Barber, Nicola

Describes the characteristics of mobile homes, the materials used to construct them, and what they look like inside, and discusses how the environment influences what kinds of homes are built in various geographical locations. Includes photographs, a map, glossary, and activity.

An illustrated overview of Hong Kong that describes its history, people, homes, transportation, education, industries, and recreation. Includes a time line and a glossary.

Provides information for children on how to get ready for the first day of school and what to expect when they get there.

Includes such topics as computer-aided design, new methods of building, new ways to use glass, green buildings, building for leisure and pleasure, floating worlds, and cities for the next century.

This book traces the history of medicine from 1400 CE to 1700 CE, a time of renewed interest in scholarship and learning in Europe.

Photographs and simple text details what it is like to be treated as a patient in the hospital, and covers seeing the doctor, examinations, operations, going home, and other related topics.

Describes rural life, city life, family life, foods, the arts, and language and literature among various peoples in the Middle East, and discusses issues for the future.

Chronicles the political, ethnic, and territorial conflicts in the history of Central Africa including the slave trade, colonial rule, independence, ethnic divisions and genocide, and the effects of war.

Discusses such ancient "lost" cities as Machu Picchu, Troy, Knossos, Great Zimbabwe, and Angkor, as well as more modern ghost towns.

Surveys the activities of the explorers and pirates who went in search of gold and describes the unsolved mysteries of lost treasures of the world.