Top 10 worst

Explores the history and science of ten nasty pirates, including Captain Kidd, Henry Avery, the Barbarossa brothers, and Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.

Explores the history and science of ten of the most frightening dinosaurs, including the triceratops, kronosaurus, masiakasaurus, and troodon, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.

Contains illustrations, facts, and information about ten 6ysterious events, discussing the ancient curse believed to have killed archaeologists who entered Egyptian pyramids, the area in Roswell, New Mexico, where extraterrestrials are rumored to have crash landed, and more.

Explores the daily life and customs of ancient Greece, including politics, the Olympic games, and the Spartans at war, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.

Explores the history and lives of ten of the most ruthless villains of history, including Al Capone, Billy the Kid, the Blood Countess, and Scottish body-snatchers Burke and Hare, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.

Explores the history and lives of ten of the most ruthless rulers of history, including Cleopatra, Ivan the Terrible, and Henry VIII, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.

Explores the daily life and customs of ancient Rome, including life as a Roman soldier, gladiator fights, and slave labor, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.

Explores the daily life and customs of ancient Egypt, including deadly diseases, gods and curses, and mummification, and includes humorous illustrations, fact boxes, and sidebars.