This book describes the pharaohs, the scribes, the craftworkers, and the farmers who lived in ancient Egypt.

The story of one family of bald eagles. The adults return to the traditional nest site, renew their bond, protect the eggs and chicks, and coax the chick into its first flight.

Explores volcanoes on the ground, under the sea, and in space, discussing their formation, eruptions, and lava and ash.

"A clarifying, fascinating, urgently needed book on radiation--what it is, what should and shouldn't concern us about it, and what place radiation and radiation-related technologies have in our world. The universe and our galaxy and planet Earth were born in a nuclear explosion. We live on a radioactive planet, and without radiation there would be no life here. While radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly...

An odyssey following the stages of human development from birth to maturity, with each stage presented by a Cirque du Soleil act.