New Releases by Philip Wilkinson

Each volume in the set presents brief descriptions of one hundred topics within that volume''s subject area.

Surveys the cultural, political, artistic, and scientific highlights of major civilizations throughout history.

Amazing Super Structures looks at the finest feats of humans, from bridges and tunnels to skyscrapers and rollercoasters. Full color.

"Ultrarealistic photos are presented with all the information preteens could ever want, and best of all, the books are small, the way kids like them". -- FamilyFun

This book tells the extraordinary story of growing technology.

Traces important developments in arts, crafts, and communications, from the development of writing to the invention of computers

Describes important inventions and discoveries from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages, including the creation of stone tools and the beginning of agriculture

In this text children are shown the customs and rituals that help people to live in groups. They can look at the ceremonies concerned with hunting, sowing crops and the harvest, and see how many have their roots in religious beliefs. They can also observe the rituals which surround eating, learn how the everyday practice of giving and receiving gifts is steeped in ritual, and see how people settle their differences in various traditional ways, from a straight fight to more complex song-duels and drumming contests.

Presents 20 major moments that helped shape the course of our lives with accounts of the most imporatant scientific discoveries. Includes the following scientist Gutenberg, Galileo, Newton, James Watt, Louis Daguerre, Darwin Kaifung, Donkin & Hall, Lister, John Logie, Baird, Alex. G. Bell, M. Curie, Wright Bros., Henry Ford, Einstein, Alan Turing, Crick & Watson, Wilkins & Franklin, . Aldrin, Armstrong & Collins.

Investigates ten ancient archeological sites of strange and mysterious ruins located around the world.

This book leads a guided time-tour around the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, opening windows through time on life in these places.

Accounts of the major political acts from past and present, focusing on such figures as Simon Bolivar, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Profiles campaigns and battles and the leaders behind them, from the conquests of Alexander the Great to General Eisenhower''s role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy

An investigation of ten places in Africa and the Far East that were found by explorers and merchants such as The Great Wall, Taj Mahal, and Easter Isle.

Looks throughout history at discoveries in the fields of arts, crafts and communications, and discusses how the ideas and inventions which were developed changed people''s lives. Examples include glass and metalworking, writing, microscopes and telescopes, recording sound, movies, and computers. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.

Explores initiation rites, wedding feasts, harvest celebrations, religious rituals, and many other customs used around the world to mark all kinds of special occasions. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Story behind many of the most important inventions.

21 hauts lieux de l''architecture : leur histoire, les hommes qui les ont bâtis, les techniques et les matériaux. Le palais de Minos, l''Alhambra de Grenade, la cathédrale de Chartres, le palais impérial de Pékin, le pavillon royal de Brighton, la maison Van Eetvelde, le SkyDome de Toronto, Notre-Dame du Haut à Ronchamp, la statue de la Liberté à New York, l''Opéra de Sydney...

Tours some of the world''s most interesting places, from the ziggurats of the Middle East to the mystifying lines at Nasca, Peru