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The dangerous book for boys

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If ever there was an audiobook to make you switch off your television set, 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' is it.

Packed with fascinating facts and tantalising trivia.

Includes an introduction read by Conn Iggulden. How many other books will help you identify cloud formations, list the seven wonders of the world, and recite the best quotations from Shakespeare?

The Dangerous Book for Boys gives you facts and figures at your fingertips -- find out the five poems every boy should know, learn about famous battles and read inspiring stories of incredible courage and bravery.

There's a whole world out there: with this audiobook, anyone can get out and explore it. The Dangerous Book for Boys is written with the verve and passion that readers of Conn Iggulden's number one bestselling novels have come to expect.

This book, his first non-fiction work, has been written with his brother as a celebration of the long summers of their youth and as a compendium of information so vital to men of all ages.

It's set to be a perfect gift for Father's Day and beyond. Chapters in The Dangerous Book for Boys include: The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, Famous Battles, Extraordinary Stories, A Brief History of Artillery, Sampling Shakespeare, Patron Saints of Britain, Five Poems Every Boy Should Know, The British Empire, Questions About the World, Latin Phrases Every Boy Should Know and The Origin of Words.

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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
0007259379 / 9780007259373
CD-Audio
790.194
04/06/2007
United Kingdom
English
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/ Key title / 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' was the must-have book for 2006. Dominating the top ten for over 37 weeks, 15 of which were at number 1, it has sold over 750,000 copies to date. / 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' prompted huge amounts of publicity with the brothers appearing on BBC Breakfast News as the news about the popularity of their book broke. / 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' made boys and fathers alike switch of their televisions and get out to do more exciting things instead. / Lavishly designed, attractive package with black and white illustrations throughout, and colour plate
/ Key title / 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' was the must-have book for 2006. Dominating the top ten for over 37 weeks, 15 of which were at number 1, it has sold over 750,000 copies to date. / 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' prompted huge amounts of publicity with the brothers appearing on BBC Breakfast News as the news about the popularity of their book broke. / 'The Dangerous Book for Boys' made boys and fathers alike switch of their televisions and get out to do more exciting things instead. / Lavishly designed, attractive package with black and white illustrations throughout, and colour plate WD Hobbies, quizzes & games, YNP Practical interests (Children's / Teenage)