Best Selling Books by DK PUBLISHING

Meet swashbuckling pirates in DK findout! Pirates and see how they really lived out on the high seas. Discover the truth behind the myths, and tease out the facts from the fiction. DK findout! Pirates takes you on board a pirate ship and shows you what they ate, the rules they followed, and the treasure they searched for. Learn what offense would make someone walk the plank, see what it took to become a pirate, and pick up a few vocabulary terms to talk like a pirate all day. Make sure to memorize the types of pirates flags that will fly from the mast, and learn how to read a treasure map to lead the way to Tortuga, the Caribbean island that was a piracy hotspot. Read about the many different types of pirates, including Vikings, 17th century pirates, and modern pirates. Meet Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Ching Shih, the tough and infamous women pirates who ruled the seas. DK findout! Pirates looks at every kind of pirate, including the modern day pirates who capture and take over ships on the seas today.

Presents simple prayers dealing with different aspects of young children''s lives, including feelings, friends, family, animals, and the world.

Beginning readers will love this exciting new multi-level "Eyewitness Reader" that uses DK''s dramatic non-fiction style to help children learn to read. The farm animals have been carefully chosen to appeal to beginning readers. Full-color photos and simple, informative narratives will grip even the most reluctant reader. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

A guide to visiting Rome that provides information on hotels, restaurants, shops, and entertainment, and includes maps, photographs, illustrations, nine walking tours, and trip-planning advice.

Heroes including Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the X-Men are featured in works by Marvel''s finest artists, while the authoritative text is supplied by top Marvel comic book experts.

Superb desktop reference for business, home, or school use with over 400 detailed maps.

"Your guide to the 10 best of everything"--Cover.

SBN: 9780756669669

Photographs and brief rhyming text reveal how various facial expressions showour feelings.

Essential references for dog owners-now in paperback. A complete illustrated guide to the history, temperament, and physical characteristics of each breed, this handy paperback series includes full profiles on cocker spaniels, dachshunds, German shepherds, golden retrievers, Labrador retrievers, and poodles. Each volume also has expert advice on every aspect of dog care, including day-to-day well-being, behavior issues, training, grooming, health, and exercise.

Authoritative and Compelling: This comprehensive atlas details political and state borders, main population, and administrative centers, communications, and airports. World Overview Maps: These maps illustrate everything from the political and physical world, the global economy, time zones, and population to languages, climate, religions, and international disputes. State-of-the-Art Computer-Generated Regional Maps: Contour tints have been added to demonstrate land heights and populated places graded by size.

This beautifully illustrated manual provides concise, step-by-step instructions that cover all aspects of sailing for learners at all levels.

These DK books are a convenient, affordable source of information that fits perfectly in a knapsack or a briefcase or as ready reference on a desk. The DK Concise Encyclopedia is an illustrated guide to the world around us and the DK Dictionary/Thesaurus offers definitions plus synonyms for thousands of words. For those interested in foreign languages, DK Spanish Dictionary and DK French Dictionary offer a world of homework and conversational help!

Maps detailing the world''s geography include information about the landscape, industry, agriculture, and population, accompanied by information on global climate, the political and economic spheres of the world, and international disputes.

A completely illustrated guide to horse and pony shows, competitions, and other events, this book offers an invaluable reference for young horse lovers everywhere. Full color.

Presents a guide to current multimedia CD-Roms, explains how a CD-Rom is created, describes how a multimedia computer works, explores the phenomenal growth of the Internet, and tells what can be expected from multimedia in the future.

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you New Zealand is one of the most spectacular and least spoiled countries on the planet and DK''s Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand guide does full justice to its astonishing volcanic landscape, wildlife reserves and fjord-like coastline. More than 1,100 full-color photographs, detailed street-by-street maps, and listings of all major attractions help provide endless fun for any vacation. Whether visiting the capital city of Wellington, the panoramic views of Auckland, or the smaller enclaves on the North and South Island, there is plenty to see when traveling to this rich and vibrant landscape. DK''s guide gives extensive treatment of the fascinating Maori culture and art as well as solid information on outdoor activities, New Zealand''s fine wines and innovative Pacific Rim cuisine.

Step outside and find out about how you can help the adorable animals that like to visit your garden. Little ones will love following Roly the Hedgehog as she sets off burrowing around your backyard garden, finding yummy bugs to munch on and a cosy bed of leaves to rest in after a long, hard day of exploring. But with bumps along the way, she''ll need your help, will you volunteer as her little helper? This sweet picture ebook gently introduces young readers to the idea of animal conservation and protection. Bursting with fun trivia, little ones are shown just how unique hedgehogs are, which makes them worth preserving. But with plenty of tips and tricks for how we can care for garden-dwelling friends like Roly and keep them safe from the dangers they may face, no one is too young to start making a difference.Roly the Hedgehog is the perfect gift for any small-animal lover, or budding environmentalist, and will inspire toddlers to discover so much of what is unseen in their gardens.