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New Releases by Clive Gifford

Clive Gifford is the author of Child Labour (2009), Martial Arts Legends (2009), Poverty (2009), Chasing the World's Most Dangerous Storms (2009), Soccer Legends (2009).

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Child Labour

release date: Jan 01, 2009

Martial Arts Legends

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Martial Arts Legends
High-flying kicks await in Crabtree Contact''s Martial Arts Legends. Young readers are given an exciting introduction to the masters of karate, judo, taekwondo, and kung fu.

Poverty

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Poverty
Poverty is a scourge which affects millions worldwide. This title looks at several aspects of poverty such as: what causes poverty, what effects does long-term poverty have on people and nations, do rich countries hold poor ones back and how can we help the world''s poor?

Chasing the World's Most Dangerous Storms

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Chasing the World's Most Dangerous Storms
"How do you track a twister? Bowling along Tornado Alley, What is ''punching the core?''"--Cover.

Soccer Legends

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Soccer Legends
Pele. Maradona. Zico. These soccer greats and others are featured in Soccer Legends. Full color photos and interesting text tell the stories behind the greatest players ever to take the field.

Track and Field

release date: Jul 15, 2008
Track and Field
Learn the different types of events in track and field and the techniques needed for each event.

Crimebusters

release date: Mar 01, 2007
Crimebusters
Describes the kind of evidence that can be used by forensic scientists to solve crimes and discusses the methods used to analyze and interpret this evidence.

Energy

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Energy
This series focuses on the combined pressures of population growth and dwindling resources on our planet. Through geographical explanation and the latest facts and figures, each book covers one key global issue and combines physical and human geography to give readers a more complex answer to difficult questions.

Fantastic Football

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Fantastic Football
A reference book that aims to teach young readers about the drama and thrill of football and the passion it invokes. It includes information on the players we love to hate, the up-coming young stars and the well-known ''old-timers'', the amazing goals and the near-misses, and, the important competitions and the off-pitch dramas.

Stunt Duck

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Stunt Duck
Three short stories designed to help beginner readers grasp the vital link between letters and the sounds they represent.

Flooding and Drought

release date: Jan 01, 2005
Flooding and Drought
This series offers a detailed, informative and lively discussion on four of the key areas of physical geography. Each book helps develop the knowledge of how specific features of the Earth are formed, their causes and effects, patterns and processes, and our study and understanding of them. The series aims not only to answer, but also to inspire questions about different environments and landscapes, and our relationships with some of the greatest forces of nature we experience on Earth. Photographs bring the effects of the subject vividly to life, while diagrams enhance the readers'' practical understanding of the processes that have created the landscapes of the world in which we live today.

Food Technology

release date: Apr 01, 2004
Food Technology
Food technology affects every aspect of food production and the relationship humans have with food. This book examines the fundamental questions surrounding the issue of how we prepare and eat our food. What is food technology? How has buying and selling food changed? How big a problem is obesity? Who invented frozen foods? Book jacket.

Drugs and Sports

release date: Sep 01, 2003
Drugs and Sports
Examines drug use in sports today and in the past. Details the different types of drugs that are abused, and discusses the steps being taken to prevent drug abuse in sports.

Usa Edition So You Think You Know Harry Potter

release date: May 12, 2003

The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia

release date: Jan 01, 2003
The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia
An up-to-the-minute geographical resource, full of facts and figures that will inform and amaze all the family. It maps every corner of the world country by country for easy reference.

The Water Puppets

release date: Sep 08, 2002
The Water Puppets
Examines events of the Vietnam War through the story of Xuan, a thirteen-year-old boy living with his family in the struggling village of Noy Thien in 1967.

So You Think You Know Harry Potter?

release date: Jan 01, 2002
So You Think You Know Harry Potter?
Over a thousand questions about the world''s most famous wizard.

Football

release date: Jan 01, 2002
Football
This is a guide to the world''s most popular sport, exploring every aspect of the game, from the sublime skills of Pele to a day in the life of a professional footballer. It covers the key rules, together with the tactics, set pieces and skills such as swerving the ball and overhead kicks. As well as offering practical advice, the book also offers an insider''s view of the history of the game, profiles of the great clubs and women''s football

The Kingfisher Encyclopedia of the Future

release date: Jan 01, 2001
The Kingfisher Encyclopedia of the Future
From virtual reality technology to intelligent homes, and driverless cars to self-repairing materials, The Kingfisher Encyclopedia of the Future is a fascinating guide to the cutting-edge technology shaping our future.

Machines

release date: Jan 01, 1994
Machines
This book considers major breakthroughs in the past, as well as looking ahead to some of the machines that will affect us all in the 21st century.

The Usborne Book of Racing Cars

release date: Jan 01, 1993
The Usborne Book of Racing Cars
Describes all kinds of racing cars.
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