Readers learn about courageous military dogs that risk their lives to protect soldiers at home and abroad.

Explores how horses, donkeys, and mules are used in the military; introduces Reckless, a horse used by the Marines during the Korean War; and discusses the training for both the soldiers and the animals.

Presents photographs and descriptions of nine of the world's biggest trucks, including car carriers, logging trucks, tankers, snow plows, monster trucks, and more.

"On January 22, 2013, fire trucks raced through the icy streets of Chicago. Nearly 200 city firefighters were called to battle a giant warehouse blaze that was in danger of spreading to other buildings. The firefighters had to deal not only with deadly smoke and flames but with freezing temperatures, too. Look inside to find out more about these courageous firefighters and how they use their quick thinking and expert skills to battle fires in houses,...

From rescuing six baby wild turkeys at the bottom of a storm drain to capturing a ten-foot-long (3-m) boa constrictor slithering through a Florida neighborhood, animal control officers are devoted to protecting animals and ensuring the safety of people.

Learn how firefighters prepare and train for their job so they can be ready for any emergency.

After the Titanic sank in 1912, many schemes were proposed to lift the great ship from its watery grave. But there were problems--no one knew exactly where the Titanic had sunk, and, even if they had, the technology to reach the ship, which lay on the ocean floor almost two miles down, didn't exist. By the 1970s, however, new technologies allowed explorers like Dr. Richard Ballard to search the deep ocean. Finally, in 1985, Dr. Ballard found something...

From the moment the iceberg was spotted, at 11:40 P.M. on April 14, 1912, the Titanic'sfate was sealed. Its 2,200 passengers and crew, in the course of two momentous hours, would meet their destiny in the icy, black waters of the North Atlantic. As the moments passed and the reality of what was happening began to sink in, the crew would make heroic efforts to save as many passengers as possible. In the end, however, the great ship would exact a harrowing...