Meredith Hooper has delved into a world we scarcely give thought to - the way we protect, clean, clothe, feed transport, replace parts of, cure and destroy ourselves and produced a selective history of human ingenuity and thinking.

Follows a single drop of water on its journey through millions of years of the earth's history.

Through the eyes of the men involved, Meredith Hooper recounts one of the greatest tales of adventure and endurance, which has often been overshadowed by the tragedy that befell Scott.?? Their tents were torn, their food was nearly finished, and the ship had failed to pick up the members of Scott's Northern Party as planned. Gale–force winds blew, bitter with the cold of approaching winter. Stranded and desperate, Lieutenant Victor Campbell and his five companions faced disaster. They burrowed inside a snowdrift, digging an ice cave with no room to stand upright, but space for six sleeping bags on the floor—the three officers on one side, the three seamen on the other. Circumstances forced them closer together, their roles blurred, and a shared sense of reality emerged. This mutual suffering made them indivisible and somehow they made it through the longest winter.?? To the south, the men waiting at headquarters knew that Scott and his Polar party must be dead and hoped that another six lives would not be added to the death toll. Working from diaries, journals, and letters written by expedition members, Meredith Hooper tells the intensely human story of Scott's other expedition.

The history of a pebble is followed from its time in a volcano through the primordial forests to contemporary times.

“A luscious blend of cool blues and verdant greens lights up the pages of this poetic picture book, which traces the course of a river from its source.” — Publishers Weekly Follow a river from its beginnings as a mountain stream formed from melting snow, as it rushes over rocks and through valleys to the busy city, and finally to its end, where it joins the sea.

On their annual Dogs' Night, all the dogs depicted in an art gallery leave their paintings to play, but four of them create a sensation by going back into the wrong paintings, in a book with information about the real paintings shown.

A lyrical - and timely - celebration of planet Earth, focusing in on many of the amazing aspects of the world as we approach the next millenium. Each page takes the reader to a new country/continent around the world, depicting something wonderful and special particular to the different landscapes, ranging from South American rainforest to ice floes in Antarctica, jungle in India to the coral reef of the Red Sea. The text is stunningly illustrated by exciting new artist, Rupert van Wyk, in a beautiful series of wildlife paintings, capturing the world in all its glory.

Describes the roles of everyone involved in building Senwosret's pyramid, from the king himself to a lowly water carrier.

It's very cold in Antarctica, and the Terra Nova is crowded with both men and animals. Tom the sailor is looking for a quiet and cozy place for his pet rabbit to have her babies. From high in the rigging to down in the hold, the crewman takes readers all through the ship while he searches for a spot where his rabbit can make her nest. Based on the diaries of men who sailed to the South Pole on board the Terra Nova in 1910 with Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Tom Crean's Rabbit introduces the historic voyage to young readers. Kitchen's stunning illustrations capture the magnificence of the Antarctic landscape and notes in the back of the book provide more information about the expedition and detail the adventures of the book's hero.