Cook, Diane

Bea's five-year-old daughter, Agnes, is slowly wasting away, consumed by the smog and pollution of the overdeveloped metropolis that most of the population now calls home. If they stay in the city, Agnes will die. There is only one alternative: the Wilderness State, the last swath of untouched, protected land, where people have always been forbidden. Until now.

A biography of nineteenth-century French painter Paul Gauguin, written as if by his daughter, Aline, while he was painting on the Pacific island of Tahiti.

An illustrated biography of Michelangelo, discussing his childhood in fifteenth-century Italy, his training to become an artist, and his extraordinary talent, and looking at some of the lasting works he created.

Examines the history and modern-day status of the African nation of Cameroon, and provides information on the country's geography and ecology, government, economy, people, culture, and cities and communities. Includes a calendar of Cameroonian festivals, recipes, and other reference tools.

A collection of photographs taken at twenty-five public aquariums around the world.

A vividly illustrated biography of French Postimpressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec that incorporates letters written by the artist and his mother.

An illustrated biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, discussing his childhood and early affinity for music, his recognition as a child prodigy, his decision to move to Vienna, and his marriage, poverty, and death.

A vividly illustrated biography of Mahatma Gandhi, which describes his childhood marriage, his years as a lawyer, and his work to free India from British rule.

Examines the history and modern-day status of the African nation of Cameroon, and provides information on the country's geography and ecology, government, economy, people, culture, and cities and communities. Includes a calendar of Cameroonian festivals, recipes, and other reference tools.

Provides information about the lives and activities of some of the early explorers of the American frontier, including Daniel Boone, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, Zebulon Pike, and others.