Platt, Richard

Covers the bloodthirsty activities of pirates, from the barbarous corsairs of the Mediterranean to the cutthroat buccaneers of the Spanish Main.

Explores shipwrecks throughout history and the artifacts and treasure that they have left undersea.

"From music notation to Roman numerals and from the skeleton to the solar system, ... facts are brought to life by ... infographics and ... commentary"--Back cover.

Cross-section illustrations help show what it was like to live in a medieval castle.

Explores technologies people use to share data and talk with each other, from the alphabet to the Internet and television, and covers the invention of the telephone, the beginnings of the World Wide Web, how communication is used in war, and how radio waves are utilized in space travel.

"In ancient Egypt, Nakht records his experiences as his family moves from the small town of Esna to the big, exciting city of Memphis, where he studies to be a scribe like his father and helps discover who has been robbing graves. Includes information on ancient Egyptian society and religious practices"--Provided by publisher.

The fictional diary of a ten-year-old boy who, in 1716 sets off from North Carolina to become a sailor, but ends up a pirate instead.

Uses the perspective of tiny people traveling through a man's body to present its various systems and organs and how they work.

Cross-section illustrations help show what it was like to sail on board the HMS Victory, a British warship of the Napoleonic age.