A young Jewish boy escapes the ghetto and finds a group of resistance fighters in the forests of Poland, and he must determine if he has what it takes to survive the Nazis and fight back.

Beginning with smallpox-perhaps humankind's greatest affliction to date-and concluding with an overview of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brown traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza. The book is narrated by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who historically popularized inoculation in England in the early 18th century. Brown covers the science behind how our immune systems work,...

In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.

A graphic-novel introduction to the mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke Colony describes how a century before the Pilgrims, the first English settlers established the colony only to go missing in 1590.

Traces the story of the heralded explorer who after losing an arm during the American Civil War joined the 1869 Colorado River Exploring Expedition on a dangerous journey through the Grand Canyon.

"Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines to guiding spaceships to the moon. Included are fascinating looks at the world's earliest calculators, the birth of computer programming, and the arrival of smartphones. Contributors discussed include Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Ada Lovelace, and Bill Gates. From the abacus...

Traveling to 1896 Paris, Geronimo and his friends try to stop the Pirate Cats from stealing the first cinematograph, an invention that ushered in the age of motion pictures.

Geronimo Stilton travels back in time to try and stop the Pirate Cats from infliltrating the Roman Senate and taking credit for building Rome's largest amphitheater, the Colosseum.

Traveling to the American west to stop the Pirate Cats' evil scheme, Geronimo Stilton makes sure that the work on the Transcontinental Railroad is completed.

Twelve-year-old Vonceil Taggart, willing to risk everything to set things right, leaves her family's Oklahoma farm in 1919 seeking the salt witch who cast a spell that turned their spring to saltwater.