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Explains how wind occurs, what jet streams are, how wind is measured, the effects of wind storms, and the use of wind as a source of energy.

Uses period accounts and journal excerpts to examine the voyages of Ferdinand Magellan, and describes his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.

The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.

Describes Hernan Cortes's and Francisco Pizarro's conquests and explorations in Mexico and Peru, discussing how European diseases aided in the destruction of both the Aztec and Inca civilizations.

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

A discussion of culture, the invisible beliefs and behaviors shared by specific groups of people, looks at how culture is transmitted, examines the problem of ethnocentrism, and considers the ways in which cultures change.

Explains the scientific discovery that there is a second chemical code on top of regular DNA that has a large influence on health, and discusses how environment and lifestyle directly affect how genes are expressed.

A New York policeman, trying to perform his job with integrity, becomes disillusioned with the graft engaged in by his fellow officers and officials.

Augustin Muganza, a young officer in the Hutu army who is married to a Tutsi woman, looks back from the perspective of his brother's trial to examine the events of 1994 when the Hutus murdered over 800,000 Tutsis in Rwanda while the world community stood idle.

Examines how marketers research the tastes, desires, and attitudes of American teenagers and capitalize on them, and explores the culture American teenagers inhabit, discussing how it differs from that of generations past.