Books with author Tom Streissguth

The Worlds Greatest Mysteries series highlights mind-boggling myths, urban legends, conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries that have captivated people for decades. Each title features an in-depth examination of a mystery and the evidence both supporting and debunking it. Myth or Fact? features encourage critical thinking and highlight interesting and little-known facts related to each mystery. Engaging text, fascinating photographs, infographics, and a timeline round out each titles features, appealing to even the most reluctant readers. Worlds Greatest Mysteries is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more.

Pack your bags! We’re headed to France. On this whirlwind tour, you’ll learn all about the country’s landscape, culture, people, and more. We’ll explore the sights of Paris, snow-covered Alps, and sandy beaches. We’ll also find out what foods the French eat and see how they celebrate Bastille Day. A special section introduces France’s capital, language, population, and flag. Hop on board and take a fun-filled look at your world.

The Manson Family Murders explores all sides of these famous killings. It discusses police investigations, conspiracy theories, societal impacts, and more related to Charles Manson and his Family's crimes. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Pack your bags! We’re headed to Russia. On this whirlwind tour, you’ll learn all about the country’s landscape, culture, people, and more. We’ll explore Russia’s cold, frozen tundra and wide open steppes, take a subway ride through Moscow, and watch a beautiful Russian ballet. A special section introduces Russia’s capital, language, population, and flag. Hop on board and take a fun-filled look at your world.

A terrifying disease arrived in the ports of southern Italy and Sicily in the fall of 1347. Within two years, one-third of Europe's population had died of the bubonic and pneumonic plagues. As the sickness spread rapidly from one town to the next, the people of medieval Europe struggled in vain to find its cause and its cure. Letters, reports, medical treatises, and literary accounts collected in this book vividly describe the plague, the terror it brought to those who witnessed it, and its larger effects on medieval society.