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Chronicles the life of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to scale Mount Everest.

The author recounts his youth in New Zealand, becoming a journalist, and covering war from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf War.

Presents a biography of Ernest Rutherford, known as the Father of Nuclear Science, and chronicles his childhood in New Zealand, education, and research in the area of nuclear physics.

A biography of the scientist considered to be the father of nuclear physics for his development of the nuclear theory of the atom in 1911 and discovery of alpha and beta rays and protons.

Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has a quirky family, a wonderful best friend, and a head full of worrying questions that he shares with his mother each night, but when free-spirited Sydney arrives at school with questions of her own, Frankie is forced to face the ultimate ten p.m. question.

Presents the life of a ten-year-old boy on a New Zealand sheep ranch describing his family, home, school, and amusements and some of the traditions and celebrations of his country.

Chronicles the life of director Peter Jackson, discussing his childhood obsession with movies, his low-budget cult movies, his ambitious retelling of Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and other related topics.

Presents a biography of mountain climber and adventurer Edmund Hillary, providing a chronicle of his life, from his childhood in New Zealand, to his ascent of Mount Everest. Includes photographs.

Discusses New Zealand's forest-dwelling penguin, rarest of the world's penguins and edging closer to extinction every year.