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Step back in time to the world of the legendary seafaring people who dominated western Europe for 300 years -- the Vikings. Discover fascinating facts about the Viking way of life -- the longships they sailed in, the distant lands they voyaged to, and the wars they waged. Marvel at their beautiful s... More

Packed with more than 200 photographs, cross-sections, maps, and a pictorial timeline. Fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links with the present.Packed with more than 200 photographs, cross-sections, maps, and a pictorial timeline. Fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links w... More

Each of these guides is full of lively answers to all those tricky questions about how the world works. Browsers and young students alike will enjoy these lively question-and-answer books with their unique mix of realistic illustrations, fun facts, and engaging cartoons. Special Features-Compact for... More

Updated to reflect cultural and political changes around the globe, this is the ideal portable atlas for today's student. Includes more than 80 maps, hundreds of color photos, and thousands of statistics.With more than 80 maps, hundreds of color photographs, and thousands of statistics, this atlas w... More

Born in England in 1643, Isaac Newton grew up in the age when Renaissance thinkers were challenging accepted ideas throughout Europe. Fascinated by all earthly science, Newton developed laws of motion and universal gravitation which also furthered our understanding of the movement of celestial bodie... More

Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. His observations led him to support Copernicus's claim that Earth and the other planets circled the sun. This conflicted with the teachings of the Catholic Church, and brought Galileo be... More

"This short book is written in a clear, readable style, detailing the events of Marie's life that will be of interest to teen readers... It will be an excellent and accessible resource for libraries. Readers will find the prose engaging and Marie's story interesting and inspiring." --VOYA"This short... More

Galileo's genius lay in the way he approached scientific problems: he reduced problems to simple terms on the basis of experience and common-sense logic, and resolved problems according to simple mathematical descriptions, thus opening the way for a modern mathematical physics. Galileo made the firs... More

A History of Fashion and Costume is an eight-volume set that examines the development of costume and fashion over time, from the earliest cave dwellers to the present, along with the social history that gave rise to it. Introducing readers to the rich world of fashion and dress, this set vividly dep... More