Best Selling Books by Bruce Lafontaine

An entertaining pictorial tribute to America''s legendary lumberjack features 26 captioned illustrations depicting Paul creating Niagara Falls, swinging an axe head on a rope to cut down dozens of trees at once, and forming the Rocky Mountains in the West and the Alleghenies in the East by digging a trench in between.

Adventure awaits with these entertaining, accurate images of space exploration and the history of astronomy. Stargazers of all ages will find fascination amid 110 illustrations, including 22 double-page spreads of constellations.

28 pictures of Lindbergh as barnstormer; as mail pilot; crossing the Atlantic in 1927; as WWII fighter pilot, and more. Informative captions.

45 accurately rendered illustrations of dynamic flying prototypes: Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet, the Bell X-1 rocketplane, the diminutive McDonnell XF-85 Goblin "parasite," more. Descriptive captions.

Accurately rendered illustrations spotlight the many efforts to establish a docking station in space, including a 1950s concept for a "spoked wheel," similar to the docking station depicted in the 1968 film 2001, A Space Odyssey; the Russian MIR Complex (1986-2001); astronauts and cosmonauts constructing Alpha; and more. 30 illustrations.

Fascinating book chronicles factual and fantastic aspects of Mars in 44 dramatic ready-to-color illustrations, among them a scene from Ray Bradbury''s classic novel Martian Chronicles; Hollywood''s film versions of War of the Worlds and Invaders from Mars, views of the Mars probe Pathfinder/Sojourner (1997), the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, and much more. Informative captions.

Forty-four dramatic, ready-to-color illustrations chronicle human attempts to explore the watery realms, from a crude Roman diving suit with a floating air bag (AD 375) to the 21st-century nuclear sub Seawolf. Captions.

Brightly colored images of the Santa Fe Super Chief of 1946, Twentieth Century Limited (1938), Burlington Zephyr (1935), and nine others.

Over 40 years of sports car history in 16 realistic peel-and-apply images—from a jade green 1952 Jaguar XK-120 to a crimson 1998 Chevy Corvette. Includes identifying captions.

12 peel-and-apply time-honored machines: 1905 Indian, 1928 Norton CS-1, 1936 and 1951 Harley-Davidsons, 1990 Suzuki GSX-R750, and 7 others.

6 sturdy designs for an engine, tender, passenger car, tanker, boxcar, and caboose enable decorators and craftworkers to add delightful accents to fabrics, furniture, walls, posters, more. Instructions.

Eight different antique engines include steam locomotives from Lehigh Valley (1940), England (1938), New York (1936), Milwaukee (1937), and 4 more. Place colored pictures near bright light for spectacular stained glass effects.

Make way for a parade of shiny vehicles that really move! Eighteen stickers depict motorcycles, big trucks, ambulances, police cars, and other exciting vehicles.

Color and light make a bulldozer, cement mixer, excavating shovel, dump truck, and 4 other colossal vehicles roar to life.

Twelve glistening images of fast fire engines, powerful tow trucks, and other major movers will add instant interest to a lot of flat surfaces.

Ten glowing images of powerful fire engines to apply separately wherever you want, or line them up -- one after another -- for a colorful parade.

Spaceships blasting through space and other futuristic images glow with stained glass effects when colored and placed near a source of bright light. 8 illustrations.