Dorling Kindersley LimitedEyewitness Guide (Hardback)

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Flight:

Soar into the high-flying world of aircraft with this picture-packed, fact-filled book.

Eyewitness Flight is an essential guide to the history and science of humanity's most incredible feat: flying! Young readers will pore over stunning photography and fascinating facts, featuring aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's wing machines to jet airliners, as well as helicopters, gliders, zeppelins, monoplanes, biplanes, and even triplanes. Learn how technology made flight possible, which tools pilots use, and how taking to the skies has shaped human history.

DK's best-selling Eyewitness series is getting a makeover, so this popular title has been reinvigorated with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature - fascinating accounts of leading figures in the field. Readers will also get a giant fold-out poster packed with gorgeous photographs and fascinating facts, which serves as a useful reference tool on their bedroom or classroom wall.

Eyewitness Flight is the perfect guide for history or science homework help or for those who simply want to further their knowledge of this incredible human feat.

Horse:

Gallop into the world of horses with this picture-packed, fact-filled book.

Eyewitness Horse is an essential guide to these incredible creatures for young animal lovers. With stunning photography and incredible facts to pore over, meet different horse breeds, from the tiny Shetland pony to the towering Percheron, as well as wild asses and zebras. Understand how horses evolved from their ancient ancestors to be domesticated and occupy a unique place alongside humans throughout history. Eyewitness Horse is essential reading to appreciate how majestic our biggest companions really are.

Part of DK's best-selling Eyewitness series, which is now getting an exciting makeover, this popular title has been reinvigorated with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature - fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field. Readers will also get a giant fold-out poster packed with gorgeous photographs and fascinating facts, which serves as a useful reference tool on their bedroom or classroom wall.

Eyewitness Horse is perfect for homework help or for young readers who love horses and want to know more.

Shark:

A picture-packed guide to the extraordinary shark family

Did you know that sharks first appeared in the oceans 200 million years before the dinosaurs, and that they have an electrical sixth sense that helps them locate their prey?

How dangerous is a great white shark? Can a whale shark really grow as big as a city bus?

Find out all the answers in Eyewitness Shark, and many more weird and wonderful facts. Discover where they live, why they are hunted, and what can be done to protect them. Read about the broadfinned angel sharks, the flathead hammerhead, and learn how the cookiecutter, wobbegong, and megamouth sharks get their names. Learn, too, about their relatives, the manta rays and skates.

Eyewitness Shark even takes you inside a shark to learn how it eats and breathes. It explains, too, how they can swim so fast and different tail shapes affect the way each species moves. You'll see for yourself how a lemon shark is born, and which looks stranger, the hammerhead or the horn shark.

Part of the best-selling DK Eyewitness series, which is now getting an exciting makeover, this popular title has been reinvigorated for the next generation of information-seekers and stay-at-home explorers, with a fresh new look, new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature - fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field.

Product Specifications

• Dimensions: 22.23 x 1.12 x 28.73 cm
• Weight: 0.567 kg
• 72 Pages