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2008
| In 1991, mountain climbers on the Niederjoch Glacier on the Italian-Austrian border came across something unexpected: a body. It had been a very warm summer, and five bodies had already turned up in the area. But something here was different. The materials found with the body suggested it might be very old, perhaps from the 1800s. But radiocarbon dating proved the iceman was 5,300 years older, from the Copper Age. He was named Ötzi and he is the oldest human mummy preserved in ice ever foun....[more] |
1991
| In ancient times, Pompeii was one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. Its 20,000 inhabitants lived in the shadow of Vesuvius, which they believed was nothing more than a mountain. But Vesuvius was a volcano. And on the morning of August 24, A.D. 79, Vesuvius began to erupt. Within twenty-four hours, the entire city of Pompeii—and many of its citizens—had been utterly annihilated.It was not until hundreds of years later that Pompeii saw daylight again, as archaeological excavat....[more] |
1998
| In 1952, Danish workmen digging in a peat bog made an astonishing discovery. Their shovels struck the head of a dead man, his face flattened by the weight of the peat and his skin as brown as the earth in which he lay. Who was he and how had he come to be there? Scientists examined him and learned the answers to these questions and many more, including how he died and even what he ate on his last day. In this fascinating glimpse into the world of the bog people, Deem explains to readers who thos....[more] |
1992
| Julian Drew “lives” with his father, his abusive stepmother and her children, but it’s not a life anyone would want. He buys his first NB on October 25 at Osco Drug in Tucson. Green spiral. 80 pages. 34 lines per page. He tries to write but his pen won’t cooperate. Then he develops a secret code. Mysterious notebooks record his fight for survival and recovery. Gripping and poignant, this story will hook readers from the first page. |
1996
| Christina Rose has believed in ghosts ever since she saw one as a child. Now that her family has moved to a supposedly haunted house, she's ready to do some ghost hunting and forms a club with her brother and the boy next door. |
1992
| From a 5,000-year-old "Iceman" discovered in Europe to a tongue-tied Egyptian mummy named Natsef-Amun, mummies have a special way of "talking" to scientists--providing important clues about ancient civilizations. In this funny, fact-filled book, author James M. Deem takes readers on a mummy-discovery tour that spans centuries and continents. He explains exactly what mummies are, how they are created, where they have been found, how scientists investigate them, and what they tell us about the peo....[more] |
1992
| Explores the myths and facts about extrasensory perception, or ESP, relates the experiences of telepathic persons, and explains how to develop your own ESP. |
1990
| Discusses what treasure is and how to go about finding it. |
1989
| Discusses the characteristics of UFOs with descriptions of sightings and tells how to become a UFOlogist. |
1972
| Discusses the characteristics of ghosts with descriptions of sightings and instructions for becoming a ghost detective. |
2006
| PRIMARY SOURCE ACCOUNTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR draws the reader into America's fight for independence from Great Britain through diaries, letters, and other related primary source documents. |
2006
| Experience the Mexican-American War through soldiers' letters, diaries, and other documents in James M. Deem's addition to the AMERICA'S WARS THROUGH PRIMARY SOURCES series. As a result of the war, the United States gained almost all of the land that makes up the present-day American Southwest. |
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