New Releases by Clive Gifford

This series explores different sports: how and where they are played, the equipment and kit needed and how to get involved. The books also include tips on training and on developing techniques.

This insightful series explores different sports, discussing the rules, techniques and skills involved. Lots of information on the history of the sport is included along with world records and mini-biographies of sporting heroes. Each book uses large photographs, clear diagrams, simple language and a clean design to make the information accessible to this age level.

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?

"How do you track a twister? Bowling along Tornado Alley, What is ''punching the core?''"--Cover.

Social welfare problems.

Take to the field as Soccer World Cup plunges readers into the excitement of professional soccer in stadiums across the globe. Young soccer fans will love this absorbing look into the highest level of competitive soccer in the world.

This insightful series explores different sports, discussing the rules, techniques and skills involved. Lots of information on the history of the sport is included along with world records and mini-biographies of sporting heroes. Each book uses large photographs, clear diagrams, simple language and a clean design to make the information accessible to this age level.

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.

Takes you to the centre of the action at some of the most exciting motor sport events in the world

Learn the different types of events in track and field and the techniques needed for each event.

Includes books, which contain ten linked biographies of key pioneers, achievers and notable figures in different fields of endeavour. This series features life links between entries, which reveal surprising and often overlooked chains of influence, giving each biography a fresh and eye-opening twist.

Read the gripping life stories of ten pioneering world leaders who changed the course of the 20th century.

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.

By the time you reach eighteen years of age, there is every chance that you will have already watched more than a quarter of a million TV adverts. That is just the start. Researchers estimate that moving around a busy town or city, a person will be bombarded by more than 3,000 different examples of advertising every day.

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.

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.

Pollution is a massive global problem with far-reaching consequences. Air, water, radioactive, and terrestrial pollution affect the lives of millions of people daily, causing disease and death, and contributing to global warming. This book examines how pollution has become a worldwide issue and discusses the debate over possible solutions.

Three short stories designed to help beginner readers grasp the vital link between letters and the sounds they represent.

Three short stories designed to help beginner readers grasp the vital link between letters and the sounds they represent.

Every country, company and military force have information they strive to keep secret. This information is highly prized by others and can be the difference between success or failure in business, between victory or defeat in battle and whether a government or ruler stays in power or is toppled. This information is known as intelligence, and comes in many different forms. It can be military details about troops, their location and planned movements. It can be political secrets about what alliances one nation intends forming with others. It can also be technical secrets such as details of scientific research or the workings of a new weapon.

Discusses the advances in the world of space exploration, early space exploration, and the potential advances for the future.

Earth''s landscapes are always changing, affecting our planet''s appearance and ability to support humans and wildlife. This comprehensive series scans the globe, using revealing photographs, abundant diagrams, and up-to-date statistics to explore both the natural and man-made causes behind such landscape-altering events as desertification, floods, and earthquakes.

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.

Fully revised and updated edition of the hugely popular Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia, this is an up-to-the-minute scientific reference source for all the family, with an easy-to-read text, lively illustrations and quality photographs The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia has been completely revised and updated, and brings science within the grasp of every child. The encyclopedia is an essential reference source covering the full range of science topics. Science is a key subject for all children and the need to understand its basic principles has never been greater. The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia gives children access to the knowledge of science that they need to build their lives in the modern world. The book, which is arranged thematically with a detailed index, provides more than facts about science and technology - it helps the reader to think for him or herself, develop an enquiring mind, pose challenging questions, and discover how to collect and use evidence and explore new topics. Biology, Chemistry and the Elements, Materials and Technology, Light and Energy, Forces and Movement, Electricity and Electronics, Space and Time, and Conservation and the Environment. The text is arranged so that all information is easily accessible. Critical moments and events in each subject area are highlighted throughout. Combined with illustrated biographies of important scientific figures, these provide a comprehensive reference source. Each subject is written in a lively, vivid way by experts in the particular field, and this will hold a child''s interest and make reading the encyclopedia a pleasure. Packed with scintillating facts, lavish illustrations and quality photographs, The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia is a wonderful reference source for both home and school, and the definitive information book which will enthuse any budding scientist.

Covers the definition of sustainable development, its problems, and its past, present and future.

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.

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.

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.