Today's world

Photos, diagrams, and text describe the internal structure of birds and mammals. Also compares the form and size of representative animals in a particular group.

Are the British trade unions in need of change and drastic reforms and what can they learn from trade unions in other countries?.

Examines terrorism as a political weapon used by very small extremist groups, and discusses the responses to terrorism that governments have developed to discourage or terminate attacks and kidnappings.

Historical illustrations show how inventions come about, and what effects they have on everyday life.

Surveys world resources in energy, food, and raw materials, and examines alternative solutions to problems surrounding resources and population.

Discusses the development of human life into modern man, the dawn of civilization, and peoples of the world.

Provides simple scientific information on the stars, the solar system, artificial satellites, and space probes.

Discusses the influences on the balance of nature, the changing environment, and the various factors causing extinction of many species to help save the life forms that remain.