David Salariya

This book traces the adventures of explorers from their earliest expeditions on foot to present-day space missions and looks beyond to the challenge of exploring in the future.

Illustrations, photographs, and see-through pages introduce children to pinnipeds, describing what they are, how they swim, what they eat, their life cycle, and other related topics.

Humorous illustrations and facts combine to provide a portrait of what life might be like as Cleopatra in ancient Egypt.

"Describes what life would be like without bees."--

Describes life for pioneers making the trek across North America to the West by wagon train.

Explains what it was like to be a British secret agent working behind enemy lines in France during World War II, describing the training, equipment, and techniques used by spies and the danger they faced during their missions.

"Sticking sharp needles into small children doesn't sound like a nice thing to do. But vaccination is definitely a case of being "cruel to be kind." This new title in the You Wouldn't Want to Live Without series relates the fascinating history of vaccination, and describes in simple terms how and why vaccination works. This simple technique has saved millions from deadly diseases���and in future, with new methods of delivery, we might even be...

Discusses how weather has shaped the world we live in, and how humans have learned to live in almost every climate that can be found on Earth.