New Releases by Adam Woog

Discusses the discovery of the microscope, its early uses, and the advances in medicine because of it.

Profiles the life of the Cuban leader, including his upbringing, his education, his political influences, his role in the Cuban revolution, and his government of the island nation.

Knights were the most important soldiers of the Medieval era. They were powerful killing machines and capable of great violence, but they also came to represent the chivalrous ideals of honor, nobility, and romantic love. Hundreds of years after the last knights disappeared, stories about them continue to thrill us.

Discusses the development of the English theater during the Elizabethan era, including the origins of Elizabethan theater and dramas, the influence of the queen and the church, and the impact of various playwrights and actors.

The daily life of a cowboy in the Old West was not as glamorous as legend would have it. Cowboys endured an endless cycle of hard, dirty, dangerous work, from the spring roundup through the cattle drive, the end of the trail, and the return south. Still, the romantic and appealing aspects of life in the Old West have created in the cowboy an indelible American icon.

Discusses the lives of eight famous magicians, including Robert-Houdin, Herrman the Great, Kellar, Harry Houdini, Jasper Maskelyne, David Copperfield, and Penn and Teller.

Steven Spielberg is the most successful film director in the world, one who creates enormously popular movies that also succeed as works of art. He has evolved from movie-obsessed teen to king of the blockbusters to a mature artist who balances "popcorn movies" with more thoughtful, issue-oriented films.

As a teenager, Bill Gates recognized that computers had the potential to play crucial roles in virtually every aspect of modern life. Today his Microsoft Corporation symbolizes the power computers wield in society, good and bad, and the teenager has become the richest man in the world.

Presents an overview of various species of shark, how they have become endangered, and what is being done to protect them from extinction.

Summarizes the life of the noted woman pilot, focuses on her mysterious disappearance, and speculates about rumors that she was a spy and that there was a government cover-up.