Books with author MR Clive Gifford

This beautifully designed title offers kids an engaging insight into a fascinating country that is France: its major cities, culture, way of life, food, language, and history - all presented in an engaging writing style. Alongside this core information, readers will find out about fashion, music, popular culture and sport, as well as quirky facts and bite-sized information on French customs and everyday life.

The ultimate soccer reference for soccer fans, aged 8+—updated to include the newest information! From the FIFA World Cup and Copa América to the record-breakers of Major League Soccer, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the Bundesliga, and the English Premier League, Soccer Record Breakers captures every aspect of the game. With superb facts and stats delivered in bite-size chunks, and dynamic, action-packed photos, it’s a must-have for fans of all ages.

Amazing Applications and Perfect Programs helps explain operating systems, computer programs, sorting and storing files, and databases. Learn about the amazing variety of programs that allow users to have fun with words, numbers, pictures, and sounds. Exercises teach key skills such as word processing, creating documents, and using databases, and are not linked to specific software or operating systems.

Some kids are natural bookworms and others you have to chase down with a book. But every kid, even the ones that scowl when you say “read” will devour this mega mix of history’s grisly stories. From all corners of the globe and dating back to ancient Egypt, this book leaves no tombstone unturned to deliver a glimpse at some of the weirdest traditions, most gruesome methods, craziest causes, and most fascinating facts surrounding death in history. Kids will discover: The ancient Egyptians didn’t mummify and bury their dead alone. Oh, no. They also entombed cats, dogs, hippos, crocodiles, and even beetles with their dearly departed. As queen, Marie-Antoinette lost her head for all the fine things France had to offer, and she delighted in them as the country grew poorer and poorer. When the revolution came, she literally lost her head for her frivolity. The guillotine was used for almost 200 years in France. It was the cutting edge of death technology when it was invented in 1792 and stayed in style until 1977. History’s most surprising murder weapons The top-ten potent poisons The worst epidemics in history

Packed with great stories and action pics, this engaging guide to one of the world’s most popular sporting events—the Champions League competition—is a must-have for young soccer fans. The Champions League Competition is the greatest club contest in world soccer, and this information-packed guide tells fans everything they want to know about these games and its legendary teams and players. It offers a fast-paced history of the glorious early years of the European Cup, from 1955 to 1992; takes you through the modern tournament, from qualifying to the finals; and provides all the amazing facts, stats, records, and punchy bios any soccer lover could possibly want.