DescriptionStalking a poisoner at the local zoo, Inspector John Rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of children. When the social workers claim he is there for legitimate educational reasons, Rebus is faced with a dilemma: should he be outed to protect local kids or given a chance to start anew? As the locals begin a hate campaign, he gets a call from the past: the son of a friend has gone missing and no one else will make time to ask the right questions. And then a fragment of Scotland's criminal history is repatriated at the end of a life sentence for murder. Once more, Rebus' cup of trouble runneth over, and the ghosts of past misdeeds return to haunt Edinburgh's streets.
DescriptionStay on the marked paths. And please don't feed the dinosaurs. Have you ever wanted to get close enough to an Apatosaurus to pet it? Or watch a herd of stampeding triceratops? Or maybe you'd rather be almost deafened by the roars of a snarling Tyrannosaurus Rex. Whatever your secret dinosaur dream is, Dinosaur World is the place for you. Join Mary and her father on their wild visit to the world's most exciting zoo. It's an adventure filled with wild sounds, great fun, danger, and solid science.
DescriptionAn imaginative boy graciously accepts an invitation from the King and Queen and then invites them to the zoo.
DescriptionAfter the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger, and Pi, a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years.
DescriptionAn astounding novel based on the true story of the life and mysterious death of the largest herd of giraffes ever held in captivity, in a Czechoslovakian town sleepwalking through communism in the early 1970s. In 1975, on the eve of May Day, secret poli…
