Adkins, Jan

Demonstrates a variety of techniques used to move heavy objects.

Tells the life story of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, discussing his designs including homes and the Guggenheim Museum, examining his impact on the way Americans live, and exploring why his work provoked controversy.

A look at bridges throughout history, from simple arrangements of stepping stones, to famous landmarks such as London Bridge, to marvels of engineering such as New York's Brooklyn Bridge.

Explores the harsh realities of life in the Middle Ages, describing knights as local tough guys with shifting loyalties, investigating the truth of the legend of King Arthur, and discussing feudalism, so-called fair ladies, dragons, castles, weapons and armor, and the Crusades.

Pictures and text describe what pirates were really like, especially the pirates of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.

Explains basic facts and tool uses for the beginning woodworker.