Best Selling Books by Gerrie McCall

Discover the truth about the world''s most terrifying mythical creatures that have been scaring people for generations, from Beowulf''s Dragon to Frankenstein. Featuring ancient legends and folklore, movie and modern monsters, this collection of more than 40 creatures will scare and entertain with stunning illustrations, maps and fascinating facts.

For centuries, folk tales about dragons have fascinated children and adults alike. Dragons collects 20 of these mythical beasts from Chinese, Japanese, Babylonian, Mediterranean and Nordic mythology as well as examples from more recent fantasy literature, such as J.R.R. Tolkien’s dragon Smaug in The Hobbit.

Illustrated throughout with outstanding new full-colour annotated artworks, easy-to-follow accounts of the characters’ stories and factfile boxes, this book will appeal to any child interested in tales, monsters and movies.

This book is an introduction to dragons and serpents, including Fafnir, Futs-Lung, Gorynych, Hungarian Horntail, Krak''s Dragon, Kraken, Norwegian Ridgeback, and other creatures.

This book features deadly aquatic animals from around the world, including the electric ray, piranha, tiger fish, and viper fish.

Looks at unusual fish from around the world, including the Leafy Sea Dragon, the Sawfish, and the Porcupine Fish.

For 150 million years, dinosaurs were the undisputed rulers of Earth. Today, these great lizards still fire our imaginations. This book profiles the creatures that lived during the great Age of Reptiles, the real-life giants and monsters such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus who once dominated our planet.

300 dinosaurs featured from the Permian through to the Quaternary period.

They''ve been scaring audiences for decades, and many of them keep coming back to frighten us some more. They''re movie monsters. Readers get an in-depth look at some of the most terrifying characters ever filmed. From Hannibal Lecter to Godzilla, the most infamous monsters of the silver screen can be seen here. Dramatic images capture these monsters at their most gruesome, and fascinating facts explain their popularity with filmgoers of yesterday and today.

The basilisk was believed to be able to kill people just by looking at them. The Sphinx had the head of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. Readers come face-to-face with these mythological monsters. From merpeople to Medusa, many of the most fearsome creatures in mythology can be found within these pages. Detailed images and an enthralling narrative provide an informative guide to some of the most fascinating mythical creatures ever imagined.

Although most of the time the weather does not constitute a threat to most of us, there are many weather conditions that can kill or injure, or destroy your home. Surviving Extreme Weather helps you prepare for every eventuality, including storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, snow blizzards, avalanches, extreme heat, and flooding.Surviving Extreme Weather includes chapters on understanding different kinds of climate, predicting the weather, preparing for bad weather, protecting your home, and how to survive in extreme environments.

This book is an introduction to half man, half monster creatures, including the adlet, the beast of Gévaudan, the bogeyman, the Jé-rouges, the lobisomem, the loogaroo, the manticore, and other creatures.

They are from all over the world, and are as diverse as banshees, unicorns, and Rumpelstiltskin. Each page takes readers on a journey to discover the tales of these beautiful and frightening legends that have been passed down for generations. Detailed images support these enduring, fascinating stories.

A bird the size of an airplane and a behemoth worm with electrical charges--these bizarre giants are captured and entertainingly explored here. From mythology to pop culture, readers will learn all about our mind''s invention and reinvention of superhuman sized creatures. Fact boxes share fun tidbits while diagrams convey size differences.

Discover the stories behind the world''s scariest characters from ancient myth, legend and literature--from the three-headed dog Cerberus to Dracula and the Headless Horseman. This collection of more than 40 characters will scare, thrill, and entertain with stunning, colorful artwork. Maps show the location of each monster and villain. Information boxes describe fascinating facts about each terrifying creature.

Features ancient legends, mythological dragons, and media dragons, all illustrated with stunning artwork.

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Naga merupakan salah satu hewan mitos yang sering muncul dalam film-film sejarah Barat atau dalam dongeng. Meski bentuk naga dalam setiap film terkesan sama, namun spesies ini ternyata memiliki berbagai macam jenis. Buku Naga: Monster Mengerikan dari Mitos dan Fiksi karya Gerrie McCall dan Kieron Connolly yang diterjemahkan dan diterbitkan oleh Elex Media Komputindo pada tahun 2018 ini akan mengajak para pembaca menelusuri asal-usul naga. Buku ini juga akan menjabarkan berbagai jenis naga sesuai asal-usulnya maupun negara asalnya. Penulis akan mengungkap kebenaran tentang makhluk paling mengagumkan dan paling ajaib di dunia, yang mewarnai berbagai legenda dan dongeng selama berabad-abad. Penulis juga memuat banyak peta dan kotak informasi yang menjelaskan latar belakang serta kisah-kisah yang luar biasa tentang naga. Buku ini juga akan menyajikan legenda-legenda kuno, naga dalam berbagai mitos dan dongeng, serta naga dalam berbagai buku cerita. Semua penjelasan tersebut disertai dengan gambar serta ilustrasi yang menakjubkan agar pembaca dapat mengetahui bentuk naga-naga. Keunggulan buku ini meliputi: Menampilkan 44 naga dari segala penjuru dunia, mulai dari naga terbang, naga bernapas api, naga perenang, naga berkepala tujuh, dan naga lainnya yang tak kalah menakjubkan. Menghibur dan menambah wawasan dengan penjelasan lengkap ciri setiap naga. Ilustrasi berwarna yang detail dan luar biasa menambah kengerian semua makhluk, serta dilengkapi fakta menarik yang menjelaskan asal kisah naga.