You wouldn't want to--

"Get ready...as a young man in Civil War America, you are about to become involved in a highly dangerous underwater arms race. You could get into very deep water in the first submarine..."--Cover back.

A young boy learns from his grandfather what it takes to become a master stonemason and work at the cathedral in Canterbury in the fourteenth century.

Illustrations and text introduce the training, duties, and lifestyle of a ninja warrior; and also describes the culture and traditions of ancient Japan.

Colorful illustrations and text describe the struggle of women to obtain the right to vote in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to prepare to become a court official and live in the Forbidden City during the mid-eighteenth century.

Cartoons and facts combine to explain what it was like to be a foot soldier in Alexander the Great's army during his invasion of the Persian Empire in the fourth century B.C.

Provides information about the Salem Witch hunts and trial through the fictional description of the experiences of a young girl who is accused of being a witch.

Provides information about the "Hindenburg" through the fictional description of the experiences of a German mechanic who is hired to work and travel on the airship.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the life of a gangster in Chicago during the 1920s.

Invites the reader to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of life throughout important eras in history, particulary during Viking exploration.