Herbst, Judith

Relates the stories of a number of famous UFO sightings, including the purported crash of an alien spaceship in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947.

A young girl keeps a journal to record what she sees and experiences on a trip to the land of the Maya with her parents.

Traces the origins and historical development of guns, dynamite and TNT, automatic weapons, and weapons of mass destruction, and includes a time line, glossary, and suggestions for further reading.

Examines the amazing world of animals, from the feats of ordinary dogs to unproved monsters in the wild.

Explores such unexplained human phenomena as hypnosis, spontaneous human combustion, and extrasensory perception.

Discusses the scientific developments and theoretical concerns that have led to current achievements in space exploration and will be necessary for future space travel.

Traces the origins and historical development of transportation, discussing the wheel, sail, steam engine, internal combustion engine, and airplane, and includes a time line, glossary, and suggestions for further reading.

Investigates several well-known accounts of UFO sightings as well as theories aimed at explaining why such reports cannot be true.

Presents a short history of the mythological city of Atlantis, the Lost City of Roanoke, and the secrets of the Pharaohs.

Presents five hoaxes that have appeared since the beginning of the twentieth century including Edward Gardner's claim that he captured fairies on film in 1917 through to the crop circle craze in the 1960s.