pictorial works

"Travel through time, grab your magnifying glass and seek out . . . facts about ancient history in this search-and-find adventure, packed with over 200 things to spot! Spanning continents and covering thousands of years, this . . . book shows how the people of these vanished civilizations lived and how their societies evolved. Explore the lives of ancient Greek gods, meet fearsome gladiators from ancient Rome, and uncover the mystery of the Aztecs"--Provided by publisher.

"This . . . book highlights the most glorious wilderness areas and nature preserves in North America"-- Provided by publisher.

"Sparkling with the musings of the wizard Mordenkainen, this tome features a host of creatures for use in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Compiling and updating monsters that originally appeared in previous D&D fifth edition releases, these creatures represent some of the most benevolent and malevolent forces that D&D heroes might face. The book also gathers together fantastical peoples from many different worlds. Each of these peoples represents a race option when you create your D&D character, expanding on the choices in the Player's Handbook. Includes more than 250 monsters--updates to the monsters include making spellcasters easier for Dungeon Masters to run, giving many monsters more damage and resilience, and improving the organization of the stat blocks themselves. Includes more than 30 playable races--brings the game's setting-agnostic races into one book, complementing the races in the Player's Handbook. A multiverse of lore--includes updates to monster lore that refocuses their stories on the D&D multiverse, rather than on any particular world" -- Provided by publisher.

"Contains photographs and brief descriptions of all 63 U.S. National Parks"--OCLC.

"Parrots, hummingbirds, eagles, and more swoop across the pages of this colorful bird book, which combines . . . illustrations and photos to help young enthusiasts learn all about the . . . world of birds. From frozen icescapes to sweltering deserts, from prehistoric ancestors to amazing adaptations, they'll discover the surprising homes and habits of our feathered friends. They'll also find out about how we can help protect birds and their natural habitats"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of three-hundred jokes, riddles, and tongue twisters for kids from National Geographic, illustrated with photographs and including interesting facts about nature.

"A Cloud a Day urges all of us to keep our heads in the clouds with 365 fascinating formations from Pretor-Pinney's extraordinary collection that combines cloud images with a short piece of cloud science, an inspiring sky quotation, or a detail of the sky depicted in a classic painting. They are clouds to inspire a moment of calm atmospheric contemplation each day. The book helps explain almost every kind of cloud type in easy laymen terms"--Provided by publisher.

"From searingly hot deserts to lands of fire and ice, this book is a vivid journey through the natural wonders of the seven continents"--Amazon.

"[Takes readers on an] adventure to Italy, Mexico, Thailand, Japan, the United Kingdom, and many more countries around the world to learn about thirty-eight amazing capital cities"--Provided by publisher.

"This compact volume includes sample unit structures and orders of battle from company up to corps level. Organized by division, it offers a comprehensive survey of Western Allied armored fighting vehicles by campaign, including the fall of Poland, the defense of the Low Countries and France, desert warfare in North Africa, the push through Italy, the Normandy landings, the Battle of the Bulge, and the final defeat of Germany. All the major and many minor tanks are featured, with variations of the M4 Sherman, Churchill, and Matilda, as well as the mat-laying, engineering, and mine-clearing versions"--Amazon.