The Secret Ray

The Secret Ray
Author: Hergé
Publisher:
Total Pages: 115
Release: 1994
Genre: Adventure story comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9780951279953

Mr. Pump's Legacy

Mr. Pump's Legacy
Author: Hergé
Publisher: Egmont Books Limited
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN: 9781405212458

In Mr Pump's Legacy the first aeroplane to be flown from Paris to New York at 1000 kilometres per hour will receive 10 million dollars. In an attempt to save the Stratoship H.22 from being stolen by gangsters, Jo and Zette take off with their pet monkey Jocko. But running short on fuel they soon find themselves having to land on a desert island.

A Crazy Day with Cobras

A Crazy Day with Cobras
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2012-12-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375867953

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Merlin’s beloved penguin, Penny, has been put under a spell! To save her, Jack and Annie must find a rare and precious emerald. When the magic tree house whisks them back to India over four hundred years ago to search for the jewel, they discover an amazing and exotic world filled with great danger. Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #45, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #17: A Crazy Day with Cobras. Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures

Cobra Jet: The History of Ford's Greatest High-Performance Muscle Cars

Cobra Jet: The History of Ford's Greatest High-Performance Muscle Cars
Author: Rob Kinnan
Publisher: CarTech Inc
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2020-03-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1613253788

Relive Ford’s glory days in the muscle car era in this stunning new volume covering the popular and powerful Cobra Jets! Ford’s “Total Performance” racing program in the early 1960s was the first stone turned in the task of repurposing its image to the youth market. The introduction of the Mustang increased that exponentially, but even in 289 Hi-Po form it was no match for the Pontiac GTO or other muscle cars. Neither was the 1966 Fairlane GT or subsequent 390 Mustang the following year. But when the 428 Cobra Jet Mustang debuted at Pomona for the NHRA Winternationals in 1968, that image evolved from wholesome to fearsome! Cobra Jet Mustangs downed all comers and took the vaunted Super Stock Eliminator crown while introducing a new weapon under the hood to serve as fair warning to what was to be uncoiled at the stoplight. By the next model year with the revolutionary shaker hood on Cobra Jet-equipped Mach Is and the striking snake adorning the sheet metal of the midsize Cobra, Ford’s image makeover was complete. The demise of the muscle car era didn’t signify the end of the Cobra Jet, as Ford continued the performance reign with the 351 Cobra Jet. The legacy left by Mustang, Cougar, Torino, Cyclone, and Ranchero 428, 429, and 351 Cobra Jet-powered vehicles is indelible. Mustang Monthly editor Rob Kinnan and muscle car expert Diego Rosenberg bring this history back to life in an all-encompassing book that is the first to specifically feature all Cobra Jet cars, including the purpose-built drag cars of today! Cobra Jet: The History of Ford’s Greatest High Performance Cars will hypnotize you as the first and complete history of Ford’s most famous engines during the era’s peak.

The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago

The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago
Author: Hans E. A. Boos
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781585441167

As issues of employee involvement and participation once more evoke considerable controversy, this textbook provides an accessible overview of the main strands, perspectives and debates in current thinking and practice. It adopts a comparative international approach, addressing developments in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, the United States and elsewhere. The authors identify two main strands of evolution: one driven by managerial interests in enhancing and controlling employee commitment and performance; the other deriving from employees' attempts to influence high-level organizational decision-making. In particular, they examine and analyze: the background of key concepts, issues and philosophies underpinning

Destination New York

Destination New York
Author: Hergé
Publisher: Egmont Books Limited
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2003
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN: 9781405212434

To save the Stratoship H.22, designed by their father and now threatened by gangsters, Jo and Zette have taken off in the aircraft. Their pet monkey Jocko has gone too. They crash land near the North Pole and nearly perish in a snow storm. But they battle on to save the Stratoship, and, in a race against time, to win the trans-Atlantic challenge.

The Book of Snakes

The Book of Snakes
Author: Mark O'Shea
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 658
Release: 2024-01-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226832864

Updated to reflect the most recent species classifications, a second edition of the beautifully illustrated and beloved guide to 600 members of the suborder Serpentes. For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue flick, and so these creatures have held a special place in our cultures. Yet, for as many meanings as we attribute to snakes—from fertility and birth to sin and death—the real-life species represent an even wider array of wonders. Now in a new edition, reflecting the most recent species classifications, The Book of Snakes presents 600 species of snakes from around the world, covering roughly one in seven of all snake species. It will bring greater understanding of a group of reptiles that have existed for more than 160 million years and that now inhabit every continent except Antarctica, as well as two of the great oceans. This volume pairs spectacular photos with easy-to-digest text. It is the first book on these creatures that combines a broad, worldwide sample with full-color, life-size accounts. Entries include close-ups of the snake’s head and a section of the snake at actual size. The detailed images allow readers to examine the intricate scale patterns and rainbow of colors as well as special features like a cobra’s hood or a rattlesnake’s rattle. The text is written for laypeople and includes a glossary of frequently used terms. Herpetologists and herpetoculturists alike will delight in this collection, and even those with a more cautious stance on snakes will find themselves drawn in by the wild diversity of the suborder Serpentes.

Snake Pilot

Snake Pilot
Author: Randy R. Zahn
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1574885650

Flies the reader into combat with the same elite air cavalry unit portrayed in the film "Apocalypse Now"

Snakes of Central and Western Africa

Snakes of Central and Western Africa
Author: Jean-Philippe Chippaux
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1421427192

Snakes of Central and Western Africa illuminates a previously little-known part of the natural world, provides vital information that could save many lives, and will make an excellent addition to any herpetology library.