A stunning collection of more than one hundred images by celebrated photographer Bob Willoughby captures Audrey Hepburn's legendary film career, personal life, and tireless activism in support of children and animals around the globe, accompanied by the photographer's personal reminiscences of the much-loved star....

Here are wonders of the animal kingdom, bizarre social practices of the past and present, remarkable and compelling human achievements, and breath-taking tales of nature at its most unpredictable. The photographs do not lie, and this book proves the adage: Seeing is believing.The true details of the famous stories are here: What's really going on at Loch Ness; what does Roswell, New Mexico, tell us; and, what about that cloud that looked like Jesus during the Korean War? The surprising, little-known tales are here as well: the window washer who fell 47 floors and walked away; and, the Christmas burglar who got stuck in a chimney.As P.T.Barnum might say: "Strange but True" is a colossal compendium of crazy coincidences, peculiar people and astounding animals. Step right up!...

This second "Life Picture Puzzle" book has even more puzzle fun than the first! There is 32 more pages and the puzzles are a larger size. There are two new types of puzzles to keep you on your toes. The Cut-Ups will test your skill at unscrambling a photo that we have clipped into pieces and then shuffled around. To create the new LIFE Classic Puzzles, we dipped into "LIFE's" world-famous photo archives of thousands of great black-and white images....

Did the Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia survive the slaughter of her family, and did Amelia Earhart perhaps survive her famous flight across the Pacific?

Where did the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson go when she vanished in May of 1926, and where did the mystery writer Agatha Christie disappear to later that same year?

Was Napoleon in fact murdered, and might the same fate have befallen Dag Hammarskjold?

Where's all the loot from the Great Train Robbery, not to mention all the spoils that were stashed away by the notorious gangster Dutch Schultz?

Did two other mountain climbers reach the summit of Mount Everest before Sir Edmund Hillary, and did a French airplane cross the Atlantic just before Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis?

Who was Jack the Ripper, and who was the Axman of New Orleans?

All of these questions will be asked anew (and some of them will finally be answered) in the pages of this intoxicating new LIFE book. Here are no fewer than 50 cases from the files, each more baffling than the last. The famous folks are here--from Edgar Allan Poe to Jim Morrison to JonBenet Ramsey--as are equally compelling stories involving people who you have yet to meet. LIFE's editors have unearthed more than a few obscurities for your entertainment.

Entertainment? Indeed. As these editors point out in their introductions: "There is something in human nature that draws up to the mysterious. We seek conclusions--but not really. We want answers but are entertained when they prove elusive. A mystery fascinates us, intrigues us, beguiles us. In its uncertainty, it has a softness and a sense of wonder that a solved, buttoned-down case lacks. An unsolved mystery can be romantic."

Enter, then, into the romance of The Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of All Time. Puzzle out the possible solutions to these narratives and delight in the extraordinary photographs.

Riveting stories and great photography: just what you would expect from LIFE, and the only aspect of this book that is not at all mysterious....

This fall, join LIFE as it goes on holiday with the newest themed book in its Picture Puzzle Series, the puzzle phenomenon that has taken the publishing world by storm.

As the leaves change color and the air turns crisp, our thoughts naturally turn to the upcoming holiday festivities. The folks at LIFE have also been thinking about these days of good cheer, and have been busy collecting the prettiest and most fun-filled photos of the winter holidays. LIFE Picture Puzzle: Holiday (the 7th book in the series) is 144 pages filled with all the moments that warm our hearts and the most amusing, challenging and beautiful puzzles drawn from Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's. See if you can spot the differences as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade floats by or catch the funny ornaments that have jumped on the Christmas tree.

With puzzles that will charm first-time players as well as ones that will daunt the most experienced puzzle masters, this special LIFE Picture Puzzle Holiday book is sure to delight readers and be a cherished gift for players of all ages....

In Hidden America, LIFE's editors explain the subtleties of our countrys history--and of its present day--with stunning, often beautiful and constantly surprising photography as well as evocative text. America is filled with tantalizing riddles both natural and unnatural, and LIFE's editors solve those that can be solved in this fascinating--and beautiful--illustrated tour of our sometimes odd country.

Among the destinations visited are:

• Mystery Hill, New Hampshire
• The chamber in Washington D.C. holding the Constitution
• The Anasazi ruins
• The Great Serpent Mound in Ohio
• The summit of Mount McKinley
• The ship graveyard off the Florida Keys
  

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From the popular "Life Picture Puzzle" series, comes the next in the series, with 176 pages of all new brainteasers, this book is sure to delight the legions of fans who made the first edition a run- away bestseller and who turn to the puzzle page of 13 million copies of "Life Magazine" each week. Once again, the puzzles are categorized according to level of difficulty: novice, master, expert. and genius, with a suggested completion time included for serious puzzlers. From dedicated puzzlers who sent the first edition onto the bestseller lists in its very first week to beginners who have never tried them before, the "Life Amazing Picture Puzzle" will definitely become a must-have for all players....

America has no royal family, but in the earliest 1960s, the White House was graced with the presence of a couple so attractive, so vibrant and so glamorous that the eminent historian Theodore H. White, writing in LIFE, likened the situation to Camelot.

And if Jack Kennedy was our King Arthur, then Jackie was our queen.

On these pages, that era comes alive again, as do the earlier and later chapters of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis's remarkable, captivating story. LIFE long enjoyed a special relationship with this woman--she first appeared on the magazine's cover in 1953 as the fiancee of a charismatic young senator from Massachesetts, beginning a streak that would stretch to 18 covers in all--and this book is filled with warm, intimate images from our archives. We watch her children grow in these pages, and we smile. We revisit the tragedies that she endured, and we sympathize anew.

Jackie's was an altogether amazing American life. LIFE was there to chronicle it at the time and is there to recapture it in this special commemorative book. In this volume, Jackie lives on....

The stories beguile us even as they appall us. The Lindbergh baby kidnapping; the murder of Nicole Simpson; Leopold and Loeb; the Boston Strangler; the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy; the Manson Family; the St. Valentine's Day Massacre; and, the Oklahoma City bombing. Each, in its time, laid claim to being the Crime of the Century. Each was captured by the camera, either' in the act or at trial. In this special edition of "LIFE", these stories of crime (and punishment), lawlessness (and justice) are vividly retold....

"Picture Puzzle" book has four levels; novice, master, expert, and genius. This is the first of what "LIFE" hopes will be many Picture puzzle books. This isn't a collection of previously published brainteasers - none of the 90 puzzles contained between in this book have appeared elsewhere. Devoted puzzlers, renowned for their sharp eyes, will recognise some photos that have been previously published in "LIFE". These have been reworked with all-new clues. They'll also notice that some pictures repeat two or three times within the book, in slightly different forms. Each is a distinct puzzle, with its own set of alterations to spot....

During his life, Elvis Presley was idolised: since his death, he has become immortalised. Now, drawing from "Life Magazine's" unrivalled archives, the editors of "Life" chronicle in pictures and text Elvis' transformation from shy teenager to superstar. It is a story best told in the details, and this singular collection of unforgettable pictures reveal all those details: the sad, the funny, and the passionate....

We are living in a land that is everywhere rich with beauty and wonders. LIFE is fortunate that these stunning settings have attracted many of the country's--indeed, the world's--most talented scenic photographers. From the awe-inspiring work of Ansel Adams to the jaw-dropping photography of Galen Rowell to the serene pastorals of Joel Meyerowitz and Michael Melford, this is art of a high order. And their subjects are incomparable: The Grand Canyon, Big Sur. Yosemite, Yellowstone, sublime Nantucket island, the San Francisco skyline, the Amish country of Pennsylvania and Ohio--100 beautiful sites in all. In words and pictures, LIFE takes you there.

As a special bonus, America the Beautiful includes a print of one of Ansel Adams' finest scenics, suitable for framing. This is a rich and beautiful book about a beautiful land. Our land. America....