"Caves" takes you on a tour of the three most common caves found on the planet; solution caves, lava tubes, and sea caves. Learn about how each of these caves are formed as well as the amazing formations that are created within them by water and minerals including stalagmites, stalactites, columns, draperies, and flowstones. In addition, readers will find out about the rare animals that call caves home and how living in a cave affects them.

"When Amy Larson and her partner Hunter Forrest investigate a missing persons case in a series of caves outside Denver, Colorado, they discover a muddy pit littered with corpses that are covered in human bite marks and find the case leading them to a cult."--

"Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their fun outing turns into heart-stopping fear when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. As they swim deeper into the claustrophobic labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean." --

While his widowed mother continues to search for him, eleven-year-old Tom, presumed dead after drifting away down a river, finds himself trapped in a series of underground caves with another survivor and a dog, and pursued by murderous treasure-hunters.

"After his wife's death, a man brings his young daughter to live in a cave he has found in the Cascade mountains. Once there, his daughter begins to sense the presence of other people in the cave, a mother and son who retreated there during the last ice age in an effort to survive"--

A thrilling underwater adventure based on true events. Master diver Frank McGuire leads a team-including his 17-year-old son-to explore the largest, most beautiful and least accessible cave system on Earth. But when a tropical storm cuts off their only escape route, the team must work together to find their way through an uncharted and dangerous underwater labyrinth to make it out alive. With time running out, can they survive, or will they be trapped...

There is a patch of ground in Tennessee dedicated to the science of death, where human remains lie exposed to be studied for their secrets. The real-life scientist who founded the "Body Farm" has broken cold cases and revolutionized forensics . . . and now he spins an astonishing tale inspired by his own experiences.

Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton has spent his career surrounded by death at the Body Farm. Now he's being called

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Text and labeled illustrations describe the formation and physical features of various kinds of caves, with a brief section on spelunking.

Introduces ten of the world's largest caves, including the Carlsbad Caverns, Lascaux, Mammoth Cave, and Waitomo, with information on their location, features, animal inhabitants, and more.

In October 1942, Esther Stermer, the matriarch of a Jewish family in the Ukraine, leads her family underground to hide from the pursuing Nazis and stays nearly a year and a half. Their harrowing story of survival living in near total darkness in two cold, damp caves is one like no other ever told.