Perhaps Monsters are not really that scary. Maybe, just maybe, they are misunderstood!

Explains how brilliant scientist Bruce Banner was cursed to transform into the rampaging Hulk, why his girlfriend left him, and why Rick Jones blames himself for creating the monster.

Humans and Hyenas examines the origins and development of the relationship between the two to present an accurate and realistic picture of the hyena and its interactions with people. The hyena is one of the most maligned, misrepresented and defamed mammals. It is still, despite decades of research-led knowledge, seen as a skulking, cowardly scavenger rather than a successful hunter with complex family and communal systems. Hyenas are portrayed as sex-shifting deviants, grave robbers and attackers of children in everything from African folk tales through Greek and Roman accounts of animal life, to Disney’s The Lion King depicting hyenas with a lack of respect and disgust, despite the reality of their behaviour and social structures. Combining the personal, in-depth mining of scientific papers about the three main species and historical accounts, Keith Somerville delves into our relationship with hyenas from the earliest records from millennia ago, through the accounts by colonisers, to contemporary coexistence, where hyenas and humans are forced into ever closer proximity due to shrinking habitats and loss of prey. Are hyenas fated to retain their bad image or can their amazing ability to adapt to humans more successfully than lions and other predators lead to a shift in perspective? This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the environmental sciences, conservation biology, and wildlife and conservation issues.

When a boy bumps into a monsterin the magical woods, he runs for hislife. But he soon realises with the helpof his woodland friends, that he mayhave made a hasty judgement.A heartwarming tale of acceptanceand friendship.

Big Scary Monster learns some surprising things about himself when he goes down his mountain to find the creatures he has frightened away.

" ... Presents an overview of the animals that have the greatest impact on our lives, from the creatures that eat our crops to the ones that invade our homes and those that transmit diseases"--Publisher description.