Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Reference - Encyclopedias

If kids think pus and gas are fun, wait until they hear the lowdown on the real Dracula, samurai, gladiators, guillotines and vomitoriums, pirates, Vikings, witch trials, and the world's poxiest plagues. Impeccably researched, deliciously wry, and subversively educational (check out the toilet-paper timeline), OH,...

This is the ultimate guide to weird creatures, describing the wonderful lifeforms that can be found lurking the the shadows of our world somewhere between rumour and accepted reality.

Here are the facts as we know them on everyTHING and everyBODY that mankind has encountered in fact and fiction - and in those strange dark places in between This is the ultimate guide to weird creatures. From changelings to werewolves, from ice parasites to yetis via Nessie and the African Congo Dinosaur. And when you've experienced it all. When you think you are ready to go monster hunting, you can...

From A to Z and everything in between, here's a page-turning, eyebrow-raising head-shaking collection of "too-werid-to-be-true" facts.

For instance. Turkey vultures are big meat-eaters. But they hate to kill. Instead, they feast on succulent leftovers...like roadkill Potent stomach acids help them digest the "ripe" meat. Yum....

The longest worm in the world measure as astounding 180 feet long

A man in Minnesota claims to have wound the world's largest twine ball: it's more than twelve feet around and weighs more than 21,000 pounds

A bold new approach to family reference that uses 3-D rendered images to explore the wonders of the world in unprecedented detail--from such categories as space, the human body, and history.

Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution and using the latest CGI technology to illustrate concepts, Knowledge Encyclopedia is divided into six chapters--Space, Earth, Nature, Human Body, Science & Technology, and History & Culture. These chapters combine with a reference section in bringing a wide range of topics to life. Illustrated with fascinating facts, maps, timelines,...

A lavishly illustrated who's who of the animal kingdom.

Firefly Encyclopedia of Animals is a stunning new reference guide to 840 members of the Animal Kingdom from every continent -- North and South America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.

More than 1,000 commissioned full-color watercolors, photographs and distribution maps describe the animal world for readers of all ages. From the smallest mouse to the largest whale, this book offers a detailed and thorough guide to a wide array of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, as well as insects, spiders and...

Over three million copies and 25 years later, Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia is revised and updated with the latest facts, figures, and technologies.

Covering more than 380 topics from dinosaurs to digital technology, this highly visual guide engages young readers with photographic spreads and illustrations annotated with amazing trivia. Featuring full-color photographs, maps, cutaway diagrams, charts, and more, Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia is written in a clear and child-friendly style with updates that include recent space missions, scientific...

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