Nuclear war has destroyed all life in thenorthern countries of the world. Now the deadly radiation is travelling south. In Australia, where people are still alive, Peter and Mary Holmes are trying to live their lives as normally as possible as the radiation comes closer and closer. What can they do? Is this the end of life on earth?
Added by: alzoar | Karma: 1152.51 | Other | 24 April 2014
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Wildlife Monographs - Humpback Whales
One of the most fascinating and amazing underwater photography ever. The author summarizes "I was 20 meters from the calf and his mother. He nuzzled her and then to my surprise swam straight towards me. I didn't take my eyes off him through my lens and snapped continuously as he came closer and closer. I dared to look over the top of my camera and there he was, just a few feet away looking me straight in the eye".
Big Blue (tumblebook)flash story Tumblebooks are flash animated stories
Big Blue Kye knows everything there is to know about whales, and dreams of swimming with a blue whale. When she travels to Mexico with her mother, Kye is closer to her goal than ever. Will her wish of swimming with Big Blue come true?
On a gloomy December day during the American Revolution, two strange vessels were seen hovering off the east coast of England, in that expanse of water known at the time as the German Ocean. One, a small black schooner, moved slowly amid the sand bars and sunken rocks with which the immediate coast abounded. The second was a gallant ship of the frigate class, and floated majestically in the tide drawing closer to the smaller vessel. These were an American frigate and its consort, the "Ariel" on a secret mission among the dangerous shoals and reefs of the English coast.
Find out how a poor tailor armed with only a piece of old cheese and a little bird can outduel giants. While the tailor completes each assigned task, he gets closer and closer to the prize of marrying a princess and winning half of the kingdom.
