Six children help solve the mystery of a missing spyglass that has kept two brothers feuding for years.

A friendly writer with a metal detector, the mysterious inhabitants of a tower house, and the discovery of a locket in the sand are ingredients for the Aldens' latest mystery.

The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.

Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion.

A compilation of Barry Schiff's monthly column in AOPA Pilot, the popular aviation periodical, these books contain favorite articles from over the years in three volumes that are arranged by subject. These articles are pulled from his more than 26,000 flight hours in 260 types of aircraft to assemble volumes filled with Schiff's vast knowledge and experience with teaching pilots. The first volume of the series covers such diverse topics as slip tips,...

In the second volume of The Proficient Pilot, veteran airline captain Barry Schiff provides new material as rich and varied as that in his prizewinning first volume. His valuable advice for general aviation pilots is based on more than 26,000 hours of first-hand experience. The Proficient Pilot Volume 2 contains a wealth of information published nowhere else; how to execute and survive a crash landing, how to hot-start an engine without fail, how...

Visit the tiny island nation which once ruled half the world. Traveller Justine Shapiro embarks on an historic journey across England, exploring its rich past while traveller Jonathan Atherton explores London, Europe's largest capital city, a vibrant mix of history and culture spiced up by the influence of over 200 different nationalities.

"Traveler Megan McCormick starts her journey in the sprawling capital of Cairo. She then travels into the western desert via El Alamein to the oasis town of Siwa, close to the Libyan border. Heading south for a five day desert trek she arrives at her final destination - Luxor, which claims to be the world's greatest open air museum." --Container.

"Traveler Ian Wright starts his journey in Jordan's Wadi Rum Desert, Traveling south past the ruins at Petra and then on to Beirut in Lebanon. He ends his journey in Syria at the ancient town of Palmyra. Further, south traveler Megan McCormick visits battle scarred Kuwait before traveling on to Dubai and finally Oman. Justine Shapiro completes the journey traveling through Israel and the Sinai Desert."--Container.

See some of the most remote beaches on the planet, travel to Komodo Island and see much more.