Form/Genre: Pictorial works

A visual guide to one of the largest conflicts of the 20th Century

Written by a highly decorated soldier and leading military history expert, this is an innovative, richly detailed and visually stunning overview of history's most destructive conflict. World War II from Above offers a never-before-seen combination of annotated satellite images and expertly drawn ...

An adaptation of the popular Australia's Most Dangerous series, this title examines endangered animals, in the midst of an extinction crisis. It focuses on animals most at risk from around the world & those we are most likely to lose unless we help.

National Geographic reveals 50 gloriously romantic vacations in this inspirational planner for weddings, honeymoons, anniversaries, Valentine's Day, and other amorous special occasions. Filled with more than 200 color photographs of dreamy places--from secluded beaches to exotic jungles to luxuri...

This guide to bugs and insects for school students explores some of the more unusual, interesting and weird looking creatures. From fungus zombies, alien grasshoppers, giraffe weevils, exploding ants, tortoise beetles and super hairy caterpillars, some very strange adaptations have taken place am...

Written for school students this title reveals some amazing animal secrets and is packed with over 300 facts plus weird and wonderful things you never knew about different animals. Kids will be entertained for hours.

This series for young children looks at different topics from the world around us. This title focuses on the behaviour of different birds. Which bird can fly backwards? How do penguins keep warm? Does an ostrich really bury its head in the sand? Find out the answers to these questions, and discov...

This title for young school students will be of interest to dinosaur fans. Discover some fierce, fun and fantastic facts about their prehistoric world. Did you know that the bite from a Tyrannosaurus Rex would be about three times more powerful than a Great White Shark bite or that the largest Pt...

This title for young children presents a book about life under the ocean like no other. If you ever wanted to know the answers to questions such as: Which ocean animal likes to whistle? Who enjoys surfing? Or how can you help clean up our polluted oceans? Then be amazed by the answers to these qu...

Young children will be amazed by the answers to curly questions about Outer Space plus incredible Space facts. Explore the stars, meteorites, and the planets, take a tour on a Space station, and examine a Space rocket in detail. Discover a ton of surprising facts from this lively, fascinating, an...

Discover unbelievable facts about everything! Each page of Wow! Unbelievable Facts About Everything is packed with incredible things you never knew. Did you know that an octopus has three hearts and nine brains, or that only 12 people have ever walked the surface of the moon? Find out over 300 fa...

Young children will be amazed by the answers to curly questions about the human body plus incredible body facts. From the creatures that live in your eyelashes, to the reason why sweaty feet help us to run, to what time of the year you grow faster, and much more trivia. This is a lively, fun book...

Experience the excitement of WWE with WWE 50, the definitive slam-by-slam look at the worldwide wrestling phenomenon. Get detailed histories on all your favourite wrestlers from the 60s and 70s right up to todays WWE stars

Yarra Birrarung - Artists, Writers and the River is an illustrated history of life on the Yarra. Through the lens of artists and writers, the book explores how life has flourished on the river, including recreation, industry and land use, as well as infrastructure, natural history and social hist...

Based on the acclaimed television Documentary

It's a nuisance when it rains on a picnic. It's a tragedy when a tornado destroys a neighbourhood. But our planet would be very different place if it didn't have extremes of weather. Weather has shaped the world we live in, and humans have learned to live in almost every climate that can be found...

A beautiful, inspiring and heartwarming book about our human relationships with the birds who share our backyards. 'Do you ever wonder what birds are talking about as they fly by you? The sounds and songs of birds constantly surround us as we go about our lives. But what are they talking about? ...