You wouldn't want to live without

What would life be like if you had to do without modern inventions? How would you cope without a toilet or live without electricity? Starting from these thought-provoking questions, each title takes us on a historical journey to see how people coped in the past, and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and more pleasant.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without clean water and describes how people access water and the importance of making sure that water isn't polluted or wasted.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.

The pelican was a tool used to extract teeth in the 16th century. If used without care, it could break the patient's jaw. From dentists to insects to bacteria, this series tackles some of life's more unpleasant experiences-and explores how much worse it might be if they didn't exist. Each title is a blend of history and science, explaining how things work and revealing how humans have come to terms with all the challenges that nature has thrown at...

Money allows people to exchange goods and services. How would you buy things without money? A simple timeline provides an easily understood history of money.