Kallen, Stuart A.

Introduces readers to various career options in the field of aviation and aerospace and covers what the jobs entail, educational requirements, salary ranges, required skills, employment prospects, and more.

Provides brief biographies of six Internet entrepreneurs, discussing their lives and accomplishments.

Cartoonist Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, has a talent for mocking, criticizing, and exposing the foolishness of modern culture. This talent has resulted in financial success, critical acclaim, and the longest-running show in television history. Matt Groening and the Simpsons provides an in-depth and often humorous look at Groening’s childhood, his rise to fame, and his success as one of the most honored animators in the world.

Profiles Jeff Bezos, who took his childhood love of books and turned it into Amazon.com, one of the biggest and most successful online retailers on earth.

Profiles Elon Musk, the genius behind the electric car maker Tesla Motors and the spacecraft builder Space X.

"Drones are ... versatile devices that will soon be everywhere as researchers develop new uses for the flying machines. This book looks into drones of the future and how they will be used by filmmakers, businesses, the military and police, and average consumers"--Provided by publisher.

Describes how the Burj Khalifa became the tallest tower in the world and the work that went into building it.

Examines the financial practices that led to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and how people around the world were affected.

Explores the history, and present culture of Native Americans from the Subarctic region, including the Yup'ik, Ojibwe, and Deg Hit'an.