Contains five true stories of planes shot down in times of war and peace, including the attack on Chuck Yeager's fighter plane over France, and the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by the Soviet Union, each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.
A collection of headlines describing things that are missing including the FBI's ten most wanted criminals, the Bermuda Triangle, missing treasure, and extinct species of birds.
Contains seven stories of some of history's most baffling cases of lost and found, including the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and the discovery of the HMS "Beagle, " each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.
Contains the stories of five well-known cases of kidnapping, including the Charles Lindbergh baby, Elizabeth Smart, and Terry Anderson, each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.
Contains eight stories of some of history's most exciting captures, including the apprehension of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, and the arrest of Saddam Hussein, each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.
Features true stories that look at many different kinds of stowaways, from a man who shipped himself from New York to Texas to stowaway slaves and endangered wildlife.
Features true stories of what happens when people are at the mercy of the sea when they are caught in a storm, forced overboard by an angry crew, or their ship is sunk by a torpedo.
