In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.

The names are designed to inspire terror in the faint of heart: The Beast, Raptor, Steel Phantom, Colossus, Cyclone and Demon Drop. In amusement parks and boardwalks all over the world, the roller coaster is king. Beginning as far back as the turn of the century, roller coasters' designers have competed to build them faster, taller, steeper. They've flipped riders upside down, made them weightless, and applied more g-forces to their bodies than...

Carol Danvers is one of the most powerful super heroes on Earth. She's led Alpha Flight and the Avengers, and prevented more alien invasions than you can count. But she's about to hit big trouble - and even the mightiest heroes need help sometimes! These action-packed, exciting stories explore Captain Marvel teaming up with fan-favorite characters like Spider-Man and more!

Marvel makes cinematic history as it unites the superhero team-up of a lifetime. Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, and Captain America assemble together for the very first time ever in this epic, action-packed blockbuster alongside Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Nick Fury.

Who run the world? You already know! Now celebrate the Women of Marvel as an astonishing array of writers and artists from across the comic book and entertainment fields unite to make theirs Marvel - in stories featuring super hero sensations from She-Hulk to Gamora, from Jean Grey to Rogue, and from Medusa toPeggy Carter, Captain America?! And we didn't forget to bring on the bad girls - including Mystique, Hela and Lady Deathstrike! Even some of...

Publisher Annotation: Follow another adventure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe leading up to the highly anticipated Marvel's Captain Marvel! Prepare for Captain Marvel's cinematic debut with titantic tales that set the stage for the Marvel Universe's mightiest hero! Meet Carol Danvers, NASA's youngest head of security - but when an encounter with the Kree soldier Mar-Vell gives her amazing powers, she begins a costumed career...as Ms. Marvel! Determined...

It's thwarted-business-as-usual for Dr. Doofenshmirtz, until a blast from his power-drain-inator ricochets off of Phineas and Ferb's space station, hitting Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, and Thor. Now the kids must restore the super heroes' lost powers before a group of dastardly super-villains destroy the planet! Fortunately, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. are also on the case, together with O.W.C.A.'s top agent, Perry the Platypus.

Nutritional and durable, versatile and delicious, nuts have been a staple of our diet since the dawn of time. This Modern Marvels program uncovers archaeological evidence that places them among our earliest foods. Still a favorite food today, nuts are now big business.

In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers launched the first hot air balloon. Since then Germany, Great Britain, and the United States have experimented with and improved on airships for military and economic purposes. Although still in use for sightseeing, surveillance, and research, the Hindenburg and other crashes ended the airship's role in luxury travel and in the military.

There is no more potent demonstration of man's resolve than the design and construction of tunnels that slice through natural and manmade structures to connect two points. Whether underwater, blasted through solid rock, or laid within the shifting strata of Earth's unstable crust, tunnels are indispensable to the modern world.