Paul Rockett

"Get a close-up look at the people and places of Asia. Detailed photos and full-color maps feature the climate, population, natural resources, political boundaries, land formations, and culture of various regions." -- Back cover.

Detailed photos and full-color maps help take readers on a fascinating visual journey through North America! This book's appealing format highlights the facts about the human and physical geography of the continent. Readers will put their analytical skills to use to interpret different types of maps as sources of information, from physical maps that show the region's landmarks to political maps that teach about the region's countries to interesting...

"Detailed photos and full-color maps help take readers on a fascinating visual journey through Europe! This book's appealing format highlights the facts about the human and physical geography of the continent. Readers will put their analytical skills to use to interpret different types of maps as sources of information, from physical maps that show the region's landmarks to political maps that teach about the region's countries to interesting cultural...

The eighteenth-century Spanish artist Francisco Goya is renowned for challenging conventional notions of art and inspiring later movements such as Romanticism, Impressionism, and Surrealism. Unafraid of pushing the boundaries of tradition, Goya created scenes of human suffering as well as fantastical images such as witches and demons, though he was also a skilled portraitist and painted events such as Napoleon's 1808 invasion of Spain. Filled with...

"You can count numbers all around you, from the eight legs on a spider to the one nose on your face. But can you count the stars in the sky? Explore Space from galaxies and stars to the planets in our solar system, including Earth and the Moon."--

Would Joshua die the day he was born?After twenty-four days in Medical City's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Dallas, Texas, Joshua was sent home with his parents, Paul and Alison. The doctors said, "If your son is alive in a year, bring him back and we'll re-evaluate him." The doctors couldn't possibly have known what would take place over the next 15 years and 11 months.Joshua's will to live, mixed with the resolve and relentless fortitude of his...