The best-selling author of The Hot Zone describes efforts by astronomers at the Palomar Observatory in California to explore the farthest reaches of outer space through the Hale Telescope in an effort to solve the riddle of the creation of the universe. 20,000 first printing.

A report on the resurrection of an American Dream provides a glimmer of hope on the seemingly barren economic horizon with the story of an Indiana steel company that is aiming to restore some of the 300,000 jobs lost in that industry over the past decade. Reprint.

Based on real-life events and situations, a chilling, explosive thriller by the best-selling author of The Hot Zone focuses on top-secret operations by a U.S. government organization preparing for a mind-boggling, horrifying threat to civilian populations. (Adventure & Suspense).

Product Description: Back Cover: Si usted cree que el SIDA es lo peor que puede pasarle, se equivoca... Las selvas tropicales del Africa, de donde emergio el virus del SIDA, albergan otros virus aun mas letales, capaces de matar a una persona en pocos dias...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A novel based on real-life events and situations focuses on top-secret operations by a U.S. government organization preparing for a mind-boggling, horrifying threat to civilian populations (view table of contents)

The author explores the return of smallpox, eradicated in 1979 but now returning on the black market as a weapon of bioterrorism, and the crusade of three doctors to uncover the mastermind of the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Stumbling upon a rugged, ornery, somewhat smelly old man watching TV in the trailer they call home, Lila and Will Foster, who have recently lost their father in conflict in Vietnam, begin to realize that their visitor is Santa Claus, here to grant them a special Christmas wish in the form of their father's beautiful lobster boat, the Sarah Ann. 125,000 first printing.

Product Description: The Wow Wow Diary 2005 is a collection of images sourced from strange and unusual websites. Presented in the form of a leather-bound desk diary, with a week to view per double-page spread, and an image to view per week, it offers something unexpected 52 times a year...read more

Describes how a strain of lethal virus showed up in 1989 at a Virginia laboratory, and relates the efforts of a military biohazard SWAT team to identify and contain the virus. Read by Howard McGillin. Book available.

The best-selling author of The Hot Zone takes a close-up look at the world's tallest trees, the coast redwoods that grow only in the coastal regions of California, and at the previously unknown ecosystem that the trees form high in the air in the forest canopy, profiling the scientists and researchers that study this unique, labyrinthine ecological niche. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Drawing on written and spoken insults to the intelligence from television, radio and the press, this A-Z lexicon covers politicians' cliches, business jargon; shop assistants' rudenesses; public-service padding; menu madness; and idiotic innovations.

The author explores the return of smallpox, eradicated in 1979 but now returning on the black market as a weapon of bioterrorism, and the crusade of three doctors to uncover the mastermind of the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Describes how a strain of a lethal, infectious, previously unknown virus showed up in 1989 at a Virginia laboratory and the efforts of a military biohazard SWAT team to identify and prevent the spread of the virus

Collects nature- and science-based essays by such authors as Anne Fadiman, Brian Hayes, Cullen Murphy, and Gary Taubes.

En Parque Jurásico Michael Crichton nos enseñó un nuevo mundo terrorífico. En Micro nos descubre un universo demasiado minúsculo para verlo, pero demasiado peligroso para ignorarlo. En la densa selva de Oahu, Hawai, un grupo de científicos de los laboratorios Nanigen MicroTechnologies se dedica a estudiar las drogas naturales presentes en trillones de microorganismos y miles de bacterias con la intención de aprovechar todas las aplicaciones comerciales posibles. Con este fin, Nanigen ficha a siete estudiantes posgraduados para trabajar en sus laboratorios de Hawai. Allí participarán en descubrimientos microbiológicos que jamás hubieran podido siquiera imaginar. Pero una vez en la selva de Oahu, los siete se encontrarán inmersos en un mundo hostil tan peligroso como sorprendente. El único recurso que podrán utilizar será sus conocimientos especializados, que les ayudarán a encauzar las fuerzas de la propia naturaleza. Una novela sensacional, terminada por el prestigioso escritor científico Richard Preston, Micro es un apasionante thriller sobre el fascinante futuro de la microbiología.

Product Description: A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus...read more