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Dynamic photos energize this exciting series on extreme sports and their cultures! Explosive full-color photos, engaging text, historical trivia, star profiles, and the sports' hot spots add up to one wild ride--all from a safe distance, of course! Strap yourself in, but don't try this at home! BMX bikes found a whole new outlet when skateboarding became popular again. Along with motocross racing, BMX riders are tearing it up on pipe ramps and...

Lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, and cheetahsBig Cats is lavishly illustrated with photos that show big cats hunting, sleeping, playing, and just going about their daily business.

From free throws to foul faux pas, kids can get on the road to the NBA with afull-color, back-to-basics guide to the time-enduring sport.

The excitement of a goldrush, the arrival of a railroad, or a strong coal deposit could turn a sleepy little village into a boomtown overnight! Children learn about real Old West boomtowns and the businesses, justice systems, and entertainment in these bustling cities that sometimes turned into ghost towns. Full color.

From basics such as dribbling and blocking to the skilled high-flying slam dunk, this book will start kids off on the road to the NBA. Children will learn the basics of shooting, passing, dribbling and how to make a lay-up.

Children will learn the rules and skills involved in playing this national pastime. Lively, full-color photographs demonstrate such basics as pitching, fouling, and bunting. Necessary equipment and safety precautions are also covered.

Brazil is home to the second longest river in the world and the world's largest flood plain. The amazing Amazon is a focus of this beautiful book, with spectacular full-color images of the river, and its tributaries, as well as the people and animals that live on the river.

Get in the game with Crabtree's exciting series on some of children's favorite sports.Features: -- the history of the sport-- basic rules of play-- equipment and safety precautions-- techniques and quick tips for kids on how to improve their skills-- action-packed photos showing boys and girls demonstrating moves-- emphasis on the value of fair play and teamwork-- how the professional leagues workThe competitive world of horseback riding start...

The first commercial flights in the 1920s were cold, expensive, and dangerous. Today, millions of people fly safely around the world each day in comfort. Realistic illustrations and photographs highlight this intriguing look at the history of commercial flight including the first airlines, flying boats, the first jet airliners, Boeing, the Concorde, bushpilots, the airbus, and commercial aviation's future.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight,

Six new books have been added to this series that celebrates the 100th anniversary in 2003 of the Wright brothers' first flight. Large, realistic illustrations and photographs feature a multitude of aircraft, aviation's greatest moments, and famous pilots. Indispensible for search and rescue and military action, follow the fascinating history of the helicopter from its early conception, through its use for delivering troops during wartime, to ...

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight,

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight,

Six new books have been added to this series that celebrates the 100th anniversary in 2003 of the Wright brothers' first flight. Large, realistic illustrations and photographs feature a multitude of aircraft, aviation's greatest moments, and famous pilots. Recreational forms of flight are highlighted from such spectacular sports as aerobatics, to hobbies, such as model airplanes. Other activities featured include gliders, warbirds, hang glider...

Six new books have been added to this series that celebrates the 100th anniversary in 2003 of the Wright brothers' first flight. Large, realistic illustrations and photographs feature a multitude of aircraft, aviation's greatest moments, and famous pilots. In air combat, the quickest reaction time wins. This amazing book describes the tactics of air combat, night fighters, props and jets, and air battles from WWI to the war in Iraq.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight,

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight,

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight,

aircraft that takes off on ships or land on water

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight,