Basis for the chilling George Romero motion picture. A brilliant scientist researching primate intelligence gives paralyzed friend Allan Mann a useful companion, a laboratory monkey named Ella, and experimental pills that will increase Ella's learning abilities. But Mann takes the pills himself.

Annie Pooh, and MarLee have never seen a monkey before they meet Sangee. The two royal Lhasa apsos are outraged by the monkeys very bad manners. Soon the badly behaved Sangee leads Annie Pooh and MarLee on a merry chase through the Palace as the pups look for lost and stolen items which belong to the princess.

Presents brief articles which provide information on the countries that make up Central and South America including history, government, geography, climate, industry, people, and miscellaneous facts.

Provides information on many kinds of fossils from a number of different eras. Discusses how fossils are formed and what they can tell us about very early times.

Provides a concise history of the evolution of the library, and discusses the growing function of technology in accessing information in the ever-expanding field of information science.

Presents brief articles which provide information on various topics about music. Includes information on instruments, musical forms, types of music, and selected musicians.

When Little Monkey decides to venture out into the jungle alone, beyond the gaze of his watchful Mama, he discovers that other animals are not as friendly and warm as his own family and that independence is not altogether a good thing.

Monkeyshines on Strange & Wonderful Facts, 98 page volume of fascinating facts & miscellany, interesting reference alternative, illus. 8.95 plus 1.00 p/h (ISBN 0-9620900-2-6). Also available, Monkeyshines on the United States Presidents (Games, Puzzles & Trivia) illus., 98p. Interesting, informative & enjoyable view of the lives & work of the first 40 U.S. Presidents 12.95 plus 1.00 p/h (ISBN 0-9620900-1-8).

Twelve-year-old Mary Lyttle is sitting on the floor of a bookstore when a strange-looking blank book drops into her lap from a shelf above. Moments later, she falls into the book and lands in an earlier time. Relieved that her beloved crystal medallion is still around her neck, she notices an ancient ship anchored nearby. After the captain and his family convince Mary that she must be there for some reason, she boards the ship crewed by talking monkeys. After they set sail, they discover an island, decide to explore, and become stuck in thick ice. After they summon help from an old hermit, they finally break free—only to be captured by pirates who take them to their volcanic island hideaway. As Mary and the others are being prepared for ritual sacrifice to their captors’ evil god, they escape with assistance from animals. But what Mary does not know is that her adventures are just beginning, and that her necklace is there to help her. Will she ever find her way back home, and who will inherit the necklace next? Mayhem and Monkeyshines is an exciting tale of adventure as a twelve-year-old girl and others time travel into a fictional world with more questions than answers.

Examines the evidence surrounding some of history's unsolved mysteries.