Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as a "forest man" for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence, character, and even humor of the great animals who hauled logs through the remote jungles, he became a gifted "elephant wallah." Increasingly skilled at treating their illnesses and injuries, he also championed more humane treatment for them, even establishing an elephant "school"...

Tim Hess is a semiretired veteran cop staring at a death sentence: his own. Detective Merci Rayborn, young enough to be his daughter, is brash, impatient, and not someone from whom Hess wants to take orders. He certainly isn't planning on falling in love with her. Together they must track down a psychopathic killer dubbed the 'Purse Snatcher' for the chilling way he brags about his shockingly distinctive crimes, abducting and murdering beautiful young...

It's frosty December and six Cynster families come together at snowbound Casphairn Manor with members of their households to celebrate the season in true Cynster fashion-and where Cynsters gather, love is never far behind. The festive occasion brings together Daniel Crosbie, tutor to Lucifer Cynster's sons, and Claire Meadows, widow and governess to Gabriel Cynster's daughter. Daniel and Claire have met before and the embers of an unexpected passion...

The biographical film of boxing legend George Foreman.

"Tropical Rainforest takes you on a 400 million year journey to illustrate the diversity and beauty of life in the forests. This film as been seen by millions of people at IMAX and IMAX Dome theaters worldwide and features incredible sound and film images. Featuring the birds and primates of the forest canopy and insects of the forest floow, Tropical Rainforest also shows the adventure of researchers challenged to understand the forests even as they...

Explores the earth's major ecological regions, defining important features, animals, and environmental issues. Each program includes an experiment that students can replicate in the classroom, as well as informative visits with experts working in the field.

"A little boy spends the day with his grandfather, endearingly imagining himself to be the caregiver. On a walk through the forest, the grandfather teaches him to identify a number of animals and their tracks: raven, rabbit, deer, sparrow. Back at the house, their special time ends with milk, cookies, and story time that turns into a nap. Ojibwe translations of the animal names are found on the endpapers."--

"The best tracker in the world, a man with a secret and a special set of skills, must find two nearly untraceable killers before time runs out for their victims, in Spencer Kope's Shadows of the Dead. A woman-abducted and found in the trunk of a car after a high-speed chase-regains consciousness in the ICU to reveal two crucial pieces of information: the man who kidnapped her is not the same as the man who left her in the woods, and she's not the...

Looks at the world of trees, journeying around the world to explore the facts, characteristics, natural history, life cycles, evolution, and environmental impact of trees and forests.