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A simple presentation of information about water, including its composition, properties, and some of its uses.

An exploration of climate change that discusses scientific evidence for it, what countries around the world are doing to combat it, and skepticism about it.

Describes some of the craft that have been used to allow people to fly, including hot-air balloons, gliders, helicopters, and various airplanes.

Describes Earth's orbit, rotation, surface, atmosphere, and formation and also discusses the moon, covering its craters and other surface features, its phases, and eclipses.

Presents an overview of the newspaper business, as well as the composition and uses of newspapers.

Profiles ten of history's most significant inventions, including the printing press, the steam train, camera, telephone, car, radio, airplane, television, the microchip, and the World Wide Web, and discusses their effect on the world.

Introduces readers to great inventors and pages from their journals.

Illustrations and easy-to-follow text teach early readers about wedges and ramps, what they are used for, and how they work.

Focuses on the ten most pivotal battles that have altered the course of human history.

The giants of science and their life-changing discoveries are chronicled.

Examines the secret campaigns of World War I, describing a German spy who wrote messages in invisible ink, a dancer who was a double agent for the French and Germans, and others, and discussing other special operations and their results.

Provides information on many types of homes from historical times to the present.

Discover the engineers and the stories behind some of the world's fastest and most expensive transport machines.

Examines the life cycle of electronic devices such as cell phones and handheld games, covering design, protypes, production, marketing, and maintenance.

What is the Moon like, and will we ever visit it again? Taking the form of an imaginary trip, this book explores the science and history of the Moon, looking at recent studies and possibilities for the future.