The decade of the 2000s is marked by many indelible images. Among them: black smoke billowing from the World Trade Center's Twin Towers just moments after being struck by airplanes; young people, wearing ear buds, urning the dial on their iPods and listening tgotheir facvorite scenes of utter devastation on beaches in Thailand and Sri Lanka afrter a massivve tsunami.

"OCD is a mental illness that affects about one in forty adults and one in one hundred children in the United States. The disorder exhibits two major aspects which give it its name: obsessions, which are recurring unwanted thoughts, urges, or mental images that cause a person anxiety and distress; and compulsions, repetitive behaviors that a person feels compelled to perform. OCD sufferers experience obsessions, compulsions, or both at the same time,...

The Vietnam War cost the lives of more than 50,000 US soldiers, and sparked major unrest at home in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to keep North and South Vietnam from being united under a Communist regime. Through thoughtful narrative supported by fully documented quotes this title begins with A Brief History of the Vietnam War and then examines these questions: How Did Fear of Communism Lead to US Intervention in Vietnam? How Did the Tet Offensive...

Discusses the Cold War, its origins and the resulting conflicts, including the arms race, the Korean War, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Vietnam War.

Presents information about the Jews who resisted and fought the Nazis and the heroic gentiles who provided them with false identities, hiding places, and documentation, allowing them to escape persecution.

"COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, 2020, when nearly 120,000 cases were reported in over 110 countries. By that time scientists were already working frantically to develop a vaccine to combat the disease. By the summer of 2020, COVID-19 cases had surpassed 20 million, and more than 735,000 people had died. The search for a COVID-19 vaccine was a race against time versus an insidious virus that knew no boundaries and left few people untouched."...

Explores the crime-solving techniques used during investigations into the events of September 11, 2001, discusses what was learned from the evidence, and addresses conspiracy theories associated with the attacks.