New Releases by Clive Gifford

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.

Spies explores the undercover world of espionage, part of the intelligence-gathering operations of nations and global organizations. Learn more about the first spies, and find out what motivated these men and women to take such an unusual and often dangerous career path.

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.

Rival space racers Jake and Kate, and arch enemies Nice Mike and Rude Jude battle it out in this fun-filled collection of phonic stories. The stories are designed to help beginner readers grasp the important link between sounds and the letters that represent them.

Addressing the issue of artifical intelligence, this book explores what it is, what it can do for us and whether we should be worried about it. Scientists are now building robots which can think. If we build machines that can learn, rather than just take instructions, what are the implications?

Hairy bears under the stairs and a dinosaur at the door - just some of the surprises lurking within this fun-filled collection of phonic stories. The stories are designed to help beginner readers grasp the important link between sounds and the letters that represent them.

Each book looks at a different aspect of play in detail, with many suggestions for games and exercises.

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 inside workings of many big machines are explained in simple words and pictures-- Filled with stunningly realistic illustrations with cutaways and explanatory diagrams

Describes all kinds of racing cars.