Get busy with this activity book packed with stickers, maps, global wildlife, cultural activities & exciting adventures from around the world. Colour in every continent & put together your own adventure as you decide whether you`d prefer to stay in a treehouse, an igloo or a lighthouse, whether you`d rather to travel by camel, tuk tuk or hot air balloon & if you`d like to party at the Rio Carnival, go trick or treating or row a Viking longship. Pull out the huge double-sided poster to see the country flags of the world, or flip it to find a world map, ready for you to customise over 50 stickers. ...

Set your spirit of adventure free with this lavishly illustrated trip around the world. Whether you`re visiting the penguins of Antarctica, joining the Carnival in Brazil or a canoe safari down the Zambezi River, this book brings together more than 100 activities & challenges to inspire armchair adventurers of any age. Find hundreds of things to spot & learn new facts about every destination. With epic adventures from the four corners of the globe & discoveries to be made on your own doorstep, this book full of colourful illustrations will inspire children & young teenagers to set off on a journey of discovery, & will amuse the grown-ups. ...

From the team behind the best-selling Atlas of Adventures comes this awe-inspiring journey of discovery. Travel around the world to scale the Eiffel Tower, trek the Great Wall of China, & raft through the Yosemite Valley. Showcasing the globe`s most impressive landscapes, iconic buildings & evocative antiquities from both the modern & ancient worlds, this is the most wonderful Atlas adventure yet! ...

The Atlas of African Affairs is divided into five sections dealing with environmental, historical, political & economic issues & with Southern Africa. Throughout, the book presents an interdisciplinary, integrated perspective on African affairs. Most of the chapters deal with continent-wide themes & are illustrated by maps of Africa as a whole drawn to a standardised outline of the same map projection & scale. Other chapters, often by way of example, discuss parts of the continent or individual countries & are illustrated with appropriate maps. The basic format of integrated text & maps is supplemented by guides to further reading at the end of each section as well as a series of detailed statistical tables at the end of the book. ...

This invaluable reference work provides an account of the development of African society from 175 million years ago, through the first appearance of humans to the complex polity of the twentieth century. Colin Mc Evedy tracks the development of modern man, the differentiation & spread of languages, the first crossings of the Sahara, the exploration of the Niger, & the search for the `fountains of the Nile`. Gold & ivory lure traders from far away; Christendom & Islam compete for African attention. Names from the distant past become nation-states with aspirations appropriate to the modern world. With sixty maps & a clear, concise text, this synthesis is especially useful to African studies & history teachers, but is also a fascinating guide for the general reader. ...

Winner of the National Book Tokens Children’s Travel Book of the Year 2016. From the team behind the best-selling Atlas of Adventures. Head off on a journey of discovery, with this book that collects together nature`s most unmissable events from between the two poles, including epic migrations, extraordinary behaviours, & Herculean habits. Find hundreds of things to spot & learn new facts about every animal. ...

The most visually stunning & comprehensive beer atlas available, this richly illustrated book

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A superlative reference work against which the Bible & its stories can be fully appreciated & understood. The story of the Bible is also the story of the ancient Near East, the home of the first civilizations & scene of the clashes between the great empires of Egypt, the Hittites, Assyria & Babylon. Records of this period are replete with wars, conquerors & exiles, the rise & fall of empires & the divisions of kingdoms, linking prophets, judges & kings & of course the life of Jesus himself. From the earliest evidence of mankind in Palestine, to the establishment of the kingdoms of Judah & Israel, the Jewish revolts against the Romans & the rise of the Christian Church, the whole of Biblical history in its geographical context is covered here. Richly illustrated with over 100 detailed maps & diagrams, & authoritative accompanying text, the content has been specially created to appeal to students, historians of religion & anyone with a passion for the period. It conveys a tangible sense of the l&, events & people portrayed in the world's most famous book, making it an outstanding work of reference. ...

This is the only book to thoroughly document the world`s finest examples of Brutalist architecture. More than 850 buildings
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More than half the world`s population lives in cities, & that proportion is expected to rise to three-quarters by 2050. Urbanization is a global phenomenon, but the way cities are developing, the experience of city life, & the prospects for the future of cities vary widely from region to region. The Atlas of Cities presents a unique taxonomy of cities that looks at different aspects of their physical, economic, social, & political structures; their interactions with each other & with their hinterlands; the challenges & opportunities they present; & where cities might be going in the future. Each chapter explores a particular type of city--from the foundational cities of Greece & Rome & the networked cities of the Hanseatic League, through the nineteenth-century modernization of Paris & the industrialization of Manchester, to the green & ”smart” cities of today. Expert contributors explore how the development of these cities reflects one or more of the common themes of urban development: the mobilizing function (transport, communication, & infrastructure); the generative function (innovation & technology); the decision-making capacity (governance, economics, & institutions); & the transformative capacity (society, lifestyle, & culture). Using stunning info-graphics, maps, charts, tables, & photographs, the Atlas of Cities is a comprehensive overview of the patterns of production, consumption, generation, & decay of the twenty-first century`s defining form. Presents a one-of-a-kind taxonomy of cities that looks at their origins, development, & future prospects Features core case studies of particular types of cities, from the foundational cities of Greece & Rome to the ”smart” cities of today Explores common themes of urban development, from transport & communication to lifestyle & culture

Includes:: stunning info-graphics, maps, charts, tables, & photos Additional material for this book: Cities Featured: Abuja, Alexandria, Amsterdam, Athens, Augsburg, Babylon, Beijing, Berlin, Brasilia, Bruges, Budapest, Cairo, Canberra, Chandigarh, Chicago, Constantinople, Curitiba, Detroit, Dubai, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Geneva, Ghent, Glasgow, Gussing, Hong Kong, Innsbruck, Istanbul, Jakarta, Karachi, Knossos, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Lubeck, Manchester, Marseille, Masdar City, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Mumba, Mumbai, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Pella, Portl&, Rome, San Francisco, Santorini, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Sheffield, Singapore, Sparta, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Sydney, Syracuse, Tokyo, Vancouver, Venice, Vienna, Washington, D.C., Wildpoldsried

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