Text and photographs show how the people of Afghanistan celebrate holidays and festivals, using art, music, dance, and stories.

This inspiring new series explores revolutionary inventions and their inventors. Breakthrough Inventions features inventors' biographies, interesting facts, and historical photographs. Learn about the invention of items that have had enormous impact on our everyday lives. Children will also be fascinated to read about the contributors who helped create these technologies and how their discoveries have evolved over time. Inventors are developing tooth implants that pick up vibrations from cell phone calls and transfer them to the inner ear. The tooth implant would allow a person to receive a call discreetly, or without others knowing.

This revised edition features the vibrant, influential culture of England. New full-color photos have been added that help trace England's contributions to world culture, such as the development of the English language, the works of William Shakespeare, and the founding of the Church of England. Other topics include: - Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Judy Dench, and other great stage actors - famous authors including Charles Dickens and Jane Austen - the Arthurian legend of the Knights of the Round Table