Examines the technology involved in creating indoor water parks and ski slopes in various parts of Asia, and describes how scientists are providing solutions to overcrowding, disease, transportation, and communications.
After her father's sudden death, fourteen-year-old Rose Rives finds that sixteenth-century France is a dangerous place for women, when some greedy, vindictive men charge her mother and others with being witches.
a rollercoaster ride through six decades of pop culture in America
Biddle, Julian
2001
Examines popular artists, musical performers, movies, trends, television shows, and fashions that were popular in each decade from the 1950s to the twenty-first century.
Describes cases of lynchings in the American South, chronicles the fight to end lynching, discusses violence during the civil rights era, and notes cases in which perpetrators were prosecuted decades later.
Presents an illustrated history of flight, looking at early attempts to fly, and tracing the development of aircraft from the first plane built by the Wright brothers into the space age. Includes chronologies.
Presents an overview of microscopes and cells, and examines stem cells, discussing research, transplants, immunity, ethical issues, and their role in the field of regenerative medicine.
Relates the true story of how several Jewish families survived the Holocaust of World War II by hiding in the caves of western Ukraine for over three hundred days.
Looks at some of the most important inventions that changed the world, including lenses, the steam engine, gunpowder, and many others. Includes fold-out pages.
Presents biographies of ten ancient mathematicians including Euclid, Archimedes, and Fibonacci. Each profile covers the person's research, discoveries, and contributions to the field.
