ChinaA historical overview of dynastic China from the perspectives of the social classes, from the royals to the peasants, including the Chinese empire's growth and decline. Part of the Ancient Civilizations series From the lowliest slave to the most powerful ruler, every civilization has been builtand undoneby different classes of people. This series takes an anthropologists view of famous Ancient Civilizations, noting how the various social groups

ISBN 978-1-60818-784-3

Down in the Ocean explains how life in each ocean region thrives today as it proactively answers readers’ questions with support from up-to-date research and interviews with experts who have studied the featured zone in-depth

Part of the Creep Out series

From gutsy underdogs and dazzling triumphs to bitter rivalries and crushing losses

Written by Brian Heinz and illustrated by Gregory Manchess

the ravines of the Badlands

A kindergarten-level introduction to deserts

A disease left his joints unnaturally loose

If you are churning out biography after biography for a large company then I'm sure the job must feel fairly rote

surrounded by bare-limbed trees and barbed wire

a family of sharp-toothed reptiles

Readers may not be familiar with the name Paganini