Educational

Designed to amuse and intrigue the young reader, this book combines cartoons with facts and simple analogies to provide an introduction to life in ...

Traces the development of man's attempts to preserve and communicate information from prehistoric cave paintings to present day use of machines suc...

Find out how to count your way out of a death-trap, why multiplication can stop a hairy green spot epidemic, and meet the barmy pure mathematicians...

Maths with the laughs added in! Why does a horse need hands? How many metres are there on the head of a pin? How dense are you? Find out in Despera...

Revealing facts about the awesome ancients, their groovy gods, potty pyramids and their mad mummies, this book also tells how a hunted hippo got hi...

This book will teach you everything you need to know about control sequence programs: how they work and how to write them.

In this unique book, David Attenborough has undertaken nothing less than a history of nature, from the emergence of tiny one-celled organisms in th...

Discover the answers to lots of brilliant question about monkeys and apes!

This delightful and amusing book, beautifully illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, contains a basic vocabulary of a hundred words in French.

This series provides a fact-filled introduction to British history, from the end of the last Ice Age to the 1990s. Read about Henry VIII and his si...

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Did you know that you sleepwalk with your eyes open and may follow your usual daytime routine ? You will find out what has made you the way you are...

Did yu know that in a hurdels race athletes must be able to run and jump at the same time ? You will find out that athletics consists of track runn...

Did you know that boy's bodies begin to change about two years after girls ? We look at how our bodies change when we reach adolescence and why we ...

Did you know that you don't even have to be in the snow to practise skiing? You will find out that some sports , such as skiing horse riding and cl...

Did you know that footballers need flexible ankles and feet so that they can control the ball ? You will find out about the popular ball games of f...

Did you know that the skin is your body's largest organ ? This secnd volume of how my body works tells you all about your skin - it is waterproof a...

Did you know that a windsufer needs a good sense of balance to control the surfboard ? You will discover how to get fit for and enjoy some popular ...

Did you know Not so long ago, before inoculations , it was quite common for children to suffer badly , and even die , if they caught an infectious ...

Did you know that there are some people who can identify more than 10,000 different smells and tastes ? Your nose and tongue depend upon each other...

Did you know an increase in the body's temperature by just 1 c raises the strenght of its defence mechanism by half ? That yoga exerises the mind a...

Did you know that your body has a number of different defence system to protect itself from dangerous viruses and bacteria ? This volume tells you ...

Did you know that swimming is an aerobic exercise , which conditions the lungs and muscles ? You will find out why smimming is the perfect sport fo...

Did you know that there is a second fluid in your body which is just as important as blood ? You will find out about the lymphatic system