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DK's classic look at sharks, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.

Janet Julian - KLIATT

Gladiators ate boiled beans and barley to build up their muscles, and fought about three times a year. A single shark may have 30,000 teeth in its lifetime. Julius Caesar used coded writing to keep his battle strategies under wraps. About one person in 25,000 can actually "hear" colors. These and other facts can be found in the Secret Worlds series, which includes books on apes, the body, bugs, code breakers, dinosaurs, explorers, Native Americans, mummies, sharks, and tornadoes. This colorful series appropriate for middle and high school libraries includes many facts and lavish color illustrations as well as top Web sites for each topic. Each book includes a reference section, index, and credits. Gladiators, for example, covers the history of Rome, the legions and their battle tactics, the Coliseum, the training of gladiators (some of whom were women), animal and Christian victims, gods and temples, and the decline and fall of both the Roman Empire and gladiatorial contests. The reference section of this book includes the emperors of Rome, a gladiator who's who, Roman numerals, nine Web sites, a list of gods and goddesses, a time line, and a glossary. The series is carefully researched, up to date, and engagingly written. (DK Secret Worlds).. KLIATT Codes: JS Recommended for junior and senior high school students. 2002, DK, 96p. illus. indexes.,

What is a shark?     6
Close relatives     8
Inside a shark     10
Ancient sharks     12
Amazing grace     14
Making sense     18
Laying eggs     20
Live young     22
Teeth and diet     24
Friend or foe?     26
The great white shark     28
Gentle giants     32
Basking beauties     34
Angel sharks     36
Horn sharks     40
Head like a hammer     42
Weird and wonderful     44
Shark artifacts     46
Shark attack     48
Sharks at bay     50
In the cage and out     52
Studying sharks     54
Tagging sharks     56
Shark overkill     58
Use and abuse     60
Save the shark!     62
Did you know?     64
Find out more     68
Glossary     70
Index     72