Tony Gibbons

"After thirty years of research, this book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive study of the battleships and cruisers of the conflict. It looks at the ironclads of the North and South, the Union sloops and gunboats that blockaded the Confederacy, and Confederate raiders and privateers who destroyed the Union's merchant marine. An in-depth examination is made of the secret weapon that could have tipped the scales for the South -- the submarine."--Jacket...

This book introduces Spinosaurus, a giant meat-eating dinosaur that roamed northern Africa during the Cretaceous times.

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of this fierce prehistoric carnivore.

Describes spiders in general and presents different kinds, including the underwater spider, black widow, and crab spider.

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of the extinct dodo, a large flightless bird that lived on the islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

Provides information about how the ornitholestes, a small, quick, carnivore that lived in North America in the Jurassic period, may have looked and behaved.

Describes the physical characteristics, varieties, and behavior of centipedes, as well as miscellaneous facts about these creatures.

Provides information about how the mussaurus, a chunky herbivore living in South America during the Triassic period, may have looked and behaved.