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.

Whether it's standing on the podium in Seneca Falls with the Suffragettes or riding on the first subway car beneath New York City in 1907, the books in Joy Hakim's A History of US series weave together exciting stories that bring American history to life. Readers may want to start with War, Terrible War, the tragic and bloody account of the Civil War that has been hailed by critics as magnificent. Or All the People, brought fully up-to-date in this new edition with a thoughtful and engaging examination of our world after September 11th. No matter which book they read, young people will never think of American history as boring again. Joy Hakim's single, clear voice offers continuity and narrative drama as she shares with a young audience her love of and fascination with the people of the past.

Since the release of Artemis Fowl in 2001, Eoin Colfer’s blockbuster series has sold more than eight million copies in the United States alone. Now, in this second graphic novel installment of the series, fans can follow along as the world’s youngest criminal mastermind rushes to save a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya: his own father.Eoin Colfer has once again teamed up with acclaimed comic writer Andrew Donkin to adapt the text for this action-packed, brilliantly illustrated adventure in the Artemis Fowl series.

When the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by Nathaniel, he expects to have to do nothing more taxing than a little levitation. But Nathaniel is a precocious talent and has something rather more dangerous in mind: revenge. Set in a modern-day London controlled by magicians, this thriller is of interest to readers of various ages.

Relates the history of the Autobots, Decepticons, and Mini-Cons, and the story of their battle for control of the universe.

This is a guide to weird creatures. It describes the wonderful lifeforms that can be found lurking in the shadows of our world somewhere between rumour and accepted reality. It includes monsters that range from changelings to werewolves, from ice parasites to yetis and Nessie.

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.

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.

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.

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