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Presents a brief look into the causes and effects of earthquakes; along with information on four major earthquakes in history and earthquake facts.

Describes how scientists study the coprolites, or fossilized feces, of dinosaurs and explains what coprolites can teach about dinosaurs and their world.

Describes the years of segregation in baseball and tells the life story of Jackie Robinson, explaining how he came to break baseball's color barrier.

Describes the years of segregation in baseball and tells the life story of Jackie Robinson, explaining how he came to break baseball's color barrier.

Describes how and why such men as Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Bird became great basketball players.

Brief profiles of such hard-hitting baseball players as Barry Bonds, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Hank Aaron.

Recounts how the Cherokees, after fighting to keep their land in the nineteenth century, were forced to leave and travel 1,200 miles to a new settlement in Oklahoma, a terrible journey known as the Trail of Tears.

Relates the history of Jumbo, the famous elephant purchased from the London Zoo by P.T. Barnum in the nineteenth century.

Describes how scientists study the coprolites, or fossilized feces, of dinosaurs and explains what coprolites can teach about dinosaurs and their world.