Books with author Patrick O'Brian:

Fascinating facts about the elephant's ancient relatives.Long ago, in the time of cavemen and saber-toothed tigers, lived an enormous hairy creature with huge tusks--the mammoth. This ancient relative of the elephant inhabited a frozen Ice Age world. It ranged from Africa to Alaska, and everywhere in between. Then ten thousand years ago, the mammoth disappeared, leaving only its bones. But those bones have been able to tell us so much! Discover the fascinating facts and intriguing beliefs about the mammoth--one of the largest animals that ever lived.

This stand-alone adventure from the mighty Patrick O'Brian begins just where his devoted fans would want it to: with a sloop in the South China Sea barely surviving a killer typhoon. But the time is the 1930s and the protagonist a teenaged American boy whose missionary parents have just died. In the company of his rough, seafaring uncle and his elderly English cousin, an eminent archaeologist, young Derrick sets off in search of ancient treasures in central Asia. Along the way, they encounter a charismatic Chinese bandit and a host of bad characters, including Russian agents fomenting unrest. The tale ends in an ice-bound valley with the party caught between hostile Red-Hat monks and the Great Silent Ones, which is how the Tibetans designate the yeti.