Most Popular Books by Julian May

Naguère vaincu et exilé sur les terres de la Glace et du Feu, le sorcier Orogastus brave une nouvelle fois les trois princesses de la maison royale du Ruwenda, Haramis, Kadiya et Anigel. Depuis les terres de Tuzamen, dont il s’est emparé, il convoite les trois talismans qui confèrent aux princesses leurs pouvoirs et qui, en signe de dissension et de menace, sont devenus écarlates...

Ganadora del premio Locus a la mejor novela de ciencia ficción. Finalista de los premios Hugo, Nébula, Prometheus y Fantasía mitopoética de literatura adulta. Los sujetos más inadaptados y problemáticos de cada rincón del armonioso Medio Galáctico son exiliados al Plioceno. Otros muchos se exilian por propia voluntad. Al plioceno se puede viajar gracias al extravagante invento de Theo Guderian, ubicado en L''Auberge du Portail, regido por Madame Guderian. Pero es un viaje de ida, de ninguna manera se puede volver. Un paleontólogo retirado, una peculiar monja, una joven atleta de élite, un capitán de carguero espacial, un nórdico berserker, una psico-redactora a distancia, un antropólogo y un peligroso granuja encantador se exilian al Plioceno. Todos esperan empezar una nueva vida en ese paraíso de hace seis millones de años.

A simple description of the causes and effects of earthquakes.

After years of misuse, Blue River finally becomes so polluted that citizens of a town on its banks begin taking steps to try to save it.

A brief biography of the baseball star who spent most of his career with the Giants and was twice named Most Valuable Player.

Describes the various wild animals, insects, and birds that make their home in the city.

Describes the geography and plant, animal, and human life on Antarctica, "the coldest, windiest, loneliest, and most lifeless place in the world."

Describes various evergreens, their growth and use, and hazards to their continued growth.

Details the history of the most prestigious stock car race of all, the Daytona 500, held in Daytona, Florida, every February.

The life of Evel Knievel, professional motorcycle stuntman who will try jumping over almost anything, including the Snake River Canyon.

Describes the composition of various types of soils and the vegetation and animal life each supports.

A brief biography of the Sioux Indian who defeated Custer at Big Horn and who led his people to Canada in search of safety and food.

Briefly traces the lives of the two men who were brought together by their desire to conquer Mount Everest.

Recounts a year in the life of a bear and her cubs as they come out of hibernation, wander about a national park, and eventually are returned by rangers to a remote area away from men.

A simple discussion of new evidence that dinosaurs were warm-blooded animals and not reptiles as previously believed.

Discusses how fossils are formed and suggests places the amateur hunter can look for "formerly-live" stone today.

Describes the stages in the development of a moth: egg, larva, metamorphosis, pupa, and adult. Includes the range of the Polyphemus moth.

Describes the various animals that have become extinct through natural or man-induced causes.

Discusses boxing in the United States and some of the heavyweight champions of the world.

Brief biography of the French underwater explorer and co-inventor of the aqualung emphasizing his many discoveries about the ocean and its creatures.

A biography of the award-winning hockey player, groomed from his youth to play for the Boston Bruins.