Product Description: From the earliest engineers such as Archimedes and Hero of Alexandria, heroes of the Industrial Revolution like Eli Whitney and Alessandro Volta, and pioneers of the Modern Age with Henry Ford and Wernher von Braun, Engineers looks at more than eighty of the world's greatest engineers — who they were, what they did, and how their projects shaped the course of human history...read more

Product Description: A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the magic begins. A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by her would-be husband and by her best friend...read more

Product Description: In 1920s America, life is hard, and many people are out of work. But you have the chance to work on a truly massive building project: a giant dam that will provide power and water for years to come, and prevent the devastating floods caused by the Colorado River...read more

Product Description: This series offers comprehensive and cross-curricular information about a range of scientific inventions with fascinating histories. Each title in this series looks at one life-changing invention and traces its history from conception, prototypes, and rev

Product Description: The tallest, the biggest, the longest and the deepest - all these amazing megastructures are revealed in this title in detail...with some incredible facts and stats to absorb! This is a brand-new series for older readers. With amazing centre gatefold, it is packed with up-to-date details and fascinating facts and stats...read more

Product Description: The tallest, the biggest, the longest and the deepest - all these amazing megastructures are revealed in this title in detail...with some incredible facts and stats to absorb! This is a brand-new series for older readers. With amazing centre gatefold, it is packed with up-to-date details and fascinating facts and stats...read more

Product Description: The tallest, the biggest, the longest and the deepest - all these amazing megastructures are revealed in this title in detail...with some incredible facts and stats to absorb! This is a brand-new series for older readers. With amazing centre gatefold, it is packed with up-to-date details and fascinating facts and stats...read more

Product Description: The tallest, the biggest, the longest and the deepest - all these amazing megastructures are revealed in this title in detail...with some incredible facts and stats to absorb! This is a brand-new series for older readers. With amazing centre gatefold, it is packed with up-to-date details and fascinating facts and stats...read more

Product Description: Forensic Technology looks at new and future developments in fingerprint technology, and detecting and understanding trace evidence left at scenes of crimes. It also explores DNA profiling and how it can be used, and how forensics experts use new technology to uncover information about fires and explosions, and detect fakes and forgeries...read more

Product Description: Robot Technology looks at robots that are used in space exploration, and developments that may happen in the future, for example, landing on Mars. It looks at robot explorers that go to places humans cannot reach � such as the sea bed, and into the craters of volcanoes...read more

Product Description: This book explains the evidence that supports our understanding of the solar system, including the very latest discoveries.

Product Description: Daring experiments and perplexing puzzles designed to get your brain cells buzzing!Science Rocks offers youngsters a variety of awe-inspiring ideas for science projects that could enliven their school work and help them score the winning prize at the science fair! Jam-packed with fun activities to fill a few spare minutes, an hour, or a day, this book teaches kids how to use household objects to learn about chemistry, physics, biology, and more...read more

Product Description: Behind many of the world’s great successes are failures, disasters, and bad ideas. This series uses a countdown approach to describe memorable failures from around the world. It also shows what the world has gained as a result of each failure.

Feeling the need for speed? Wish that your father's car was bigger than anyone else's? Perhaps robots are more your thing? Humans have invented some mighty machines that let us go faster than ever before, reach other planets, soar through the skies, or simply attract attention from unsuspecting passers-by. Take a trip around your favorite mechanical and moving things with this fun but factual book. Learn about the science of flight, put some wind in your sails, and boost your va-va-voom with special Ripley's fascinating facts and amazing "Believe It or Not!" stories from around the world. What are you waiting for? Off you go! This series will delight every inquisitive child with its mix of clear core factual information and Ripley's stories and images about the weird and wacky in our world today

Product Description: This book counts down the world’s most memorable military and government technology failures. Students also learn what was gained from each failure.

Product Description: Look Now is a spellbinding picture of our world and its people conveyed through infographics. The five exciting chapters-Earth, People, Power, Industry, and Connections-examine the physical world and different spheres of human activity, and present facts, figures, graphics, illustrations, and photographs in a way that tells the interconnected stories of the modern world...read more