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"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley...

Provides the answers to approximately 1,000 frequently asked questions about the weather, discussing hurricanes, tornadoes, rainbows, flash floods, and other weather-related phenomena.

Presents information about the United States in an alphabetical arrangement.

Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U. S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton.

An alphabetical guide to the geography, economy, history and people of Colorado.

A counting book presenting various aspects of the United States, from the concept of one nation to the hundred men and women in the U.S. Senate.

The periodic table of the elements is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history. The usual suspects are here, like Marie Curie (and her radioactive journey to the discovery of polonium and radium) and William Shockley (who is credited, not exactly justly,...

Includes bibl.

Examines the events and effects of the American Civil War.