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How many other books will help you thrash someone at conkers, race your own go-cart, and identify the best quotations from Shakespeare?
The Dangerous Book for Boys gives you facts and figures at your fingertips - swot up on the solar system, learn about famous battles and read inspiring stories of incredible courage and bravery. Teach your old dog new tricks. Make a pinhole camera. Understand the laws of cricket. There′s a whole world out there: with this book, anyone can get out and explore it.
The Dangerous Book for Boys is written with the verve and passion that readers of Conn Iggulden′s number one bestselling novels have come to expect. This book, his first non-fiction work, has been written with his brother as a celebration of the long summers of their youth and as a compendium of information so vital to men of all ages. Lavishly designed and fully illustrated in colour and black and white throughout, it′s set to be a perfect gift for Father′s Day and beyond.
Chapters in The Dangerous Book for Boys include: The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, Conkers, Laws of Football, Dinosaurs, Fishing, Juggling, Timers and Tripwires, Kings and Queens, Famous Battles, Spies, Making Crystals, Insects and Spiders, Astronomy, Girls, The Golden Age of Piracy, Secret Inks, Patron Saints of Britain, Skimming Stones, Dog Tricks, Making a Periscope, Coin Tricks, Marbles, Artillery, The Origin of Words and The Solar System.
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Tollins: Explosive Tales For Children
"Tollins are not fairies. Though they both have wings, fairies are delicate creatures and much smaller. Tollins are also a lot less fragile than fairies. In fact, the word ′fragile′ can′t really be used about them at all. They are about as fragile as a housebrick.....
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The Dangerous Book Of Heroes
From Captain Scott to Joe Simpson, from Douglas Bader to Ernest Shackleton, from Gertrude Bell to Emily Pankhurst, Conn Iggulden brings our great heroes from history back to life. Filled with a sense of fair play and decency that made The Dangerous Book for Boys so popular, The...
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Bones of the Hills
he fatherless boy, exiled from his tribe, whom readers have been following in ′Wolf of the Plains′ and ′Lords of the Bow′, has grown into the great king, Genghis Khan. He has united the warring tribes and even taken his armies against the great cities of...
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