Read the books that inspired the How to Train Your Dragon films! This book will be a hit with children & adults alike. THE STORY BEGINS in the first volume of Hiccup`s How to Train Your Dragon memoirs... Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer & the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn`t always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you`d ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport & CERTAINLY not stupid enough to go into a cave full of dragons to find a pet... It`s time for Hiccup to learn how to be a Hero. How to Train Your Dragon is now a major Dream Works franchise. How to Train Your Dragon 2 hits cinemas in Summer 2014 starring Gerrard Butler, Cate Blanchett & Jonah Hill & the TV series, Riders of Berk, can be seen on CBeebies & Cartoon Network. Read the rest of Hiccup`s exploits in the How to Train Your Dragon series & check out the brilliant website at www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com It`s the place to go for games, downloads, activities & sneak peeks! ...

Long ago, the world was full of dragons. But what happened to them? Where are they now? These pages are taken from the notebooks of Viking Hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third when he was just a boy. A keen dragonwatcher, Hiccup paints a picture of the brilliance & fire & spirit of that lost dragon world. Featuring dragon profiles, dragon anatomy, dragon riding tips & lots more must know info e.g. how to spot the difference between an arsenic adderwing & a glow worm (you don`t want to mix those two up) & what to do when confronted with a Hellsteether. This is a must for all keen dragonwatchers out there... How to Train Your Dragon is now a major Dream Works franchise. How to Train Your Dragon 2 hits cinemas in Summer 2014 starring Gerrard Butler, Cate Blanchett & Jonah Hill & the TV series, Riders of Berk, can be seen on CBeebies & Cartoon Network. Read the rest of Hiccup`s exploits in How to Train Your Dragon Books 1-11. Check out www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com for games, downloads, activities & sneak peeks! ...

An original & comprehensive look at what it is we seek when we set off on an adventure abroad
- & at how we can travel better,
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Michael Wigge is on an adventure of a lifetime. The reporter & journalist has traveled to many countries before, but this time he decided to make it more challenging: he would travel twenty-five thousand miles around the world by foot, bus, train, ship, & plane & not spend any of his own money. The journey was full of challenges: What would he eat? Where would he sleep? How would he get from place to place? Every day, those questions occupied his thoughts, but he always came up with creative solutions. He tried dumpster diving, eating flowers, couch surfing in the homes of strangers, sleeping under the stars, working on a container ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, offering to pillow fight strangers for a dollar, & after 150 days, he reached his destination. For this, Elite World Records named him the First Person to Travel the World Penniless, & the documentary he filmed about this trip won best feature in the 2011 Accolade Awards. As much a guide as a travelogue, How to Travel the World for Free will give readers ideas for alternative ways of traveling & will inspire many to go on new adventures. This book is full of surprises, some more pleasant than others. Nevertheless, it`s a journey you won`t want to miss! Traveling can be expensive
- why not do it for free?
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The weather`s gone weird. The polar bears are anxious. Ghastly Global Warming is here. But don`t panic. Help is at h&. Someone`s about to save the planet & guess what? It`s you! You are going to make the culprits behave. But who are they, these planet-wreckers? You? Your friends? No! It`s grown-ups
- the Groans
- & they`re about to get a nasty shock! We`ll help you draw up a Glorious Green Charter for them to sign, & show you how to punish them
- oh yes
- if they don`t change their Grumbelicious ways. It`s time to turn those parents Green!



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The beginning of the 20th century heralded a scientific revolution: what a few brilliant minds uncovered about our reality in the first twenty years has shaped the history of our species. & one of them in particular stands out: Einstein, with his celebrated E=mc 2. In this remarkable & insightful book, Christophe Galfard describes how E=mc 2 is a direct consequence of the Theory of Special Relativity, the theory of how objects move & behave, at speeds close to the speed of light. He considers Einstein`s legacy in the light of the 21st century, with fresh hindsight, & considers its impact on our vision of reality. The reader will discover that far from being just a formula, it is a brand new understanding of the nature of space & time. Some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in the history of science have been made by geniuses who managed to merge & unite hitherto separated domains of knowledge. Galfard explores two unifications with Einstein`s theories, & looks at the even bigger picture of how E=mc 2 has changed our world, & what it entails for the future. Throughout, Galfard takes the reader on an extremely entertaining journey, using simple, jargon-free language to help the reader gain a deeper understanding of science. With humour & patience, he guides us through the world of particles, anti-matter & much more to bring us closer to an ultimate understanding of reality as we understand it today. ...

Sarah Glidden is a progressive Jewish American twenty-some- thing who is both vocal & critical of Israeli politics in the Holy L&. When a debate with her mother prods her to sign up for a Birthright Israel tour, Glidden expects to find objective facts to support her strong opinions. During her two weeks in Israel, Glidden takes advantage of the opportunity to ask the people she meets about the fraught & complex issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but their answers only lead her to question her own take on the conflict. Simple linework & gorgeous watercolors spotlight Israel`s countryside, urban landscapes, & religious landmarks. With straightforward sincerity, lovingly observed anecdotes, & a generous dose of self-deprecating humor, How to Understand Is-rael in 60 Days or Less is accessible while retaining Glidden`s distinctive perspective. Over the course of this touching memoir, Glidden comes to terms with the idea that there are no easy answers to the world`s problems, & that is okay. Glidden`s debut book, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less landed on several best of the year lists, including Entertainment Weekly; earned a YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens distinction; & won an Ignatz Award. Her second book, Rolling Blackouts, which documents her experience shadowing journalists in Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, & Syria, will also come out this fall from Drawn & Quarterly ...

The only way to understand art is to go to a museum & look at it, French painter Renoir suggests. But once inside, this is easier said than done. What do you do when the label simply reads Untitled, 1973? Where to look when a painting offers you a picturesque but undisguised view of a giant vagina? & how to react when the museum guard stares at you for far too long? How to Visit an Art Museum offers fresh perspectives on how to behave once inside the museum. Whether a first timer or a frequent visitor, it shows you the sense & nonsense of museum etiquette. The typical museum behavior Walk slowly, but keep walking is seldom the most rewarding. Thats why this book encourages you to look outside the box & tackle the challenges that art presents to us by taking matters into your own hands. You can find out how you can use museum guards to your advantage. You can learn the rules of thumb for distinguishing good art from bad art. You can explore how kids are able to offer you glimpses of the world hidden behind an artwork. How to Visit an Art Museum shows you how a little courage & creativity can go a long way for making your museum visit truly worthwhile. Because, ultimately, the art museum is what you make it. ...

MORE THRILLING ADVENTURES WITH THE WORLD`S FAVOURITE SAFARI GUIDE Plans are usually only good for one thing
- laughing at in hindsight.
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The Olympic Games can dazzle us with the sheer scale & variety of its sporting contests. Yet many of the games are unfamiliar to even the most avid sports fan. Which is where this witty, insightful book comes in. How to Watch the Olympics offers each sport`s backstory & culture, & explains the finer points of strategy, skulduggery & skill. Once you`ve read the book, you`ll be on tenterhooks to see whether the Danes triumph at handball, what the Italian fencers are up to & why Greco-Roman wrestling is so crucial to Kasakhstan. You`ll know who invented the butterfly stroke, where water polo serves as the closest expression of warfare & how shuttlecocks travel faster than tennis balls. This edition has been freshly updated for the 2016 Games in Rio, including fresh material from London 2012 & chapters on the new Olympic sports of rugby sevens & golf. Seventeen days, 10, 500 athletes, 28 sports, 302 gold medals up for grabs: the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will soon be upon us. How to Watch the Olympics is your invaluable personal trainer. ...