pioneering photojournalist, an immigrant from Denmark, drew attention to the poverty and evils of slum life in the late 1800s. Riis won national acclaim when his photos illustrated his bestselling book How t…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. To the untrained eye, Photo 51 was simply a grainy black and white image of dark marks scattered in a rough cross shape. But to the eye of a trained scientist, it was a clear portrait of a DNA fiber taken with X-rays. And to young scientists James Watson and Francis Crick, it confirmed thei…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Every battle has two sides - and two very different perspectives. Experience battles from the American Revolution, Civil War, and World War II from one side of the battlefield, and then read the perspective of the other. A deeper understanding of each battle from both sides will help reader…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. It is a bizarrely beautiful image: A man in a spacesuit stands isolated in an alien world. His companion, the photographer, and their landing craft are reflected in his visor. This photograph, taken by Neil Armstrong of fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin, is the most famous documentation of Ameri…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, writer, political activist, reformer has been called the most important African-American of the 1800s. He was also the most photographed American of the 1800s. Douglass, who escaped enslavement to work tirelessly on behalf of his fellow African-Americans, r…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Weighing as much as a small car, a rover named Curiosity rolls quietly around Mars. Scientific instruments pack its body and cluster at the end of a mechanical arm. An arrangement of lenses and instruments tops its mast, like a face. To the many NASA workers involved in Curiosity's mission…