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"In this age of video games and moblie phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree-houses and stories of incredible courrage." From how to make catapaults and tie a bow-line knot to remarkable tales of daring and bravery such as the battle of Thermopylae and Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition. From the Rules of Cricket to Shakespeare and Kipling, how to make a periscope, build a go-cart, skin a rabbit and, of course, most puzzling of all, how to deal with girls! Recapture Sunday afternoons and long summer days, this beautifully presented hardback book by Conn and Hal Iggulden is written with verve and passion and is a veritable encyclopaedia of stories, poems, facts and practical games - in fact every skill a boy should know.
Chapters in The Dangerous Book for Boys include: The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, Conkers, Laws of Football, Dinosaurs, Fishing, Juggling, Timers and Tripwires, Kings and Queens, Famous Battles, Spies, Making Crystals, Insects and Spiders, Astronomy, Girls, The Golden Age of Piracy, Secret Inks, Patron Saints of Britain, Skimming Stones, Dog Tricks, Coin Tricks, Marbles, Artillery, The Origin of Words, and The Solar System and more...
Full of both colour and black and white illustrations, this is the perfect book for every boy from eight to eighty. Hardback. |
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