Provides young women with the most recent information on breast cancer, including how it is detected, what women can do to decrease their chances of getting it, how to cope with a diagnosis of breast cancer, what to expect when undergoing cancer treatment, and other related topics.
Gives eyewitness descriptions of thirteen disasters from 1871 to 1980, including earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, drought, flash floods, and wildfires.
Using a motorized glider, Yossi Leshem, an Israeli bird expert, can stay aloft among bird flocks for eleven hours as they migrate. Analyzes the changing ecological and cultural conditions among the birds as they fly and contains unique and colorful bird photographs.
Explains the impact of human activity on the world's oceans, looking at the problems caused by pollution, overfishing, global warming, and uncontrolled coastal development, and discussing the possible impact of ocean degradation on the future of life on Earth.
Describes the huge forest fires that burned almost one million acres of Yellowstone National Park in 1988 and the effects on the ecology of the forest there.
Presents retellings of Native American legends that explain the weather, and includes a summary of how modern-day scientists understand the meteorological forces that create different weather conditions.
