Chris Oxlade

Surveys the history and traditions of the Olympics, highlighting memorable events from ancient Greece to the present day.

Text and photographs introduce readers to mountains, including information about explorers and volcanoes.

"This book provides a simple and fun introduction to soil, discussing what soil is, how it is made and what we use it for. With the help of some Rock Solid! facts that provide cool examples, the book will show you how amazing soil can be: from making houses with mud bricks and how crops grow in volcanic soil to how tree roots can break up rock"--From the publisher's web site.

Examines the phenomenon of haunted houses and their ghosts, citing specific examples, and discusses the various theories that seek to explain them, including how they may be faked.

This book looks at water, and examines how we use it, how it gets to our homes, what happens to dirty water, and environmental issues.

Discusses the Bermuda Triangle, an area of the Atlantic Ocean where numerous ships and airplanes have mysteriously disappeared, and examines various efforts to identify this phenomena and discover its causes.

Provides an introduction to metals, including their physical properties, their place in the periodic table, their uses in everyday life, and how they react with other substances. Includes experiments.

This book discusses what gives acids and bases their properties, how acids and bases react with each other, and how we use them in our everyday lives.