From the horrors of trench warfare through the use of new, modern weapons; such as warplanes, tanks, and deadly poison gas, photographs and text share the history and colossal conflicts of World War I.

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Roman myths and tales introduce information about the ancient Romans, including their origins, capital city, religious beliefs, government, foods, warfare, everyday life, commerce, transportation, arts, and science, and describe the end of Roman rule in Western Europe.

Discusses how a Celtic warrior captured by Romans is trained to become a gladiator

Tells of the great siege at Troy, the woman who caused it, the warriors who fought and fell, and the trickery that ended it all. The Trojan prince Paris has abducted Helen, the beautiful wife of King Menelaus. It is a crime that will unite all of Greece's armies against the kingdom of Troy. In a 10-year siege, brave warriors will fight, and both sides will suffer great bloodshed. Can the deadlock be broken?"

Text and photographs examine the mummies and tombs of ancient Egypt as well as the everyday life.

Cartoons and facts combine to describe the Italian city of Pompeii, discussing the 62 AD earthquake, daily life of its people, customs, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and the eighteenth-century excavation of the area.

A graphic novel version of the classic, set in Victorian England, in which a poor orphan is forced into the workhouse at age eight and runs away to become a thief and has a series of misadventures before discovering his true identity.