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Hung, Drawn and Quartered by Clive Gifford
$9.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
Take a gruesome trip through time with this grisly compendium of death! From the best way to shrink a head to making a mummy in eight simple steps, and with fascinating facts about botched beheadings, greedy royals and the plague, Hung, Drawn and Quarteredlooks at the most gruesome facts from the past. ...Show more
Inside The World's Wonders (Lonely Planet Kids) by Clive Gifford
$29.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | Series: Lonely Planet Kids Ser.
Take a tour around the world to uncover some of the planet's most incredible landmarks and monuments - inside and out. From the Great Pyramid of Giza to the Statue of Liberty, the Taj Mahal to Sydney Opera House, you'll discover the secrets of these iconic structures, learn about their history and find ...Show more
Out of This World by Clive Gifford
$9.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
Out Of This World is jam-packed with everything children need to know about space - from facts and statistics to real-life adventures. Boys and girls can find their way around the solar system, learn if aliens really could exist and discover the origins of the universe. Entertaining and educational, thi ...Show more
Polar Lands (In Focus) by Clive Gifford
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | Series: In Focus
What is a glacier calf? Why don't polar bears hunt penguins? Which animals turn white in winter? In Focus:Polar Lands has the answers! In Focus is a cool, new information series that's perfect for curious kids. These fun books feature modern, magazine-style pages, including top 10 lists, fast facts, qui ...Show more
Powered by Plants by Clive Gifford
$29.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
Powered by Plants explores the world of plants and how their properties are increasingly helping to shape the cutting edge of human technology and design.
Spies by Clive Gifford
$12.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Kingfisher Knowledge Ser.
Spies explores the undercover world of espionage, part of the intelligence-gathering operations of nations and global organizations. Learn more about the first spies, and find out what motivated these men and women to take such an unusual and often dangerous career path.
The Ancient World in 100 Words by Clive Gifford; Gosia Herba (Illustrator)
$12.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | Series: In a Nutshell Ser.
How do you sum up the ancient world in just 100 words? This book takes on the challenge! With 100 carefully chosen words, each explained in just 100 words, this book provides a quick and fun insight into the characters, events and inventions of the ancient world. With entries on the Egyptians, the Ph ...Show more
The Book of Comparisons by Clive Gifford
$27.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
Did you know that a cheetah and a Porsche can both accelerate from 0 to 70 mph/112 kph in just three seconds? That the moon is only slightly narrower than the width of Australia? That the tallest tree in the world, the giant sequoia, is the same height as a 26-story building? Or that length of a blue wh ...Show more
The Book of Time by Clive Gifford
$29.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
Did you know that a zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second? Or that the US once had 144 different time zones? Or that across your lifetime, you'll spend about 33 years in bed? Discover more questions, answers, and theories in this bumper book all about the past, present, future, and beyo ...Show more
The Football Encyclopedia (PB) by Clive Gifford
$26.99 AUD
Category: Sport
With a fill-in EURO 2024 results wallchart, The Football Encyclopedia brings you all the latest information, stats and facts from the world of football. Read about superstar players from Jude Bellingham and Sam Kerr to Erling Haaland and Bukayo Saka. Follow your favourite teams in the Premier League, La ...Show more
The Race to Space - From Sputnik to the Moon Landing and Beyond... by Clive Gifford; Paul Daviz (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference
You know that man has walked on the Moon, but do you know the story of how he got there? With the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing on July 20th 2019, this book celebrates the Space Race rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Readers will learn about the neck-and-neck race between the two sup ...Show more
The Small and Mighty Book of Dinosaurs by Clive Gifford
$12.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | Series: Small and Mighty
Filled with bite-size facts and amazing original illustrations, the Small and Mighty range is the ultimate pocket-sized collectible series for young readers who can't get enough of their favourite topic. The Small and Mighty Book of Dinosaurs is a pocket-sized treasure trove of dinosaur information. Ins ...Show more