National Geographic Society (U.S.)

From one majestic nature landscape to the next, this is an iconic collection of National Geographic's photography of the world's most beautiful locations that will immortalize the beauty of the great outdoors, showcasing evocative, and often unseen, images of extraordinary landscapes around the world. With vast deserts in twilight, snowcapped mountain ranges at the brink of dawn, a forest in the height of autumn colors, these indelible images will...

"In this one-of-a-kind atlas, [General Stonewall] Jackson's map and dozens more - both archival and newly created - trace the battles, political turmoil, and defining themes of the nation's most pivotal conflict."-inside jacket.

Profiles nine hundred species of the most common birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects in North America, detailing their ranges, diets, and name origins.

Describes how lion cubs are reared in the wild and some of the hardships they, and other animals like them, encounter.