Clive Gifford

Covers the sport's rules, skills, fans and the media, coaches, and tactics, and offers profiles of the top players and teams. From the first soccer games to today's money-spinning global industry, the book takes readers to the heart of a sport that is played and watched by millions of people around the world. It explains the key rules, skills, and tactics and examines issues in and around the game--supporters, the media, and the demands of being a...

Presents over 1,000 vehicles in easy-to-follow graphics, describing key features of each main type of transportation and how they work.

The best way to find our how cars work is to cut away their body work to show what's going on inside. Clear text explains many of the principles behind how cars work and what their many parts do.

This book introduces how man-made materials, such as plastic and glass, and natural materials such as rock, metal, and wood are used to make useful items.

"Welcome to the land of giants! Journey across forests, plains, and seas, from the depths of time to the modern day, to discover the colossal beasts that have roamed the Earth. Feast your eyes of fearsome dinosaurs, mighty mammoths, and the biggest lizard that ever lived. Uncover a beaver the size of a bear, a giant bird that towered ten feet tall, and a terrifying pterosaur that gobbled baby dinosaurs for breakfast!"--Page 4 of cover.

An illustrated history of communications and media, discussing body language and gestures, writing, postal systems, the press, radio and television, propaganda, the computer revolution, and many other topics.

Spies explores the undercover world of espionage-part of the intelligence-gathering operations of nations and global organizations. Discover the different types of espionage activities and find out how secret services use communication, code breaking, and a variety of other techniques to uncover spies.

Looks at the technology behind computers, the Internet, video games, and digital devices, as well as their history and some of the prominent minds behind their creation.

Explains the nature, parts, operations, and uses of robots as factory workers, vehicles, surgical assistants, sheep shearers, space explorers, and more.