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A brief illustrated biography of seventeenth-century British physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and alchemist, Sir Isaac Newton that chronicles his childhood and education as well as his many inventions and discoveries.

A biography of Sir Francis Drake, focusing on his activities as a pirate and slave trader, which made him a hero in England, but earned him the name of the Dragon by the Spanish.

"Could you survive being stranded in the Antarctic? Ernest Shackleton: Survival in the Antarctic in the True Survival series explores Shackleton's shocking survival story. The book is written with a high interest level and lower level of complexity to serve more mature students reading at lower levels. Clear visuals, colorful photographs (including images of the survivors!), and considerate text help with comprehension and wild facts hold the readers' interest from the first page to the last. A table of contents, glossary, and index all enhance comprehension and vocabulary"--From the publisher's web site.

"[Discusses] the birth of a world-changing idea, relativity, and how it was shaped by the social upheaval and bloody horror of the First World War"--OCLC.

This book for elementary readers describes the sequence of inventions that brought us from outdoor cesspits to today's smart toilets, complete with customized user settings.

This book discusses the British Museum located in London, England and some of the exhibits it houses and displays from around the world.

Describes English pirate Francis Drake who raided the African coast and abducted men, women and children and sold them into slavery and was considered a hero for attacking and looting Spanish ships to be added to England's coffers.

Provides insight into the life, work, and thinking of Isaac Newton, known as the father of physics, and discusses his theory of gravity.

Illustrations and simple text teach young readers about Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica in 1912.

Tells the story of the shipwreck of the "Endurance" in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the amazing survival of all twenty-eight members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.