Peter Dennis

Ten panoramic illustrations of places people work and what machinery they use to do their jobs.

"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...

Follows the history of Alexander the Great and his campaign to conquer the known world, including information on his traveling companions, armies of his time, ships, and food.

Follows the construction and life of a typical castle through time.

Summarizes 100 notable inventions and discoveries of ancient and modern times, from 3,000,000 B.C. to the beginning of the twenty-first century A.D.

Using thumb indexes, zoom through time--minutes, days, years, or sometimes even centuries--from one page to the next.

With each page moving forward through time this book examines the causes and results of an earthquake and describes what people have learned about them since 1000 B.C.

A brief discussion of various types of psychical phenomena including ESP, reincarnation, foretelling the future, dowsing, and levitation.

With each page moving forward in time this book examines the causes and results of a volcano, known as Vesuvius, and describes how the ruins of Pompeii were discovered.

A history of the Crusades, the series of wars fought by knights to defend Christianity in the Holy Land.