John Farndon

Unlock the secrets and rituals of how to prepare for the afterlife in Ancient Egypt more than three thousand years ago. But make sure to keep safe by using spells from the Book of the Dead!

At the age of five, Takeshi enters a samurai's castle to train as a noble fighter. Join him in action by taking on the samurai's "way of the warrior" lifestyle-but remember that honor can be more important than life.

It's 1718 and Jamie Flynn has been snatched from the docks to join Blackbeard's crew of the fearsome pirates. Join him on board, but make sure you have strong sea legs and nerves to live like a Caribbean pirate!

"Whimsical stick figure guides take readers on a tour of various massive machines and how they work in this playful yet extremely informative guide to high-tech machines."--

Packed with fascinating facts and awesome pictures, this book explores the greatest inventions and inventors through the ages. Includes glossary.

Profiles rocks, minerals, and plant and animal fossils, with in-depth descriptions of their qualities and properties, an introduction to how rocks and fossils form, and how they are classified.

The molten rock just under Earth's solid crust sometimes erupts suddenly and violently, causing streams of red-hot lava and scorching high-speed avalanches called pyroclastic flows. Volcanoes can bury entire cities in ash, poison the air with suffocating gases, trigger earthquakes and tsunamis, and drastically alter our climate. Witness the world's most extreme volcanic disasters throughout history, from the Yellowstone supervolcano to Vesuvius and...