Books in Discover Countries series

This is the story of mountaineering from the early days of mountain exploration by scientists to modern assaults using the latest high-tech equipment. It features an account of Mallory and Irving's ill-fated attempt in 1924, the eventual conquest of Everest in 1954 by John Hunt's expedition and Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing's heroic assault. There are also fact-finder pages on how mountains are formed and mountaineering milestones.

This title looks at New Zealand through a variety of themes such as location, landscape and climate, population and health, settlements, family life, religion and beliefs, education and learning, employment and economy, industry and trade, farming and food, transport and communications, leisure and tourism and environment and wildlife. Includes maps, statistics panels and simple graphs and charts; and a topic web showing links with this series to other subject areas.