Hamilton, Sue L.

Profiles authors, filmmakers, and actors famous for their ability to scare, including Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Stephen King, R. L. Stine, Alfred Hitchcock, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and six others.

Shares reportedly true stories of ghosts and hauntings, including phantoms that have appeared often enough to become famous, the ghosts of children, school spirits, poltergeists, and goblins.

Presents information about the Indianapolis 500, a 500 mile automobile race, covering the track, rules, how to qualify, and more.

Presents information about some of the "extreme" breeds of dogs, including the tallest and smallest dogs, the hairiest dogs and the fastest dogs.

Provides a biography of seventeenth-century English pirate Sir Henry Morgan describing his life and conquests.

Examines the history and traditions involved with the Kentucky Derby.

Explains the history of the Iditarod sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Offers information on qualifying, the route, the rules, and the dangers of the race. Includes profiles of famous mushers and dogs, color photographs, fact boxes, and a glossary.

Examines the life and career of comic book creator Stan Lee, a writer for Marvel and other publishers, and co-inventor, with Steve Ditko, of the Spider-Man character.

Traces the history of Bartholomew Roberts, eighteenth-century pirate, who went by the name of Black Bart; and describes how and why he turned to piracy and his pirates' code of conduct.

Traces the history of William Kidd, seventeenth-century pirate that describes his adventures, treasures, and eventual hanging by the British crown.