First Facts
27 total works
Describes the origin of cities, aspects of city life, and specific cities old and new, past, present, and future.
Describes how various groups, such as the Inuit, Bedouin, and Tuareg, move around from place to place with their families and animals.
Describes aspects of rivers and lakes, including their history, benefits to humanity, pollution, and conservation.
Discusses the types of forests, the trees that constitute them, the clearing and planting of forests, and their interaction with both humans and wildlife.
Describes various aspects of deserts, including their creation, modernization, plant and animal life, mineral and oil resources, and how humans live there.
Explains how mountains and volcanoes are formed, which animals live in mountains, and life and travel in the mountains.
Energy around us; winds; windmills; water wheels for industry; falling water; building dams; the need for more power; water power; hydro-electric systems; making electricity; the big power stations; supply and demand; storing energy; using river power; using the tides; wave power; using the wind; changing energy; looking ahead.
Discusses such aspects of farming as commercial farms that use machines, small farms in undeveloped countries, food crops and what happens to them, factory farming, and dairy farming.