Books with author John Wood

This relevant series highlights the endangered animals of the world, making readers aware of just how many species are at risk of extinction. Each volume begins with a general introduction followed by up-to-date information about the type of animal, where it can be found, characteristics of breeding and family life as well as social interactions, how many are left and why they are endangered or threatened. The books then address what is being done to help the animal survive and what the future holds for it.

Each book in this series provides readers with a deeper understanding of the world's biological communities, with each title focusing on a particular biome, biome type, groups of biomes or system. The books contain an introduction to the Earth's principal biomes with enough depth for project work. The atlas approach gives the series a relevance to the geography curriculum.

Contents: The sunlit zone; Your mission; A coral reef; Down the reef slope; A coral bloom; An artificial reef; Hidden life; Swimming with a sea giant; Flying with fish; Shark attack!; A cool ocean current; Feeding frenzy; Water and weather; The weedy Sargasso Sea; Exploring the Gulf Stream; Rich fishing; Whale watch; A red tide; The frozen ocean; Diving with seals; Mission debriefing.

This volume of Moliere's dramatic commentaries on society presents The Miser, a misguided hero who obsessively disrupts the lives of those around him. The School for Wives is newly translated for this edition and was fiercely denounced as impious and vulgar. Moliere's response to his detractors became The School for Wives Criticized. Even more alarming to critics was his version of Don Juan. In The Hypochondriac, he produced an outrageous expose of medicine.