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Books in Take Ten Years series

  • 1930s

    Ken Hills

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Explores the decade of the 1930s worldwide, a time which included the Depression, Gandhi's defiance of British rule in India, the Spanish Civil War, and the abdication of Edward VIII
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  • 1950s

    Margaret Sharman

    Paperback (Evans Brothers Ltd, April 26, 1996)
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  • 1990s

    Stewart Ross

    Hardcover (Evans Brothers, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Part of the Take Ten Years series examining the dramatic events, important changes, and major figures in world history in ten-year periods. The book contains year-by-year accounts of world affairs, eye witness reports, developments in science and technology, style and fashion, and discoveries.
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  • 1980s

    Clint Twist

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Examines the top news stories of the 1980s, including war in Iran and Iraq, AIDS, and the opening of the Berlin Wall
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  • 1940s

    Ken Hills

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Explores the decade of the 1940s worldwide, with an emphasis on the great war that dominated the news
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  • 1920s

    Margaret Sharman

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Explores the decade of the 1920s worldwide, a time which included the formation of the League of Nations, Prohibition, the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, and the stock market crash
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  • 1910s

    Margaret Sharman

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Explores the decade of the 1910s worldwide, a time of great upheaval, including the events surrounding World War I and the Russian Revolution
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  • 1960s

    Ken Hills

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Explores the decade of the 1960s worldwide, discussing such topics as the Bay of Pigs, President Kennedy's assassination, and the cultural revolution in China.
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  • 1970's

    Clint Twist

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Covers such worldwide news stories from the 1970s as the United States involvement in Vietnam, the civil war in Lebanon, the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, and Mother Teresa's winning the Nobel Peace Prize
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  • 1920s

    Margaret Sharman

    Hardcover (Evans Brothers, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Part of the Take Ten Years series examining the dramatic events, important changes, and major figures in world history in ten-year periods. The book contains year-by-year accounts of world affairs, eye witness reports, developments in science and technology, style and fashion, and discoveries.
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  • 1960s

    Ken Hills

    Paperback (Evans Brothers, May 1, 1996)
    Part of the Take Ten Years series examining the dramatic events, important changes, and major figures in world history in ten-year periods. The book contains year-by-year accounts of world affairs, eye witness reports, developments in science and technology, style and fashion, and discoveries.
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  • 1950s

    Margaret Sharman

    Library Binding (Heinemann/Raintree, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Explores the decade of the 1950s worldwide, discussing such topics as the war in Korea, Joe McCarthy, the Soviet power struggle, civil rights activities, and Castro in Cuba
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