Rosen, Mike

Describes the first flight over the Atlantic from Canada to Great Britain made in l9l9 by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown and the first solo flight from New York to Paris made in l927 by Charles Lindbergh.

Surveys traditional festivals and holidays that are associated with summer and how they are celebrated around the world.

Chronicles the hardships faced by explorers trying to reach the North Pole, focusing on Peary and Henson's successful attempt in 1909.

Traces the journeys and discoveries of the thirteenth-century Italian explorer who traveled overland from Italy to China and returned by boat along the coast of Southeast Asia and India.

Surveys the many ways different cultures around the world celebrate the arrival of spring, describing religious and national holidays and other observances.

Surveys the festivals and holidays celebrated by various cultures around the world at the autumn equinox or harvest time.

Surveys the various attempts to climb Mount Everest and gives a detailed account of the successful climb made by Hillary and Tenzing.

Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and what its rediscovery and excavation has revealed about daily life in the Roman Empire.

Recounts the life of the Carthaginian military genius and his army's journey from North Africa across the Alps to Italy in an attempt to defeat the Roman Empire.