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Flash floods that strike without warning. Storm surges that rise 16 feet. Tsunamis that barrel toward the coast at 500 miles per hour. Floods are some of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters. Learn about the amazing force of floods, some of the worst floods ever to occur, and what you can do to stay safe.

The rumbling ground could only mean one thing: an earthquake. Learn about where and how earthquakes form, how scientists predict them, how structures are built to withstand them, and more.

A guide to the world's polar regions, Arctic and Antarctic. From flora and fauna, to human and animal inhabitants, as well as the brave people who explored these extreme regions, often with fatal consequences, it lets your children learn about life at the North and South pole.

A collection of real-life stories written by teenage girls and women relating their dreams concerning such things as love, friendship, and recognition of their talents, and how they make dreams and wishes come true.

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An exclusive close-up at Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Dinosaurs's a childrens Encyclopedia is a complete visual encyclopedia covering the entire range of prehistoric animal life for younger readers. It's jam-packed with over 100 dinosaurs and entries on all the best known prehistoric animals from giant dragonflies to the Velociraptor. This definitive guide includes exclusive, newly commissioned photos of the world's best and most complete dinosaur fossils, on location in North America and Europe. Dinosaurs's is ... read more

Discover how explorers use their strength and skill to adapt to challenging conditions during the expedition unpredictable weather, physical hardship, unforeseen perils. Find out which strategies and survival techniques succeed and which fail, sometimes with tragic results. Detailed maps, including a large gatefold map for each expedition, show the route and terrain in graphic style. Includes Sir Edmund Hillary.

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A Girl's Guide to Stuff that Matters Girlology is for girls and about girls; it

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Joan of Arc left home when she was 15. She led the French army to victory at 16. At 19, she was burned to death at the stake. Angel or witch? Saint or heretic? Messenger from God or crazy teenager? Who was Joan of Arc?

Moving house is a logistics nightmare...but imagine the challenge of moving an entire house - fixtures, fittings, brick walls, chimney and roof wholesale, through a major city, over a mountain range or across a frozen lake!
That's the kind of impossible feat tackled by teams of movers in the dramatic hit engineering TV series, Monster Moves. Meet the movers as they slice and dice mansions with chain saws, hoist church spires with helicopters and winch locomotives down highways with bulldozers. This book explores the engineer... read more

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Science in 100 Key Breakthroughs presents a series of clear and concise essays that explain the fundamentals of some of the most exciting and important science concepts you really need to know. Paul Parsons profiles the important, ground-breaking, and front-of-mind scientific discoveries that have had a profound influence on our way of life and will grow in importance with our advancing understanding. In 100 sections, this book provides an overview of the history of Western science, from astronomy and physics to geology, biology an... read more

Prepare to be spellbound, as you take a trip through the magic and mysterious world of witches and wizards. The White Witch of Narnia, Middle Earth's Gandalf and Hogwarts' Harry Potter - wizards and witches continue to amaze and entertain us with their extraordinary supernatural feats and incredible powers. "The Complete Book of Witches and Wizards" is an illuminating guide to these magical beings. Discover more about those witches and wizards that have captured our imagination in books, and on television and the big screen. Learn ... read more

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Are all the lights on? Is there a parent in the house? Are the windows shut and locked? Double-check! They have to be if you are going to read this book, which is undoubtedly the scariest rendition of one of the greatest ghost stories ever told: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. While you may have heard of Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and the Headless Horseman, you've never seen them quite like this - through the macabre imagination of the inimitable Gris Grimly. So, take a deep breath and take a long look. And you m... read more

Takes your children on a scientific adventure; from the bubble, fizz and bang behind chemistry to the brute force of physics. This title explores the most basic building blocks of science. From radio waves to nanotechnology - timelines, facts and things to find, it lets your children discover what they wanted to know about science.

Your world is about to change forever. Beneath your feet, a molten hell brews and its boiling fury can no longer be contained within the Earth's thin crust. A farmer's field in Mexico is about to become the birthplace of the 2,000-foot high volcano known as Paracutin. Volcanoes brings you the shocking first-person reports of those who have witnessed the violent rage of a volcanic eruption. Why do volcanoes erupt? What strange, changed landscapes do they leave behind? How can scientists predict future volcanic activity? And where we... read more