The World's Wackiest History

Readers will be amazed to learn the history of how crisps were invented and why pirates really wore eye patches! With dozens of fascinating images ...

Reducere. Take a walk on the wacky side with Lonely Planet Kids as we reveal 100 of the world's strangest looking animals. From glass frogs and mole lizards ...

Take a walk on the weird side as Lonely Planet Kids reveals 100 of the world's strangest animals. From frilled dragons and mole lizards to umbrella...

A unique 32 page children's picture book about some of the world's weirdest and wackiest animals. This charming book about The World's Weirdest and...

Reducere. Kids can't resist sharing jokes (even you try to stop them), so they always need a fresh supply. We've stuffed the pages of this little book with t...

Features stories about a nine-foot giant, puppet kings, a dazzling dancer, big fish travel, getting a drink out of a rock, the right and wrong ways...

Reducere. DescriptionChicago's World's Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago World's Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacul...

Sean McIndoe of Down Goes Brown, one of hockey's favourite and funniest writers, takes aim at the game's most memorable moments--especially if they...

Reducere. When news broke that the CIA had colluded with literary magazines to produce cultural propaganda throughout the Cold War, a debate began that has n...

SR-71 covers every aspect of the spyplane's development, manufacture, and active service, all from the insider's perspective of one its pilots. Fea...

DescriptionThe fate of the free world hung in the balance. Stalin's Soviet Union sought to drive the Western democracies from Germany to continue t...

Reducere. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THEKANSAS CITY STAR From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Aug...

Reducere. This outstanding compendium of 292 great speeches contains addresses from nearly every historical era and nation, from the formal orations of ancie...

Reducere. For seven months in 1904, St. Louis was the greatest city on earth. Millions flocked to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to behold the inventions ...

DescriptionThe world got a little smaller in July 1949 when the first jet-powered airliner took to the skies barely four years after the end of the...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Hinduism is one of the world's great religions, dominating the...

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Hinduism is one of the world's great religions, dominating the...

DescriptionNow back after 20 years with brand new words, expressions and idioms, this hilarious classic remains packed with humour, irreverence and...

Reducere. From April 1964 to October 1965, some 52 million people from aroundthe world flocked to the New York World's Fair, an experience that liveson in th...

Reducere. Tag along on this New York Times bestselling "witty, entertaining romp" (The New York Times Book Review) as Eric Winer travels the world, from Athe...

Reducere. DescriptionFalling in between the dark days of the Great Depression and World War II, the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair offered a refreshing pred...

The Raphael Trail. The Secret History of One of the World's Most Precious Works of Art - Joanna Pitman

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Randall SullivanFrom longtime Rolling Stone contributing editor and journalist Randall Sullivan, The Curse of Oak Island ex...

Reducere. *Includes 30 pictures of Minoan art, ruins, and more. *Explains the links between Minoan culture and religion with the Ancient Greeks. *Details how...

Reducere. To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel--full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the first people to leave Africa to the first to leave the planet, the urge to explore the unknown has driven human progress. DK's ...

Reducere. 25 Years of Dallas: The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Prime Time Soap takes readers behind the scenes of TV's legendary Dallas. It include...

Reducere. DescriptionFalling in between the dark days of the Great Depression and World War II, the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair offered a refreshing pred...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Supreme UnderstandingIn this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you typically l...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Supreme UnderstandingIn this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you learned in ...

Reducere. Giles Milton's first book, The Riddle and the Knight, is a fascinating account of the legend of Sir John Mandeville, a long-forgotten knight who wa...

Reducere. What secrets does the Giza Plateau really hold? Who is trying to unlock them... and what are their motives?The multitude of popular works that have...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the VOC's expeditions and conflicts *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Whereas pep...

In this stunningly illustrated, detailed and deliberately entertaining book, John Laverick gives an insight into the exciting world of civil engine...