Samuels, Charlie

Engaging text and full-color photographs introduce readers to the high-tech planes, tanks, missiles, and gadgets developed for the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a war in which no battle was ever openly fought.

Illustrated, interactive pages teach children about the people, values, and events that formed the foundation of America's identity.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient Mesopotamia, what is now called Iraq, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, from around 3500 B.C.E. to about 331 B.C.E., in the fields of construction, irrigation, pottery, the wheel, numbers, weights, measures, astronomy, a written language, metals, weapons, and more.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient Rome from around 509 B.C.E. to about 476 C.E. as the Romans primarily by adopting and improving upon technology from subjugated peoples made significant advances in farming and food production, textiles and glassware, and built walls, bridges, roads, and spectacular aqueducts.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient Greece from around 1600 B.C.E. to about 100 B.C.E. in the fields of agriculture, building, architecture, sculpture, theaters, science, weapons, astronomy, and more.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient Egypt from around 3100 B.C.E. to about 300 B.C.E. as the Egyptians made significant advances in building, preserving the dead, astronomy, and more.

Examines important technological improvements in ancient China in the fields of agriculture, building, architecture, astronomy, transportation, medicine and more.

Examines important technological improvements in the ancient Americas from around 3114 B.C.E. to about 1521 C.E. in the fields of agriculture, building, transportation, astronomy, calendars, metalwork, weapons and warfare, medicine, textiles, and more.

Discusses different things that some people are able to do that are a mystery to scientists, such as superhuman strength, spontaneous combustion and sleepwalking.

An overview of the War on Terror, featuring time lines that chronicle significant events from 9/11 throughout the course of the war, and discussing why the conflict began, military tactics and technology, and the political consequences of the war.