Books with author John Lone

Riding tubes in Venezuela. BASE jumping in Europe. Climbing big walls in Yosemite. Riding bulls in Texas. These first-person stories from acclaimed climber and adventurer John Long may be vastly different in content, but they share an identifiable emotional texture, tone and delivery, and fundamentally are of one piece. This is storytelling at its best—nonfiction that reads like fiction. In Stories from the Dirt, the action leaves you breathless, but it’s the characters that really leave a lasting mark. Like all stories worth a damn, this collection is all about the people.

INSIDERS -- a visually groundbreaking, state-of-the-art nonfiction series that outshines Eyewitness and Discoveries. This stunning new series offers an inside look into twelve riveting subjects, beginning with Dinosaurs, Egypt, Oceans, and Space. Expertly written, each book will feature an arresting design, complete with dynamic, multi-layered CGI and 3-D model imagery that is complemented by fascinating, up-to-date information presented in a user-friendly format. Dinosaurs explores every aspect of the time when these real-life monsters ruled the Earth, with illustrations that reveal the layers of dinosaur anatomy, show the process of fossil formation, and explore several well-known species in depth.

Beginning in the 1990s, fossils unearthed in Australia and New Zealand began to reshape the debates around some of paleontology's most hotly contested questions: how dinosaurs and birds are related, whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded, and when and how the mammals began their rise.In this first comprehensive account of Mesozoic vertebrates from New Zealand and Australia, John Long shows that, while the fossil record from the region can be sparse and fragmentary, finds from such sites as Dinosaur Cove, Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge, and the fossil trackways at Broome offer new and occasionally startling evidence that has the potential to challenge current views. Long's up-to-date coverage includes the discovery in late 1996 of a new shrew-like mammal, Ausktribosphenos nyktos.Entries on individual fauna begin with a brief introduction, written to be accessible to the armchair paleontologist, that describes the prevailing climate and habitat during the relevant geological time period, followed by more technical information aimed at specialists, including type characteristics, location and other details about the specimen's discovery. Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand is profusely illustrated with photographs of the fossils, maps, and newly commissioned life restorations by some of the leading dinosaur illustrators from Australia and the United States: Peter Schouten, Tony Windberg, Bill Stout, and Mike Skrepnick.

Alaska salmon. A children’s book. A fun book for kid’s to learn about the Alaska salmon and the yearly migration upstream to spawn. This book is very basic and simple. This book is filled with many pictures of salmon, and the beautiful Alaska scenery surrounding the salmon. In this book there is a big section on the Grizzly bear feeding on the salmon.The grizzly bear an obstacle in the migrating salmon path.

"Sharklock Bones: Dolphin Tails" is the eighth in the ongoing series, "Sharklock Bones", about a talking fish detective and his trusty sidekick, Dr. Flotsam. Together, this dynamic duo somehow manage to solve mysteries and stumble in and out of zany adventures. Their home base is Fishtown, a metropolitan undersea city; full of talking fish and animals.In this episode, our detective, Bones, is approached by his arch-enemy, the insidious Dr. Devious Dolphin, to locate his brother and help stop him from turning to a life of crime. Along the way, the team of Bones and Flotsam attend a convention of dolphins, listen to the Unknown Dolphin reel off dozens of jokes and puns, go to the Okra Whinfrey Show and find out the real reason behind the plea from Devious. Anyone familiar with the series will expect to find a trick ending as well as hundreds of wordplays, puns and jokes in these books targeted toward "tweens", but enjoyed by kids eight to eighty. "Dolphin Tails" is written in screenplay fashion like all the "tails" to encourage interaction among readers. Have fun! Swim on in!

"Sharklock Bones: Bug Tails" is the fourth in a series about a shark detective and his trusty sidekick, Dr. Flotsam. They float around in a world of talking fish and animals, a world where everyone talks in puns, anecdotes, jokes and word plays. The stories are written in screenplay fashion to encourage role playing and interaction among readers. The dynamic duo of Bones and Watson take on and solve not-too-difficult mysteries in these stories or "tails". The target audience is ages eight to eighty. In this book "Sharklock Bones: Bug Tails" Sharklock and the Doc solve a kidnapping and then go on to a final confrontation on Mister Rhee Island with their arch enemy, the infamous Devious Dolphin. The first book in the series is "Sharklock Bones: Fish Tails" consisting of two "tails". The first is "Codfather" wherein our heroes stop a kidnapping by Devious Dolphin. The second "tail" is "Hound" and the duo helps Robert Eel Lee (atop a seahorse, of course) capture a giant hound on the Moor. The second in the series is "Sharklock Bones: Zoo Tails", also with two "tails". In "Horse", Sharklock's pony disappears from a locked stall. In "Seafood Restaurant", our boys locate animals missing from the zoo. The third book of "tails" is "Sharklock Bones: Pirate Tails", the "tail" is entitled "Parrots of the Carob Bean". Bones and Flotsam are on the hunt to locate Johnny Depth's missing pirate ship, the Black Twirl. All lots of fun, lots of puns, lots of giggles and more than a few groans. Swim on in and stay tuned for more "tails".

"Sharklock Bones: Fish Tails" is the first in a series of mysteries featuring a shark detective and his trusty sidekick (who happens to be a clownfish), Dr. Flotsam. Together they solve not-too-difficult puzzles and mysteries communicating in puns, word plays, jokes and anecdotes. Meant to be fun for the whole family and written in screenplay fashion to encourage interaction, welcome to Fish Town!

The sixth book in the popular "Sharklock Bones" fish detective series finds our dynamic duo of Bones and his trusty sidekick, Dr. Flotsam, attempting to locate a missing ship and crew. Sharklock's brother, Indiana Bones, joins the two in this latest adventure. Along the way, they meet the irrepressible Peter Pun, the Pixie Queen Tickle Belle, the Loan Arranger and his Canadian Indian companion, Toronto, and many more surprising and interesting characters. The only real clue to solving the mystery is a single word text message sent by Dr. Flotsam's mermaid friend. This is the most suspenseful and challenging adventure yet for our two heroes. This "tail" is written in the same screenplay style as the rest of the series and encourages interaction and role playing by the readers. Welcome to the world of Fishtown and its inhabitants. Everyone speaks in puns, jokes and word plays. Young ones like the pictures and story, "tweens" like the role playing, teens like the zaniness of the "tails" and adults seem to like the references to older movies, shows and songs. Fun for ages eight to eighty!