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"A biography of Albert Einstein, with profiles of two prominent individuals, who are associated through the influences they had on one another, the successes they achieved, or the goals they worked toward. Includes recommended readings and web sites"--Provided by publisher.

Draws from a variety of primary sources to examine the life and career of Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle, best remembered for his Sherlock Holmes stories and novels; and includes photographs, documents, and memorabilia.

Presents a brief biography of the English seaman and explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for helping to make England a world power by circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish ships.

Simple text and illustrations present the life story of sixteenth-century explorer and buccaneer Sir Francis Drake, the first English person to sail around the world.

An illustrated biography of Elizabethan explorer, soldier, historian, and poet Sir Walter Raleigh; also includes a glossary, chronology, and further reading list.

Surveys the life and voyages of Sir Francis Drake and the expansion of the English naval fleet in the sixteenth century.

Traces a year in the Lincolnshire village of Gerneham, from ploughing through sowing, harvesting, and threshing, with illustrations of village life inspired by the fourteenth-century Luttrell Psalter.

Tells the story of the British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary with the goal of crossing Antarctica.

Presents an historical narrative on the British Antarctic expedition in 1908 of Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the "Nimrod," who became the first to reach the South Pole and chronicles their achievements as they traveled across hundreds of miles of frozen wilderness.