He was the final addition to Universal's "royal family" of movie monsters: the Creature from the Black Lagoon. With his scaly armor, razor claws and a face only a mother octopus could love, this Amazon denizen was perhaps the most fearsome beast in the history of Hollywood's Studio of Horrors. But he also possessed a sympathetic quality which elevated him fathoms above the many aquatic monsters who swam in his wake. Everything you ever wanted to know about the Gill Man and his mid-1950s film career (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature, The Creature Walks Among Us) is collected in this book, packed to the gills with hour-by-hour production histories, cast bios, analyses, explorations of the music, script-to-screen comparisons, in-depth interviews and an ocean of fin-tastic photos.

Secret Service Agent Adam Hunter, tired of the politics and mess of Washington D.C. lands a transfer out of town. Newly assigned to a task force responsible for solving a rash of savage murders in the rural Appalachian Mountains, things quickly take an unnatural turn. The victims found are strewn among the trees like macabre scarecrows, and the high profile murderer everyone is searching for may not be to blame after all. Something ancient and evil has haunted these parts since the settlers ignored the warnings of the first peoples. Now the creature is stalking again, and it's up to Adam to put a stop to it. Making matters worse are a clandestine government agency keeping tabs on him, drug runners eager to keep their turf quiet, and an escaped convict complicating matters. Maybe D.C. wasn't so bad after all...

There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

Orphan Jack Templar has no memory of his parents and only the smallest details from his Aunt Sophie about how they died. The day before Jack's 14th birthday, things start to change for him. He has only one day before hundreds of monsters will descend on his little town of Sunnyvale and try to kill him. He will have to battle werewolves, vampires, harpies, trolls, zombies, and more. But perhaps the most dangerous thing he must face is the truth about his past.

Out of the darkness, a gray-skinned, human-like creature lurches toward you. Yet its jerky movements and empty stare let you know it's not a creature from this life it's a zombie. Zombies are people who have been brought back from the dead usually for evil purposes. Over the years, zombies have starred in legends, books, TV shows, and movies. In this creepy title, you'll learn all about the history and popular culture surrounding the infamous undead.

Entertaining antics and skullduggery abound in the book that inspired Laika Studio’s animated film The Boxtrolls, in theaters September 26, 2014! Welcome to Ratbridge. But beware—for there is skulduggery afoot. Young Arthur has fallen foul of the appalling outlaw, Snatcher, and is trapped alone in the town with every way home sealed. Meanwhile Snatcher and his men are working tirelessly in secret on a fiendish and dastardly plan to destroy the entire town. With the help of some friendly boxtrolls and cabbageheads, some quirkly townspeople, and the rats and pirates from the Ratbridge Nautical Laundry, can Arthur thwart Snatcher’s evil plans and find his way home?

"Topics are dragons, dinosaurs, and prehistoric or mythological giants from 1953's The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms; "big bug" flicks, with 1954's Them; ordinary animals grown to improbable proportions in 1955's It Came from Beneath the Sea; animals that threaten mankind including 1963's The Birds; blobs and other beasts such as 1958's The Blob"--Provided by publisher.

A Parents' Choice Award, Silver Honor, 2015 Combine these playing cards to create crazy new creatures out of real-life animals! Add up the points for the newly formed creature and then stage attacks against the creatures in other players' hands. The highest score wins! Promoting math skills, strategic game play, and creativity, Creature Clash! ensures hours of fun for the whole family.

Gravedigger Volke Savan, desperate to leave his tiny home island and impress the most beautiful girl he's ever known, breaks every tradition of the bonding ceremony just to become an arcanist. But when he's tasked with killing a hero, he's uncertain.

National Book Award Finalist: A biologist’s “thoroughly enjoyable” account of the expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet (Publishers Weekly). Not so long ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark, and much of the knowledge of our own species’ history was a set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. But scientists were about to embark on an amazing new era of understanding. From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Big Picture, this book leads us on a rousing voyage that recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of natural history: from Darwin’s trip around the world to Charles Walcott’s discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey’s investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA. Filled with the same sense of adventure that spurred on these extraordinary men and women, Remarkable Creatures is a “stirring introduction to the wonder of evolutionary biology” (Kirkus Reviews). “Charming and enlightening.” —San Francisco Chronicle “As fast-paced as a detective story.” —Nature