Brian Williams

"Describes new technologies that are helping make road transportation, railroads, ships, airplanes, and space travel more efficient and discusses how transportation will change in the future"--Provided by publisher.

In 1722, after arriving with her brother at the family's Jamaican plantation where she is to be married off, sixteen-year-old Nancy Kington escapes with her slave friend, Minerva Sharpe, and together they become pirates traveling the world in search of treasure.

A discussion of the events leading up to the American war for independence from Britain, the revolutionary struggle, the Declaration of Independence, and the beginning of a new nation.

Explores the history of the calendar as it relates to time-keeping in general, touching on lunar and solar years, almanacs and diaries, time zones and the International Date Line, and famous dates.

Describes the events surrounding the assassination of President John Kennedy, including the manhunt, the investigation, and the impact on the American people and American society.

Relates the events of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon, discussing the search for the people responsible, response from other countries and from the United States government, and the heroism of rescuers.

Questions and answers provide information on such topics as general science, earth and space, the human body, and plants and animals.

Provides a general history of transportation including wheeled vehicles, boats, airplanes, and spacecraft.