Parker, Steve

Animal Kingdom explores the enormous breadth of animal life across the globe. Highly visual throughout, all major habitats are shown in stunning detail, ranging from freezing polar lands to the inhospitable interiors of deserts. Each illustrated habitat reveals a bustling world of animal activity, which is then broken down to explore each animal - its lifestyle, where it lives, what it eats, and how it breeds.

A biography of physician Alexander Fleming, who is famous for discovering penicillin.

Explores the underwater world of whales and dolphins, describing their habitats, physical characteristics, and breeding habits and including such subjects as whales' songs, special feeding strategies, and migration.

Discover the inner workings of 15 road machines, from mountain bikes to racing rally cars. Starting with how gears work, each spread goes on to explore the history and the future of individual vehicles. Includes detailed cutaway illustrations, exploded views of inner workings, and sketches to demonstrate key concepts.

A guide to the way plants and animals function and struggle to survive on Earth.

A young explorer's guide to insects, describing what they are, their different parts, and how they behave and live; looking at various types of insects; and including suggestions for insect-related projects and observations.

Traces the life of the English naturalist from his early years through his expedition aboard the H.M.S. Beagle and the development of his theory of evolution by natural selection.

This book introduces creatures from the protist kingdom, from microscopic protozoans to seaweedlike algae, and examines their parts, life cycle, and reproduction.