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Shot down

2013
Features true stories that look at what happens when a plane is shot down and considers the question of how to decide if, and when, a passenger plane should be shot down in extreme emergencies.

Trapped

2013
Features true stories that look at the terrifying ordeal of being trapped, including in a fire, water, or underground.

Condemned

2013
Features true stories that look at what it means to be condemned, considering such examples as an ancient redwood tree scheduled to be chopped down and a wrongly imprisoned man freed by DNA evidence.

Attacked

2013
Profiles major attacks in history, including the Boston Massacre, Pearl Harbor, and Sarajevo.

Missing

2013
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.

Lost and found

2013
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.

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