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Discover 1200 fantastic facts with this incredible book! Why does rock become liquid deep below the Earth's surface? What is the world's biggest b...

This reference resource covers eight subject areas and provides 8000 bulleted facts. Eight hundred panels contain an illustration and ten key facts...

Learning begins here! With this accessible, easy-to-use, feature-rich, family reference, children of eight years and upwards will find help with h...

Colorful picture dictionary for children who have just started to read. It will help them understand the meaning of words and how to spell them.

This reference resource covers eight subject areas and provides 8000 bulleted facts. Eight hundred panels contain an illustration and ten key facts...

Sail back to a vicious time with fearsome seafaring Viking warriors with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. Readers can discover al...

Did You Know… The a red blood cell can make the return trip to your big toe in about 16 seconds? That if all your blood vessels were laid end to en...

Did You Know… That your ears control your sense of balance as well as your hearing? The composer Beethoven was almost completely def when he wrote ...

An encyclopaedia for children covering topics such as animals and plants, geography, history, the human body, how people live, seas and oceans, and...

This title contains fascinating facts about Bill the Conquerer and his bully boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the Cru...

"Horrible Science" is getting a make-over! Readers will discover why someone invented the bottom-stabbing bike saddle and why you would need a toil...

This series looks at the nastier side of science. 'Blood, Bones and Body Bits' reveals the secrets of strange scientists, shows how to diagnose dea...

Raging Rivers' takes the reader on a turbulent river tour from ice cap to ocean.

This reference book includes everything you need to know about the history of the British Isles. It reviews thousands of years of culture, events a...

These are the members of the Met Children ' s Chorus , one of the few groups of its kind in the world . There are about 95 members , aged 7 through...

Take a look at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects - who just couldn't help losing their heads. Discover who invited Queen Lizzie t...

Did You Know… That scientists believe the world started with a big bang ?

How awful! Captain Low, a legendary English pirate, cut off the lips of another man and fried them. The ancient Egyptian cure for bad eyesight was...

For anyone who has tried to learn Spanish or failed to progress beyond a few phrases, this book will help. Discover Paul Noble’s secrets for achiev...

The first artists drew picture on the walls of their caves. Later artists looked around them for materials. They sculpted with stone and wood, deco...

Geography with the gritty bits left in! Does geography grind you down? fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and despicable data? Wave good...

The Smashing Saxons tells you the terrible truth about the pillaging people who bashed the Brits but got nobbled by the Normans.

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY! Discover what it takes to be an earthquake expert, learn how to survive when an earthquake hits, and di...

What makes a stink bomb stink? Why aren't glass eyes made of glass? Bubbling over with chaotic chemistry facts, this book also reveals the secrets ...