Costain, Meredith

A color-illustrated tour of Brazil that shows bits of the country's family life, schools, sports and leisure, culture, festivals and religion, food and shopping, landscape and climate, plants and animals, cities and landmarks, industry and agriculture, transportation, and history and government. Also includes instructions for two projects, a fact file, and a glossary.

An introduction to caves, featuring photographs and descriptions of the inside of a cave, types of caves, the life forms that exist in caves, and spelunking.

An introduction to forest fires that explores how they start, fire fighting techniques, prevention, and other related topics.

Describes several reported instances of hauntings, alien encounters, and other paranormal events.

Colorful illustrations describe what life would be like as a convict sentenced to serve time in a penal colony in Australia during the eighteenth century.