Eric is involved with a big experiment in Switzerland, looking to explore the earliest moment of the universe. But, there is a group of people who don't think this experiment should go ahead and are planning to sabotage the Grand Switch-on. Will they suceed? Whose side is Reeper on this time? And why does he want to speak to Annie and George so desperately?
On Monday, Daddy's snore boomed like a dinosaur's roar. On Tuesday, Daddy's snore rumbled like an earthquake. Each night when daddy snores, the walls rattle, the floor shakes, and no one gets any rest! Not even the pet hamster! How will this familiy ever get a good night's sleep?
Shelley Marn is a Californian student on holiday in Europe. She meets a young English couple, Clare and Nick Herman. The Hermans ask Shelley to have lunch with them. Shelley agrees, but strangely, she never arrives. Why? What has happened?'
High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived -- a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale tells us about evolution and the nature of history.
Illus. in full color. Youngsters can celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's fateful voyage with this dramatic, easy-to-read account of a pivotal moment in American history. "