Books with author Stewart Ross

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing with this beautifully designed and informative book about the Moon.The Moon has always been a magical and mystical icon for people throughout history. It is the only natural satellite of Earth. It is the 2nd brightest object in the sky after the sun. Since prehistoric times, the Moon has been an object of fascination, awe, and even worship. July 20, 2009, is the 40th anniversary of the date that man first walked on the Moon. This special book combines the story of the preparation, journey, arrival, and landing of Apollo 11 with scientific information about the Moon and its influence on our culture through music, theater, literature, and more.

This book transports young readers into the past to understand the importance of ancient Greek culture today. Using everyday, modern language to describe what it was like to live in ancient Greece, it makes ancient history fascinating and easy to understand. Colorful illustrations of archaeological sites and museum artifacts enhance the text and motivate children to learn.

Young readers take an exciting pictorial journey back to the time when a third of the Earth's surface was covered in ice and snow--and where the earliest human beings vied with ferocious, now-extinct animals for life's necessities. Dramatic color illustrations on every page of this absorbing book are complemented with fascinating descriptions of the predators, the scavengers, the ice age sea creatures, the Neanderthals, and the early modern humans. An illustrated time chart guides young readers through the various prehistoric eras, focusing on the Great Ice Age, which began 1.7 million years ago and ended approximately 10,000 years ago. Illustrated spreads that follow describe-- The Neanderthal as nomad, cave dweller, and hunter Ice Age Mammals, including giant sloths and wooly mammoths Ice Age Predators, including short-faced bears and saber-toothed cats The book's dramatic illustrations include three exciting pop-up scenes--one of them, a saber-tooth

How do we learn about ancient civilizations? Fortunately, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome left plenty of records behind. This series examines that evidence and explains how historians use it to reconstruct what life was like thousands of years ago. Students will analyze a variety of artifacts, including writings, carvings, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, and archaeological remains. They will learn how such records provide insight into each society--who the people were, how they communicated, how they governed, how they worshipped, and what daily life was like. This dynamic approach will engage students and give them a new appreciation for the rich and fascinating civilizations of the past.

Sports Technology looks at developments in the world of sport, and explores the way in which technology has enhanced both the players and the supporters experience. It discusses electronic decision-making, advances in technology that have improved equipment, sportswear, athletes training and performance, and looks at what constitutes cheating. New Technology is an exciting, up-to-date look at new technology and the effect it is having on the world. Each title looks forward to likely future technological advances that will affect our everyday lives.

Published in association with the Imperial War Museum, this wonderful series uses primary source evidence such as diaries, posters, newspapers cuttings and oral accounts to portray life on the Home Front in a dramatically vivid manner, as well as comparing it with the experiences of civilians elsewhere. Soap, sugar, sweets, clothes and petrol were just a few of the items that were rationed during World War Two. How did everyone cope on a diet that included powdered eggs and Spam? "Rationing" will tell you the answer to these and many other questions.