Lone Cone Library

Contains encyclopedic entries on more than 2,500 species of animals, featuring over 1,000 color photographs, along with diagrams and range maps, and sharing facts, conservation data, and from-the-field reports from National Geographic's explorers.

Explores the physical characteristics, feeding habits, behaviors, habitats, senses, and adaptations of different types of mammals, including information on sea lions, bats, whales, and bears.

Presents the major fields of science and discusses their applications in today's world.

"Explaining the principles of science in a lively and exciting way, the scope of subjects covered is immense--from atoms to acids, hydrogen to heat, recycling to radioactivity, single-celled organisms to sound and everything in between."--Amazon.com.

"The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden within the rituals of its creation is a fascinating and mysterious story - a story of two remarkable men whose strange twenty-year relationship lies at the core of this historic undertaking." "Professor James Murray, an astonishingly...

Presents an illustrated look at dinosaurs, as well as prehistoric life forms that preceded them, life forms that arose after their demise, and the fossils that allow us to know about them. An illustrated look at dinosaurs as well as prehistoric life forms that preceded them, life forms that arose after their demise, and the fossils that allow us to know about them.

The most comprehensive jazz reference work ever published, featuring articles by the world's leading experts in jazz.

Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged, illustrated entries that covers a wide range of facts and information for children, including information on animals, plants, dinosaurs, countries, art, transportation, famous Americans, and more.