Don Nardo
2) Vaccines
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Discusses the impact of vaccines on diseases, their history and development, current challenges in the field, and future research.
3) The 1930's
Author
Series
Publisher
Kidhaven Press
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the troubled 1930s, focusing on the Depression, the Golden Age of movies, and the threat of world war.
4) The 1940's
Author
Series
Publisher
Kidhaven Press
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Describes the United States during the decade of the forties, focusing on involvement in World War II, becoming a superpower, and the development of "pop" music and television.
8) Black holes
Author
Series
Publisher
Kidhaven Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Imagine an object whose gravity is so powerful that not even light can escape it! This volumes explores what are perhaps the most bizarre and frightening entities in the universe -- black holes -- including how they form, how scientists detect them, and how they may affect the ultimate fate of the Earth and the rest of the universe.
16) France
Author
Series
Enchantment of the world volume Second series
Publisher
Children's Press/Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, sports, arts, religions, culture, and people of France.
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Discusses the Persian Gulf War including the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, "Desert Storm," the ominous prelude to all-out war, "Desert Storm," the massive Allied air assault, the lightning Allied ground offensive, and the continuing troubles for Iraq and the Middle East.