Rupert Matthews

Describes what has been learned about the size, behavior, and surroundings of the long-extinct dinosaur known as diplodocus.

Discusses the dinosaur Seismosaurus, including its known physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and what other creatures were its contemporaries, as well as how scientists study fossils and evaluate geological features to learn about extinct organisms.

An exploration of the third and longest period in the "age of dinosaurs, " when more species of dinosaurs lived than ever before, the earth itself drastically changed, and mass extinction began.

Presents a historical, partly fictional, account of the Great Fire of London in 1666, describing the origins, fire fighting methods, effects on people, and rebuilding efforts. Contrasts London then and the city now in the areas of population, housing and world trade.

An account of the attack and sinking of the passenger liner, the Lusitania, by the German torpedo during World War I.