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Relates the true story behind the creation of the fake photographs of fairies created by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths. Describes how these girls created the images, why they caused so many to believe they were genuine, and how Arthur Conan Doyle reacted when he saw them for the first time.

Previously published as: Two generations. 1984. A dual autobiography describing three decades of high-altitude climbing by father and son.

Tom goes with his Uncle Harvey to Peru, where they narrowly escape imprisonment and death as they hunt for buried treasure after tracking down a journal written by John Drake, a young relative of Sir Francis Drake, on a voyage to Lima in 1577. Includes biographical information on John and Francis Drake.

Explores the work of physicist Isaac Newton who found that gravity affects the movements of Earth and the other planets in space.

Describes how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to reach the top of the world by climbing Mount Everest.

Chronicles the events of Sir Ernest Shckleton's 1914 expedition aboard the "Endurance" in a race to be the first to cross Antarctica from coast to coast.

Follows the life of the English politician, whose strong leadership brought him success and world-wide admiration.

A biography of the seventeenth-century English scientist who developed the theory of gravity, discovered the secrets of light and color, and formulated the system of calculus.

Retold in graphic novel format, Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery of who cheated and copied the Greek portion of an important examination.