Product Description: This is an exciting new series for boys who are reluctant readers. It is full of information on submarines from how they work, the different types (from exploration to military subs) to true stories of subs during the World Wars. Visually exciting and highly informative, each book presents its subject in a fun and accessible way with photographs, illustrated diagrams and comic strips...read more

Product Description: Named one of the "Best Children's Book of the Year, 2008" by Bank Street College of EducationNamed a "Notable Book for Children, 2008" by Smithsonian"Highly recommended for public and school library nonfiction collections for young adults...read more

Describes everyday life in Pompeii as it would have been on the day of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the destruction and panic which occurred after the event, and the rediscovery of Pompeii in the nineteenth century.

Describes who gladiators were, how they were chosen, what fighting styles they employed, how they were trained, and what a typical game might look like.

Text and photographs of storms, ports, pollution, diving, rescues, surfing, lighthouses, tides, and many kinds of boats, plants, and animals reveal the world's oceans and the people who live on or near them.