Provides information about global warming which is aimed at helping students determine fact from fiction in relation to the phenomenon, and includes suggestions for ways readers can help prevent global temperature change.
Tells the stories of over 100 historical, political, military, and social events in which human error has led to disaster; arranged chronologically within four subject categories, with photographs, illustrations, maps, and discussion of related issues.
Traces mankind's reactions to various disasters throughout history, from the explosion of the "Mont Blanc" munitions ship in 1917 to the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, in order to reveal how individuals overcome fear and find the will to survive. Includes full-color and black-and-white photographs of various historical and modern disasters.
the events that stopped our lives--from the Hindenburg explosion to the attacks of September 11
Garner, Joe
2002
Recounts the details of forty-three significant events of the twentieth century, each with from-the-scene photographs; and features two compact discs that contain over two hours of audio from the events as they were broadcast live.
Profiles more than four hundred man-made catastrophes arranged according to category, including air crashes, civil unrest and terrorism, explosions, fires, nuclear and industrial accidents, and railway, space, and maritime disasters.
Presents accounts of history's top one hundred worst disasters in terms of loss of life, covering natural and man-made events from the Black Death of the fourteenth century to the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center in 2001.
The summer brings big changes for the members of the Baby-sitters Club, with boyfriend troubles, feuds, hard decisions, and unexpected adventures, but Kristy, Claudia, Stacey, and Mary Anne come through knowing they will always be friends.
