Most Popular Books by Clint Twist

Civilizations takes the reader forward from the earliest days of human settlement to the civilizations of the New World overthrown by the Spanish Conquistadors. After a brief look at humanity''s development as nomadic hunters and gatherers, the story begins with the crucial step taken around 10,000 years ago when some communities began cultivating plants. The settled villages of these early farmers were the forerunners of the complex cities and highly sophisticated cultures that were later to flourish in the emergent civilizations across the world. Following a basically chronological path, the book focuses on the world''s key civilizations in each time period, beginning with the primary civilizations in Mesopotamia, India, Egypt and China, illuminating Greece, Rome and their contemporaries and culminating in the states of America, but not neglecting other, less familiar, civilizations. Illustrated with stunning photographs, artworks and maps throughout, Civilizations: Ten Thousand Years of Ancient History brings alive the ideas, events and people of earlier cultures whose achievements have laid the foundations of our present-day world.

Four amazing chapters in The Animal Book: In Prehistoric Giants, meet the mega monsters that have ruled our planet throughout history. Awesome Animals shows how many creatures go to extremes to rise above the rest in the fight for survival. Find out which animals are prepared to fight tooth and claw when it comes to the crunch, with weapons ranging from lethal toxins to electro-senses in Deadly Nature. Finally, Amazing Nature takes a look at the breathtaking drama of nature''s spectacular events, such as elephant processions.

Explains where light comes from, why it is dark at night, how light travels, what makes loud and quiet sounds, how people make sounds, and how sounds can be blocked.

The book tells of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution.

The book is part of a series which studies both natural and man-made disasters, and examines ways of predicting and preventing such disasters and repairing the damage they cause. Eye-witness accounts give a vivid picture of the events and their impact on people''s lives.

Describes different weather conditions and how they are detected, discussing climate, atmosphere, and storms.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of honeybees.

Part of a series that uses ''X-ray'' artwork to illustrate the underlying science or technology of familiar structures and systems, and explores the workings of some key inventions and machinery. This book contains cross-curricular material to support Key Stage 2-3 requirements for science, technology and history.

An introduction to the physical characteristics and behaviors of the tarantula spider.

This book describes the body structures, life cycles, habitats, and food-gathering methods of cockroaches.

First published: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.: ticktock Media Ltd., 2006.

This book describes the body structures, life cycles, habitats, and food-gathering methods of dung beetles.

This book takes a powerful look at some of the toughest machines on Earth. From bulldozers and tugboats, through bombers, tanks, and superjumbos, ghosted-through artwork reveals the mechanisms behind their power.

This book describes the body structures, life cycles, habitats, and food-gathering methods of fleas.

Starting with the Sun, this book introduces stars.

This comprehensive chronology of historical events lists more than 10,000 events from the earliest human origins to the present day. Each double page spread is divided into four major geographical and two thematic sections - Asia and Australasia, Africa, Europe, The Americas and Science and Technology and the Arts and Humanities - allowing the reader to compare events at any time in history in different geographical regions.

Describes various materials such as stone, metal, wood, and plastic, and discusses where they come from and how they differ from each other.