Inside story

Explains the construction, sailing, and use of the sixteenth-century sailing ship known as a galleon.

Traces the history of the samurai castles of medieval Japan with information on the role of samurai, shogun, and women in feudal Japanese society, on religious beliefs, and on arms and armor of the period.

An illustrated survey of the construction and history of the Colosseum, the enormous oval amphitheater that has stood in Rome for 1,900 years.

Surveys the history, culture, politics, and architecture of Florence during the Italian Renaissance.

Discusses all aspects of theater in Shakespeare's time, giving an inside view of Elizabethan drama.

Text and cutaway illustrations depict how the crew lived beneath the ocean in a submarine during World War II and how they waged war on the ships above.

Text and cutaway illustrations depict how people lived and worked inside a medieval castle.

Text and illustrations depict the construction and uses of the pyramids in ancient Egypt. Also explores how people lived and worked in that time.