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

Provides information about violent weather phenomena such as thunderstorms, lightning, blizzards, monsoons, and sandstorms.

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...

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether media violence has harmful effects on young people, whether violent video games increase aggression, whether television violence increases aggression in children, and whether government should consider regulating media violence.