Interest age: from c 9 years

'Automotive' celebrates the ingenuity and usability of cars, trucks and motorbikes past, present and future. From Karl Benz's Motorwagon, through to the flashiest, super-fast cars of today, it lookd at the history of road vehicles throughout the world, and the fantasy and jaw-dropping awe they ev...

In 'Awesome Matter and Materials' find out about atoms and other microscopic building blocks, gasses, liquids and solids and some truly impressive extremes of temperature, hardness and weight. Uncover some of the most common and rarest materials in the world, and see how properties, such as elast...

Revealing facts about the awesome ancients, their groovy gods, potty pyramids and their mad mummies, this book also tells how a hunted hippo got his own back on a pharaoh, and discovers the truth about the cool Queen Cleo and the curse of Tutankhamun.

What is bacteriology? What do bacteriologists do? What's so interesting about bacteria? These are just a few questions that are answered in this book. Find out about the pioneering work of scientists through the ages, explore the tools and skills needed to be a bacteriologist and discover how som...

Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important basketball skills you'll need. Full of skills tips and illustrations showing key techniques, you'll discover everything - from offence to defence.

How do you feel right now? Everyone experiences stress and anxiety at times in their lives, but sometimes the feelings build up and can affect our physical and mental health. This book will help you to recognise the signs of feeling stressed and anxious and what you can do to feel better.

Michelle Robinson started life sharing a bedroom with her older brother Craig, in their family's upstairs apartment in her great-aunt's house. Her parents, Fraser and Marian, poured their love and energy into their children. She would go on to become Michelle Obama, the inspirational First Lady o...

Revealing a new perspective into the world of space exploration and the daring astronauts who make it possible, this title takes you on a once-in-a-lifetime tour of the space station. Learn what the astronauts do once they make it into space - from experiments to repairs, and so much more!

Will your future career be in the exciting world of engineering? This book will show you that there is so much more to engineering jobs than studying buildings. If you want to be an aerospace engineer, mess about with chemical reactions, a gadget designer, a nanoengineer designing things on a mic...

Will your future career be in the exciting world of technology? This book will show you that there is so much more to a science career than using a spanner. If you want to be an architect, a robotics expert, a space technician, a racing bike designer or even a film editor, then you're going to ne...