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Traces early maritime history from the Egyptians to Captain Cook, discusses how sails were developed to use the wind, describes clipper ships, steamships, ocean liners, working ships, inland waterways, and canals, and examines safety at sea and the future of ships.

Text and pictures present a basic introduction to space exploration, from rockets to men on the moon to space stations.

Discusses the consequences of drinking and then driving, with a step-by-step scenario of what happens to a driver who is arrested for drunk driving. Includes addresses to write to for more information.

Explains what epilepsy is, what a seizure is like, what can trigger a seizure, and how epilepsy can be controlled.

Provides information about asthma, a condition that affects people's breathing, looking at who gets asthma, how it starts, what happens during an asthma attack, and its treatment.

Discusses the many aspects of outer space, including how it has been explored and measured, how it may have been formed, what bodies exist in it and how they move, and how it is changing.

Discusses different kinds of energy, where it comes from, how it is stored and transported, and how it is used.

Describes different types of families around the world, discusses how families work and play together, and defines such terms as foster parent, household, and relative.

Discusses the highly addictive derivative of cocaine known as crack.

Discusses how deposits of oil and natural gas are formed, discovered, extracted, and used.