Product Description: An aging American coal carrier goes down in a winter storm off the Virginia coast. Only three of the crew of 34 survive; the rest perish in the ice-cold water. Was the dead captain at fault? Did the mate neglect safety precautions? Or did a penny-pinching management skimp on necessary maintenance? The giant car-and-passenger ferry Estonia sinks in a gale in the Baltic Sea, carrying over 800 passengers to their deaths and causing national scandals in three countries...read more

Product Description: Challenging readers to think about what they would do under the same circumstances, "Deceived" tells the true story of the infamous Donner Party, stranded in the Sierra Nevadas during a brutal winter, who resorted to cannibalism to stay alive...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Word origins, eerie characters, assorted facts, curious anecdotes, a monster chart, superstitions, and Halloween history are all included in a compendium of holiday lore

A survey of modern aquaculture techniques examines the problems and potential of growing various types of seafood on an industrial scale

Provides a concise explanation of what the heart is and what it does, discusses inborn heart defects and other heart problems, and offers a brief history of human heart surgery

Forty-three lively essays on the etymologies of the names of wild animals are complemented by line drawings and facts on the animals and their habitats

Truths and legends about the names of the stars, planets, constellations, and general astronomical terms.

Sketches the history of underwater exploration and describes the use and success of submersibles