Discover the natural world of southern California's coastline from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. This spectacular pocket-sized guide to shor...

For the first time the inside story of Russia's marketing of their space program to the West is chronicled by one who was there. The colourful tale...

It takes more than attitude to be KING! Señor Saguaro has lived many years in the sol caliente with agua poco. He knows just what it takes to grow ...

As hoteliers design zero-gravity hotel suites for out-of-this-world unions and with the first honeymoon in space already scheduled, this provocativ...

The age of zoological discovery has not passed. Every year, spectacular and exciting new species are being located and classified, adding to our kn...

The book chronicles the capture and 'taming' of a tiercel saker falcon. While the story details the training and hunting episodes that took place w...

At 7:15 a.m. on October 3, 1962, Project Mercury Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., in his Sigma 7 spacecraft, was launched into space and orbited t...

No one knows how the universe will end -- but we do have a pretty good idea how it started. Everyone is familiar with the 'Big Bang' theory, but mo...

This field guide illustrates all the fish, corals, invertebrates and plants you are most likely to encounter in less than 15 feet of water in the C...

Author Martin Vince offers an exhaustive volume about the biology and ecology of softbills -- small, flying birds that do not live on seeds, but on...

This book takes a serious and ironic look at popular icons in western American culture -- cowboy boots and masterpieces in western art -- to explor...

In stories packed with information, Jerry Olsen writes of ties between people, eagles and falcons. Included is a handbook that, in clear, step-by-s...

This book will be the first English on space law written by a Chinese scholar. With the rapid development of space activities in China, many space ...

Space exploration is an immense and expanding field. The quest for knowledge about space has resulted in hundreds of very important technologies wh...

This book presents a wide spectrum of in-depth analyses detailing the US space program including policy, the space stations, the shuttles, and spac...

CD-ROM and Book. The Space Shuttle is one of the great triumphs of modern technology. 122 feet long, capable of carrying 65,000 pounds of cargo and...

Welcome Aboard! Space is only 100 miles away from anywhere on Earth. Since the early 1980s a small group of visionaries have been pioneering the fr...