Books with author Mr. Clive Gifford

Golf is booming – around the world, there are more than 56 million adult players, and millions more juniors. This colourful and exciting book is the essential guide to the game, offering easy-to-follow instruction that is sure to improve the all-round play of any young golfer, from tee shots and iron play to pitching, chipping, coping with bunkers and reading a green. The detailed practical advice is enhanced by a section on the history of the game, the all-time great players, famous holes and memorable tournaments.

Book Description Publication Date: March 1996 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Cutaway From how an ejection seat rockets a pilot to safety to the amazing changes in engine design, this fascinating book shows how modern planes work by cutting away their outside to reveal their inner workings. Produced with the help of many of the world's leading aerospace companies, this book will explain clearly in simple, no-nonsense text, many of the principles behind how planes fly and what their various components are designed to do. Stunning photography and artwork bring to life many interesting planes from the world's biggest cargo plane to the fastest jet fighter. The latest developments in aerospace technology, from stealth to HUD computer screens on pilots' helmets, are also considered in detail making this book a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the world of flight.

From his childhood and football career to his personal life, this quiz book invites fans to test their knowledge of David Beckham with over 1000 questions. Do you know how he met Victoria? When he started playing football? How many tattoos he's got? When he first captained England? How many different haircuts he's had? This book has the answers to all these and many more.

Golf: From Tee to Green-The Essential Guide for Young Golfers by Clive Gifford, now available in paperback, will help any young sports fan understand nearly every facet of golf. With numerous step-by-step instructions, illustrated with full color photographs, the text covers everything from how to swing the club to how to navigate a course. Short biographical sketches of many of the sport's greatest legends are included throughout the book. Hundreds of photographs, a glossary, and an index provide additional support.

From the sublime skills of Pele to a day in the life of a professional soccer player, this gloriously illustrated book explores every aspect of the game. Rules, skills, and tactics are clearly explained and presented with state-of-the-art digital diagrams and photographs. This newly revised edition of a worldwide bestseller offers both practical advice as well as an insider's view of the history of the game, profiles of legendary players, great clubs, and women's soccer. Now including a two-page guide to U.S. domestic leagues and competitions and with dazzling action photos of today's top stars, from Ecuador's Clever Chala to Norway's Margunn Haugenes, Soccer is a must-have for fans of the game.

From the sublime skills of Pele to a day in the life of a professional soccer player, this gloriously illustrated book explores every aspect of the game. Rules, skills, and tactics are clearly explained and presented with state-of-the-art digital diagrams and photographs. This newly revised edition of a worldwide bestseller offers both practical advice as well as an insider's view of the history of the game, profiles of legendary players, great clubs, and women's soccer. Now including a two-page guide to U.S. domestic leagues and competitions and with dazzling action photos of today's top stars, from Ecuador's Clever Chala to Norway's Margunn Haugenes, Soccer is a must-have for fans of the game.

Where would you find the largest tortoise in the world? What is a blue-footed booby? Are volcanic islands safe to live on? In Focus: Galapagos Islands has the answers!In Focus is a cool, new information series that's perfect for curious kids. These fun books feature modern, magazine-style pages, including top 10 lists, fast facts, quickfire quizzes, and more! With pages packed with vivid photography and punchy text, kids will have fun learning about the world around them!Each In Focus book features a contents page, glossary, and index, plus front and end gatefold flaps on the cover.

The longest Minecraft marathon, the most expensive computer game ever made, the richest gaming prizes, the biggest games console: here are all the records you need to know about the incredible world of computer games! Kids—both boys and girls—can’t get enough gaming action, and this book gives them all the facts, stats, and full-page, all-action images they crave. Features games rated as Teen or younger by the US Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).

Buckle your seat belt and get ready for an action-packed race through the world of automobiles! Car Crazy is an exhilarating celebration of the motor vehicle in all its weird and wonderful glory. Prepare to be dazzled by the fastest, the loudest, the most beautiful, the most powerful, the most expensive, and the most outrageous vehicles ever to hit the tarmac. More than just a beautiful book of pictures and facts, Car Crazy also tells the amazing human-interest stories behind the greatest racing drivers and stuntmen. Marvel at the death-defying bravery of Evel Knievel and Ayrton Senna and find out how scientists and designers changed the shape of the car forever in their quest for perfect aerodynamics.