Kingfisher knowledge

Beknopte informaie over de landen die tot het Midden-Oosten behoren. In korte hoofdstukken met veel kleurenillustraties wordt informatie gegeven over de landen die tot het Midden-Oosten behoren. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

Explores the colorful history of piracy and smuggling, including the Golden Age of buccaneers, Prohibition-era rumrunners, and endangered wildlife kidnapping. Pirates and Smugglers is a swashbuckling introduction to the highwaymen and women of the seas-from the cruel Cilician pirates who terrorized the Mediterranean more than 2,000 years ago to the well-organized and ruthless modern-day buccaneers who target supertankers on the South China Sea-and the loot they plunder and smuggle.

Stunning photographs help take readers into the world of natural disasters.

Provides information on the largest animals of land, air, and sea.

Describes various kinds of dangerous animals, such as lions, piranhas, killer bees, and vampire bats.

Explores the variety of ways in which humans communicate, including flags and fires, speech and writing, and through use of electronic media such as television and the internet.