Townsend, John

Photographs and text introduce predatory animals and the ways in which they attack their prey.

Text and photographs explore how animals move and travel.

Describes the formation, power, and warning signs of earthquakes and volcanoes and explains how to survive them, also discussing the Richter scale.

Uncovers the different theories behind the strange marks and monuments that covers the Earth's surface, from Stonehenge to the Egyptian pyramids.

Presents an introduction to reptiles, in simple text with illustrations, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle.

Provides an introduction to the world of amphibians, introducing various types of amphibians, including frogs, toads, and lizards, discussing how they breathe, feed, reproduce, and defend themselves, and looking at threats to their survival.

Tells the stories of real-life men and women who have bungled their attempts at robbery or other crimes, and looks at some failed attempts to escape prison after being convicted.

Describes the bodies, diets, life cycle, defenses, and talents of numerous kinds of mollusks, as well as threats to their survival.

Looks at the behavior and characteristics of different mammals, from the sharp-toothed rodents that dwell throughout most of the world, to the duck-billed platypus that is found only in or near water in Australia.

Introduces a variety of unusual facts about the physical characteristics and behavior of insects.