The inspiring account of one man’s campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti- American reaches of Asia In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan...

Intricate three-dimensional illustrations depict all the wonders of human reproduction. Pull-tab reveals the mysteries of chromosomes; another pull-tab reveals with stunning clarity the development of a fertilized egg. Full-color pop-up models show the male and female reproductive organs, the growth of the foetus within the uterus, and the actual birth process. In this clear, easy-to-understand narrative. Dr. Jonathan Miller conveys not only the facts of reproductions, but its joys....