Books in The Women of the Otherworld Series series

Celebrate and explore the diversity of Native American cultures in this superbly illustrated gift book.The North America ‘discovered’ by Christopher Columbus in 1492 was actually home to millions of people across the continent. Through lively, informative text and detailed reconstructions, find out how these different peoples adapted to their individual surroundings – how the Plains Indians depended on the great buffalo for food and raw materials, which tribes lived in dome-shaped wigwams and which tribes wore snowshoes in the winter.Complete with detailed maps, glossary, index, and a suggested reading section, this book is the perfect introduction to the fascinating and diverse cultures of the native Americans.

They make up three-quarters of the world's living creature, and that's counting only the 800,000 types we know. Though many people feel we're already too well acquainted with insects, by pollinating plants, producing honey and silk, and acting as monitors of pollution they're beneficial to us. Here you'll encounter -- from a safe distance! -- armies of ants, magnificently hued butterflies, shining silverfish, colorful tree-hanging moths, fierce yellow assassin bugs, blue weevils, and many more in this thriving world.