An estimated three hundred thousand child soldiers are serving in armies around the world. This book presents a powerful, real-world look at the lives of these vulnerable young people.
Discusses the dangers of using heroin including its addictive properties, the challenges of treatment and recovery, and efforts to prevent its use and abuse.
Explores the knowledge, engineering, and data needed for artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science aimed at creating machines with the ability to perform tasks meants for humans.
Examines how scientists arrived at the theory of cells as the basic units of living things, as well as what has resulted from the widespread acceptance of this theory.
Explains the history of the atomic theory that states that all matter is composed of tiny units called atoms, constantly in motion and consisting of even smaller particles, from early work by Irish chemist Robert Boyle in 1680 through the atomic bomb and on to microchips and laser technology.
Briefly examines the causes and events that led to World War II, the key events that happened during the conflict, and the after effects of the war on the world at large--such as contributing to the start of the Cold War.
Holocaust survivors displayed endurance and determination as they searched for loved ones, worked to establish new lives, and fought for justice against the Nazis.
Between 1938 and 1945 the Nazi regime, as part of Hitler's Final Solution, murdered more than 6 million Jews. This title discusses the atrocities committed.
