A young African pygmy elephant must confront his fears to fulfill a dream and become a legend…. Thunder, a young pygmy forest elephant, sets out on a journey to find his mother after he escapes capture by poachers. With danger at every turn in the central African jungle, he must face his fears to survive. Some unlikely friends: Soma, a cranky rhino; Frederick, a nutty pink flamingo; Penelope, a chatty parrot; three kooky egrets; and Jennetta Blue, a blue butterfly; help him with his dream to find his mother and fulfill his quest to be reunited with his herd.

Thunder and Roses is the fourth volume in The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon. Included in Thunder and Roses are 15 stories, with major works like "Maturity," "The Professor's Teddy Bear," "A Way Home," and the title story, in addition to two works never published before.

Susan Dax is coerced by the American Intelligence into not only aiding an unethical shady friend, who has been captured and imprisoned, but also to look into the theft of an undisclosed weapon. The developing plot takes her from the easy confines of Washington, DC, to Yemen, across the Middle East and the Mediterraneanending with her being double-crossed, captured, and at the mercy of an extremist intent on poisoning and delving a crippling blow to the American public. The capers involving Stevenson Mukoros masterly creation of Susan Dax is a sexy English compliment to Lara Croft and Flemings James Bond. She and Mr. Seymour Krakauer have lost none of their influence and constant-moving action flurry. The ambiance of raw espionage and no-holds barred fight scenes come floating back like biting cordite smoke. The Susan Dax series of novels now number eight titles.

It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. And in this stirring chronicle, Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Philip Caputo writes about our country's most controversial war -- the Vietnam War -- for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest in Vietnam under French colonial rule, to American intervention, to the battle at Hamburger Hill, to the Tet Offensive, to the fall of Saigon, 10,000 Days of Thunder explores the war that changed the lives of a generation of Americans and that still reverberates with us today. Included within 10,000 Days of Thunder are personal anecdotes from soldiers and civilians, as well as profiles and accounts of the actions of many historical luminaries, both American and Vietnamese, involved in the Vietnam War, such as Richard M. Nixon, General William C. Westmoreland, Ho Chi Minh, Joe Galloway, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon B. Johnson, and General Vo Nguyen Giap. Caputo also explores the rise of Communism in Vietnam, the roles that women played on the battlefield, the antiwar movement at home, the participation of Vietnamese villagers in the war, as well as the far-reaching impact of the war's aftermath. Caputo's dynamic narrative is highlighted by stunning photographs and key campaign and battlefield maps, making 10,000 Days of Thunder THE consummate book on the Vietnam War for kids.

In the Primordial World, I am the Zhi Zun, indestructible, and the gods punish Thunder Monarch. Through the reincarnation of countless lifetimes, the heart would never change. To be a fellow sect, to be a lover, to not hesitate to become enemies with the heaven and earth. One's soul would perish, one's true spirit would perish, and one's god would perish. Then, we will see how Long Tianhao will climb to the peak and become the supreme Thunder Monarch.

In 'Natural Questions' Seneca expounds & comments on the natural sciences as understood in his day, offering insights to ancient philosophical & scientific approaches to the physical world, as well as vivid evocations of the grandeur, beauty & terror of nature.

In this tale of guilt and consequence, the actions of two children lead them to flee punishment by escaping to the sky as thunder and lightning.

"Thunder and Lightning" by Camille Flammarion is a study about lightning in terms of astronomy. The book is a most fascinating one and holds the reader from start to finish. As a manual for those who wish to obtain a good general knowledge of astronomy, this work will be found unsurpassed. Young students of astronomy who wish to obtain a general idea of the most wonderful and fascinating of all sciences will find precisely what they seek in M. Flammarion's eloquent and poetic chapters.