Discusses discoveries in medicine and the people who made them, covering the invention of the stethoscope, inoculation, anesthesia, germs, aspirin, and more.
Presents an introduction to the roving warriors known as pirates, describing their history, lifestyle, weapons, and how they remain a part of today's culture by their continued existence.
Introduces readers to the tools they can use to uncover information about their surroundings such as maps, cameras, and measuring tools. Features informative text, color photographs, illustrations, a glossary, and further reading.
An exploration of extreme environments around the world and the people who live in them that describes cold, hot, wet, dry, polluted, remote, earthquake-prone, and flood-prone places.
An exploration of environmentalism and the green movement that discusses why people should be concerned about water, the forests, farming, building materials, carbon dioxide, and other issues and suggests ways readers can help.
