Surveys the history and traditions of the Olympics, highlighting memorable events from ancient Greece to the present day.

This book looks at different kinds of trains, including steam trains, subway trains, freight trains, and maglev trains.

"This high-interest series, aimed at reluctant readers, looks at secret campaigns behind the major conflicts of the past 100 years. Biographical sidebars focus on heroic or notorious personalities. Highlighted fact features include special operations and their results, resistance movements, propaganda and the history of the time - as is known....and not readily known"--Provided by publisher.

Brief text and photographs explain what cars are, describe different types of cars, and examine how they developed and how they are used.

Discusses the Bermuda Triangle, an area of the Atlantic Ocean where numerous ships and airplanes have mysteriously disappeared, and examines various efforts to identify this phenomena and discover its causes.

Surveys the history and traditions of the Olympics, highlighting memorable events from ancient Greece to the present day.