Dorling Kindersley, Inc's Books

Presents a guide to the national parks, museums, historic sites, and other attractions in Canada, and offers recommendations for hotels, restaurants, and activities.

Flamenco, fiestas, walks, churches, moorish palaces, paradors, restaurants, beaches, tapas, hotels"--Cover.

Provides a travel guide to the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok including history, lodgings, dining, shopping, entertainment and detailed maps.

Describes the sights and attractions of Sicily, suggests hotels, restaurants, shopping areas, and entertainment, and provides practical travel tips.

Three-dimensional cutaway illustrations and floor plans of key landmarks complement these richly illustrated, fully updated travel handbooks that also include enhanced maps, street-by-street guides, background information on a host of popular sights and an expanded traveler's survival guide providing tips on hotels, restaurants, local customs, transportation, medical services, museums, entertainment and more.

A milestone in scientific learning, the acclaimed "DK Science Encyclopedia" has been rigorously updated to include new scientific advances, from the internet and CD-ROMs to fresh discoveries in space- Arranged thematically, 2,200 science topics are explained in a lively and exciting way by a brilliant team of award-winning authors- Makes science accessible to children, the book's immense scope demonstrating how science and technology affect our daily lives.

Publisher Fact Sheet This book covers the venues, athletes, & circumstances surrounding the world's greatest sporting event.

Features three-dimensional maps created from a computerized terrain model of the globe, including physical maps, fifty detailed large-scale maps, diagrams, artwork, and photographs of various regions of the world.

A beautiful, high-quality atlas that is essential for every home, school, library, and office! With 6,500 fully cross-referenced geographical names, 60 clearly labeled maps, and a 193-nation Country Factfile, the Atlas A -- Z is an intriguing and informative journey around the world in which we live. Mapping the world into political, physical, and time-zone maps while providing up-to-date reference data on every nation makes this the most easy-to-use atlases on the market.

Eyewitness Travel Guides are the original illustrated travel reference and throughout 2003, the entire list of more than 70 destinations is being fully updated to show you more of what other guides only tell you. With a stunning, brand-new look, Eyewitness Travel Guides are essential reading for vacation, business, or armchair travel. Consistently chosen over the competition in national consumer market research, Eyewitness Travel Guides include up-to-date information on local customs, currency, medical services, transportation, and much more.

In honor of the Queen Mother's one hundreth birthday, this illustrated chronology documents the story of her life with newspaper-style articles and captions to recount all the major events in the lives of the royal family over the past one hundred years.

Presents 1001 facts and answers about the human body.

Photographs introduce the concepts of numbers and counting, from one teddy bear to 100 candies.

Provides an illustrated overview of what it takes to become a World Championship Wrestling superstar, including profiles of champions.

Presents more than 450 maps of the world, along with brief information on each region and an 80,000 entry index-gazetteer.

Building on the successful Eyewitness Travel Guides series, this new series offers a quick and easy approach to travel that uses expert insights to list the top luxury hotels, economical places to stay or eat, best travel deals, favorite family activities and destinations, popular nightspots, the best things to see and do, local activities, and other insider tips, as well as a handy pull-out map.

Don't get stuck for answers--they're all to be found here in this informative book with full-color illustrations on every page.

Maps, illustrations, and text describe various aspects of countries of the world including physical features, population, standards of living, natural resources, industries, environmental issues, and climate.

Text and labeled illustrations present the different types of dinosaurs and their anatomy.

Contains tables, charts and diagrams filled with facts and systematically organized for easy access to information.

Photographs explore the concept of color, from red cherries and yellow duck to blue marbles and other colorful objects.

Whether it's plotting the range of a lion, following the flight paths of birds, or tracking great white sharks in the oceans, you will see exactly where and how almost 100 extraordinary animal species live. What makes Animal Atlas unique is the maps themselves. Each one is individually commissioned in 3D, with detail to show the habitat of each animal, as well as its geographic location. This reveals an astonishing amount of information about the behaviour of these animals, from how polar bears adapt to survive in freezing Arctic conditions to how African elephants survive in the heat of the Sahara desert. There is also a focus on the conservation and protection of animals. Maps reveal the shrinking territories of some species, showing where they used to roam in the past compared to what's left of their range today.Whether you are doing a homework project or simply want to know more about what animal lives where, Animal Atlas is the perfect reference for home or school.

Parent's guide to dealing quickly and confidently with any childhood emergency, from cuts and grazes to choking and poisoning.

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you America's 3rd largest city is known for its non-stop energy, outstanding architecture, ethnic neighborhoods and cultural life. DK's Eyewitness Travel Guides: Chicago set the standard for the balance of sightseeing, historical and practical information. Whether going to see the Cubs at Wrigley Field, looking for a Chagall at the Art Institute, or heading to the top of the John Hancock Building, there is no better guide to show you what the Windy City has to offer. Includes a spectacular bird's-eye view of the Magnificent Mile, floor plans of the major museums, with excellent coverage of the city's nightlife, shops and markets.

The popular fashion doll introduces colorful counting exercises.

Describes the inner workings of various parts of the human body, including the heart, lungs, and skeleton.

Provides a fact-finding tour of the world's factories, mills, and mines ezplaining how such items as cars, windows, and plastic bowls are made.

Step-by-step instructions and illustrations describe how to embroider 102 patterns.

Dad has a daily planner. Mom has an appointment book. Now children can have the Eyewitness Organizer. The diary, address book, and booklets of information help with schoolwork and make schooltime and freetime fun !

Packed with more than 60 full-color, reusable, self-adhesive stickers featuring glow-in-the-dark effects, these books provide a unique hands-on way to explore the lives of nocturnal animals and pirates. Full color. Consumable.

Examines the many forms of transportation, including helicopters, ships, trains, buses, cars, bikes, and possible future technological developments.

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