A history of the Inca Empire and its expansion duringthe 15th and 16th centuries until its conquest by theSpanish under Francisco Pizarro.

"Get ready to be grossed out--in a good way! This latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series is slimy and sticky and jam-packed with more icky, zany fun! Step up to the plate and try not to lose your lunch, with 300 all-new, amazing facts plus photos that kids just can't get enough of"--

A collection of fun and surprising facts about our world.

Collects three hundred facts about dinosaurs.

Offers a collection of true facts about such topics as animals, food, science, outer space, geography, and weather.

Shows the Indians as they were--their beliefs, their customs, their appearance--and provides an understanding of what they are today. Lavishly illustrated with both colored and black and white photographs.

Geographic perspectives on U.S. history are developed in six thematic sections: land, people, boundaries, economy, networks, and communities. Five chronological chapters cover historical events from the pre-Columbian era to the present. The atlas is richly illustrated with more than 550 antique, thematic, and political maps, period photographs, and charts and graphs.

Highlighted by 300 photographs, this volume portrays aspects of the intricate organism that is the human body. Text and images illuminate everything from the microscopic double helix to the higher functions of the brain to the biomedical promises of the future.