Traces the history of the Zeppelin airship, or blimp, describing triumphant successes and tragic failures.

Describes how individuals and teams attempted to scale peaks from Mount Erebus, Antarctica to Yosemite Valley, California, and discusses the freezing temperatures, cliffs, and dangerous conditions the climbers faced.

He's dead famous for writing loads of brilliant books for children, telling terrifying tales of the unexpected and creating a fantastic chocolate factory. But have you heard that Roald was a fighter pilot and a spy in World War II? In this book, you can discover the real Roald Dahl.

This encyclopaedia contains the facts as we know them on everything and everybody that mankind has encountered in fact and fiction - and in those strange dark places in between. It covers aliens ranging from Dalek Invaders to the Klingon Empire, through Jawas, Time Lords, Vulcans and Yoda.

Product Description: "A wide-ranging survey of exotic animals with peculiar adaptations, from flies that lay their eggs inside fire ants to lizards that squirt blood from their eyes"--Provided by publisher.