Almost two hundred years have passed since the first reported sighting of the Yeti, also known as the Abominable Snowman, but scientists and mystery buffs still debate whether or not it exists. The ancient myths, firsthand accounts, and controversial evidence associated with this creature make this book one that every curious mind is sure to love.
Looks at the legendary creature said to inhabit the Himalaya Mountains, including the history of its sightings, and the inconclusive evidence that has been offered to prove its existence.
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Destiny Device The Destiny Device... You are a scientist. Your mentor, the brilliant Dr. Wogan, has created a machine that neutralizes radiation. She calls it the Destiny Device, because it could change the destiny of the world. Now Dr. Wogan is missing, and so are the plans for the Destiny Device. Was she kidnapped? Or is she hiding? Can you find her before her enemies do? The Choose your Own Adventure series is unique new series consists of 30 titles adapted from the wildly popular Choose Your Own Adventure series, which has sold over 250 million copies worldwide, and spawned an entire genre called 'interactive fiction'. What makes Choose Your Own Adventure different is that you, the reader, are the main character. You make the choices that can lead to a happy conclusion-or perhaps to a terrible fate! Each title is made up of several branching storylines, with up to 30 different endings. As a result, most readers read each book again and again, experiencing a different story each time. Originally targeted at reluctant readers, Choose Your Own Adventure has helped to develop critical thinking, literacy skills, and an interest in reading for a whole generation of English native speakers. Now adapted for English language learners of any age, the Choose Your Own Adventure series is a fun addition to any extensive reading library. Indeed, the stories are so engaging we guarantee that even non-ESL learners will enjoy reading them!
Climbing solo in Eastern Tibet in 1986, Reinhold Messner confronted . . . something. Since that moment, he has been obsessed with what the Western media has called the "abominable snowman". Widely considered the greatest living mountain climber, Messner had found his greatest challenge--to solve the age old mystery of the yeti. Photos.
Describes the legends of the man-beast Bigfoot, including the worldwide history of Bigfoot claims, the scientific analysis behind evidence of the creature's existence, and references to Bigfoot in art, literature, and the media.
The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late 20th century, but the more important relationship between the professional scientists and amateur naturalists who hunt them—and their place in the history of science.
The major guiding principle in the life of Tom Slick was a relentless search for adventure and exploration of the unknown, sparked by his immense curiosity about everything and his willingness to embrace and investigate new ideas. He was a larger-than-life Texas oilman, entrepreneur, and explorer. He climbed mountains in the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. He developed new breeds of cattle. He discovered major oil fields. He founded several research institutes in San Antonio, including the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Southwest Research Institute, and the Mind Science Foundation. He even wrote and published on the topic of world peace in the 1950s; the Tom Slick World Peace Lectures at the University of Texas’ LBJ Library and the endowed Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace were established after his death in 1962. In this revised and expanded edition of her previously published biography, Catherine Nixon Cooke, niece of Tom Slick, has mined personal letters, family papers, archives of the institutes founded by her uncle, and other resources to expand what we know of this enigmatic, energetic adventurer. In addition to relating his better-known exploits and pursuits, Cooke delves for the first time into Slick’s shadowy connections with the world of international espionage, including clues that Slick may have been involved in certain operations and interests of the OSS and its successor organization, the CIA. Illustrated throughout with rare historic photographs, In Search of Tom Slick: Explorer and Visionary will introduce a new readership to this influential yet little known figure in modern history.
In this landmark work on a subject too often dismissed as paranormal or disreputable, Jeff Meldrum gives us the first book on sasquatch to be written by a scientist with impeccable academic credentials, an objective look at the facts in a field mined with hoaxes and sensationalism. Meldrum reports on the work of a team of experts from a wide variety of fields who were assembled to examine the evidence for a large, yet undiscovered, North American primate. He reviews the long history of this mystery--which long predates the "bigfoot" flap of the late fifties--and explains all the scientific pros and cons in a clear and accessible style, amplified by over 150 illustrations. Anyone who has pondered the mysteries of human evolution will be fascinated and eager to join Dr. Meldrum in drawing their own conclusion. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Offers not only an analytical study of the films of Herzog, perhaps the most famous living German filmmaker, but also a new reading of Romanticism's impact beyond the nineteenth century and in the present.
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