A wealth of exciting books to discover different worlds, travel back in time and find out exactly how things really work.
Amaze your friends with our "fact of the month", investigate your own crime scene with Crimebusters, and discover the past with Archaeology Detectives!
Why not try our Would You Believe . . . series? Full of amusing and downright horrible details on everything from platform shoes to cobwebs, find out fascinating facts such as Egyptian workmen went on strike in 1158 BCE because they ran out of eye makeup!
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Hundreds of fascinating facts about the Olympics past and present; summer and winter. |
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A Picture History of Great Discoveries
A facsimile edition of a book first published by us in 1954. Following on from the success of A Picture History of Britain, Clarke Hutton's sumptuous illustrations now take us across the world, accompanying some of history's great explorers - from Christopher Columbus, Vasco de Gama and Sir Francis Drake to Admundsen, Scott and Shackleton. |
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Countdown to Extinction
Many species in the world face extinction. Can humans do anything about it, or are they the main cause? David Burnie looks at extinction from the mass wipe-out of the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago, to the probable extinction of the tiger within the next ten years. All sorts of animals are represented, from the feathered and winged to the slimy and scaly. |
