Rosen Central imprint: 229 books

In 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck Japan near one of the country's nuclear power plants. In the days that followed, radioactive material leaked into the air and water, contaminating those who came in contact with it. This is not the first time in history that this type of event has occurred....

Paul Michael Levesque loved watching Ric Flair wrestle on TV. He would grow not only meet his hero, but wrestle alongside him as well. The life of Triple H, his youth as an ordinary Texas teen through the heights of his wrestling stardom, is followed in this exciting volume.

The human body is over 65% water. We drink it. We bathe in it. We water our crops with it. Water is a foundation of human life. And yet, more and more chemicals are getting into our ground water. People are getting sick, and even dying from it. How this happened and what we can do to prevent these...

Rey Mysterio did not start out as a wrestling phenomenon. Once, he was a young child living in Mexico and dreaming of being a luchador like his uncle. This exciting volume follows the life of Rey Mysterio from his origins as Oscar Gutierrez through his rise to stardom and fame.

Professional wrestler Kofi Kingston wasn't always a force to be reckoned with in the wrestling ring. He was simply a wrestling fan watching Rowdy Roddy Piper on TV. This fascinating volume explores the life of this "small but mighty" Ghanaian, including his early life growing up in Boston and the heights of his stardom.

The First Amendment safeguards some of our most important civil liberties, including freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and the press. This book explores the origin and history of the First Amendment and how the courts have been involved in protecting or limiting these freedoms. The author explains...

In 1692 in Colonial America, a frightening and unforgettable event took place: the Salem Witch Trials. Since then, people have been captivated by the idea of witches living among us, casting spells, and causing mischief. Some of those very real legends and how they have evolved into what we know of...

Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. are two of the greatest baseball players of all time. Their success is in part due to the encouragement and support of family. This book, which is loaded with features including fascinating sidebars, explores the lives of these two baseball greats and how they achieved success on and off of the field.

Today’s world is one where information can be shared instantly via the Internet, and new ways of communicating are being created every day. This book shows already Internet-savvy teens how to fully maximize fun elements like widgets, blogs, and wikis. Interesting facts are shared in sidebars and the resource section is fully loaded with suggestions for further exploration.

In a series of fun and involving hands-on biology experiments, kids observe the effect of osmosis on a raisin, demonstrate how leaves and stems can act like a straw, determine which side of a plant leaf takes in gases, demonstrate the loss of moisture from leaves, and discover the effects of gravity...

Energy is all around us. However, we often fail to take notice of it. Readers will become more conscious of the energy at use by conducting a number of experiments with energy such as illustrating the conservation of mass, the refraction of light, and kinetic and potential energy. By performing these...

In a series of fun and involving hands-on earth science experiments, kids learn why the atmosphere is thinner at the Earth's poles, how a lunar eclipse can indicate Earth's shape, and how to create a Foucault's pendulum. They will also demonstrate continental drift, learn how to model meridians and...

In a series of fun and involving hands-on physics experiments, kids charge an object with static electricity, demonstrate how static charges produce sound, use magnetic force to suspend a paper airplane, determine that objects in water have a different weight than they do in air, and learn how a substance’s...

In a series of fun and involving hands-on astronomy experiments, kids learn how distance from the sun affects atmospheric temperature, why the Earth is called the “Blue Planet,” why Jupiter’s ring shines, and how to reproduce Mars’ red soil and Jupiter’s stormy red spot. They will also determine...