Adams, Simon

Contains satellite maps, photographs, facts, and descriptions that provide information about the societies, cultures, histories, landscapes, and climates of the world. Includes a CD-ROM.

Presents a collection of full-color panoramic foldout pages that examines the history and mystery of ancient Egypt.

Presents a short biography of Elizabeth I, and chronicles her royal birth and childhood, the Tudors, exile and eventual imprisonment in the Tower, her ascension to the throne, her rivals, and legacy.

Presents an illustrated biography of Alexander the Great, the son of a Macedonian king, student of Aristotle, and conqueror of the Persian Empire.

Gives information regarding volcanoes, including how they are formed, where they can be found, and how they change the Earth.

Detailed descriptions of the Titanic, including its accommodations, and a retelling of its sinking in 1912.

Describes what it was like for Jews who lived or died during the events of the Holocaust.

An introduction to Afghanistan that discusses the history, people, government, culture, and drug economy of the country and provides a time line, basic facts, a glossary, and a list of related Web sites.

Presents a photographic introduction to World War I, discussing events that led to the conflict, and providing information about the conduct of the war, the lives of enlisted men, and the armistice and peace.

Presents a study of the end of World War Two and the beginning of the Cold War and discusses the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the arms race and Detente, the Berlin Wall and Cuban Missile Crisis, Glasnost, and the end of the Cold War.