20th Century

NYC 20th Century Limited T Shirt, Indigo/Adult L
$14.99
NYC 20th Century Limited T Shirt Indigo/Adult L

The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud
$40.00
Everybody needs a book to read to their children, even if their little ones are so young as my twin baby 9 month-olds. Ok, I know they don't understand the stories yet, but they seem to hold the book itself, which is filled with pictures, in awe. And they listen to me when I read the beautiful children's stories.

When they get older, they'll like this book much more. They'll be able to understand the stories. I like the stories myself. Children's stories are very interesting. I've come to respect authors of such books greatly. This nice hardcover book will continue to come in handy, especially at bedtime.

The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History
$64.98
My middle-school-aged son is studying American History, so during a recent sick episode, I brought home these tapes. He was completely engaged and watched all the episodes in a 2-day period. I consider myself a political moderate, and had read some of the reviews accusing the producers of serious left-wing bias, so I was pleasantly surprised by the balance and moderation in the reporting. I did not feel any need to jump in and present alternative viewpoints -- I was very impressed. I thought it was quite fair, given that it covered such an enormous length of time.

A Short History of the Twentieth Century
$16.95
Professor Blainey has done a very good work in presenting the XXth century in a way that can give an idea of how the world was at the time of the key events in history. Example, describing the similarity between workers life style in Europe, Asia and Africa in the XIXth century.

Blainey provides a description of the typical envinronment at the time. He also tries to explain in simple terms, the motivation behind the actions that happened, what were the political forces in action, how they acted and thought.

It is a difficult task to accomplish, keeping the text simple and truthful, at the same time providing different perspectives about the times and facts. The book is nice to read and is an excellent introduction on the history of the XXth century.