O'Brien, Patrick

Describes seventeen twentieth-century historic flights and their pilots, from the Wright brothers to those of the space shuttles.

Describes the development and early flights of airships and the disastrous crash of the Hindenburg at an airfield in New Jersey in 1937.

A boy traces the development of railroad engines from coal to steam to diesel as he recounts his family's experience of driving trains over the years.

Presents a retelling of the final voyage of the H.M.S. Bounty and the mutiny that took place.

A description of the construction, battles, and historical impact of the Civil War battleships, the Monitor and the Virginia, known to Union forces as the Monitor and the Merrimack, which focuses on the Battle of Hampton Roads.

Describes several historically important ships, including the Golden Hind, the Mayflower,the Bounty, the Titanic, and the Bismarck.

Provides information about the Megalodon, a giant shark that ruled the seas ten million years ago.

Traces James's journey during the Middle Ages in England from inexperienced page at the age of seven to knighthood at the age of twenty-one.