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Covering cities from around the world, this work features cities ranging from the biggest metropolis', beautiful cities to the most fascinating capitols. It is illustrated with images and includes facts and files, history and stories, background information and also sightseeing highlights.

From man made masterpieces to breathtaking surprises of nature.

We live in a world of food mountains and famines, where some people suffer from obesity while millions die of hunger. This book examines this inequality and looks at the difficult decisions faced by governments and organizations and asks what we as individuals can do to help. "Food Supply" examines the development of agricultural technology, food distribution systems, food aid, global trading, differing global diets, GM foods and biotechnology. Opposing viewpoints are given throughout to provide opportunities for discussion and debate.

In late 1942 Margaret Glenmore realises that daughter Joyce, who is doing a secretarial course, will probably be manpowered into a war job soon, when the age limit is dropped to 18. Her other daughter, Lillian, is coughing a lot and an x-ray has shown a spot on her lung. Lillian needs to live in a healthy environment with lots of good food. These factors combine to make Margaret decide to send the girls to live with their paternal grandparents on a small dairy farm on the coast.Lillian's diary begins in 1943 when she and Joyce trav... read more

Learn how to amaze and impress your friends with this extraordinary fun-filled book. Inside you'll find all sorts of weird and wacky tricks and illusions, from x-ray eyes and invisible photos to a climbing comic and crying crayon! Just read the simple instructions follow the step-by-step illustrations and you too can become a top-class trickster! It's not magic, it's just wicked!

An exciting new series based on Australian history, adventure stories with ships, guns, and privateers. Ages 8+.

Combining meticulous research, stylish wit, and a humorous touch, the creator of William Shakespeare & the Globe surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions. Reprint. Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions.

Stunning photography brings youngsters up close and personal with big, beautiful tigers. Full color.

Describes animal cells including their parts, what animal cells do, and how they are studied.

This is a thrilling journey into the animal kingdom. Marvel at the most magnificent and powerful animals ever to have inhabited the Earth, from the 50-tonne supersaurus of the late-Jurassic era, to the African elephant - the most immense creature to walk on land today. Age 9+

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Athens and Sparta were the two leading powers in the Classical Greek world. They represented entirely different systems of social organization: oligarchic conservatism at Sparta versus radical democracy at Athens. There was continuing ideological rivalry, culminating in the Peloponnesian War, a central event in Greek history. This text focuses on the image of rival societies, as Athens and Sparta have been perceived, by contemporaries, by later Greeks, during the Roman period and beyond. The topics covered include education, land-h... read more

This study focuses on the colourful period of the Peisistratid tyranny in Athens. During these exciting years the great festivals were established, monumental buildings were erected, the population grew rapidly and there was lively progress in all the arts.This study considers the artistic, archaeological and literary evidence for the period. Athens is seen largely through the eyes of Herodotus, the "Father of History," and we can observe the foundations being laid for the growth of democracy in the following century.

The athletic competitions that took place during festivals like that at Olympia, or within the confines of city gymnasia, were a key feature of life in ancient Greece. From the commemoration of victorious athletes in poetry or sculpture to the archaeological remains of baths, gymnasia and stadia, surviving evidence offers plentiful testimony to the importance of athletic activity in Greek culture, and its survival well into the Roman period. This book offers an introduction to the many forms that athletics took in the ancient world... read more

The speeches of the Attic orators were mostly composed for delivery in the Athenian law-courts and assembly, and at other public meetings such as state funerals, in the late fifth and fourth centuries BC. They contain much information about, and valuable insights into, the life, thought, and institutions of classical Athens, while at the same time being central evidence for the development of Athenian prose literature. This accessible book includes chapters on each of the ten Attic orators (Antiphon, Andocides, Lysias, Isocrates, I... read more

In an instant, an avalanche can turn a picture-perfect winter scene into a deadly disaster. Huge sheets of snow and ice can race down a mountain at 50 miles (81 kilometers) per hour or faster. Avalanches can toss cars, snap trees, and crush buildings in their path, sometimes burying an entire village in tightly packed snow. With dramatic images and first-hand survivor stories, plus the latest facts and figures, this book shows you avalanche disasters up close.

The humorous cartoon-style illustrations and the narrative approach encourages readers to get emotionally involved with the characters, aiding their understanding of what life would have been like exploring with Captain Cook. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of non-fiction texts for young readers. It fits into KS2 History, providing an insight into 'significant people, events and places in the past'.

Terry Deary returns to one of the most popular of the Horrible Histories topics and reveals more disgusting details about the awesome ancients, their groovy gods, potty pyramids and of course, their mad mummies. Readers can find out how a hunted hippo got his own back on a phoul pharaoh and discover the truth about the cool queen Cleo and the curse of Tutankhaumun. There's also a top ten of phunny pharaohs, a mad mummies quiz and lots of foul facts about the messy mistakes the Egyptians made before becoming mummy-making experts. Hi... read more

Kids get the inside scoop on bats and snakes as they learn more than 40 fun facts about these spooky animals. Full color.