The unofficial guide to building bridges in Minecraft —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Text and photographs look at how to build bridges in Minecraft.

The unofficial guide to building skyscrapers in Minecraft —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Text and photographs look at how to build skyscrapers in Minecraft.

The unofficial guide to science experiments in Minecraft —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

"In the real world, it really wouldn't be a good idea to play with lava. It's not a great idea in Minecraft, either, but it's a lot safer than it would be at home! This fascinating book will show young readers ways they ...

The unofficial guide to building railroads in Minecraft —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

One of the most exciting aspects of creating worlds in the popular game of Minecraft is constructing railroads to carry your character around the towns you build. Rails and carts can also be used to make transportation s...

Time Zones —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Explains the origin of standard time and the international system of time zones, and discusses Greenwich Mean Time and Coordinated Universal Time, time zones in the United States, daylight savings time, and the cases of ...

Earth borers —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

"Earth borers are huge, amazing tools that help build tunnels. Readers will dig deep underground with these massive machines to learn how they chew up rocks and dirt and help engineers build new things far below Earth's ...

Be a geologist —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

What if I get a concussion? —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Fighting robots —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Neil Armstrong in his own words —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

How did Death Valley get its name? : and other FAQs about geography —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

"The story of how Death Valley was named is rather unexpected -- the people who named it survived! The forbidding landscape surely supports the name, but is the Dead Sea as aptly named? Readers find lots of interesting i...

Space robots —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

The modern nerd's guide to drone racing —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Drones, those radio-controlled flying machines that everyone's abuzz about nowadays, provide many people with an exciting opportunity to navigate and modulate. The newly developed sport of drone racing, however, brings e...

How natural gas is formed —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Looks at how natural gas forms, how it is extracted from the ground, and how it is used to create electricity.

The life of Joseph Brant —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Ivan the Terrible : terrifying tyrant of Russia —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Does Ivan Vasilyevich, also known as Ivan the Terrible, deserve his menacing moniker? The grand prince of Moscow built an empire in the 16th century to become the first tsar of Russia in 1547. Though his achievements wer...

Dams —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

How do dams work? —Nagelhout, Ryan, author.

Provides information on dams, including their history, how modern dams are constructed, and how dangerous it can be when they fail.