The Double Dangerous Book for Boys
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The Double Dangerous Book for Boys

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eBook - ePub

The Double Dangerous Book for Boys

About this book

Spark your imagination, forge your own adventures and unearth long-lost skills.

In this long-awaited follow-up to his much-loved bestseller, written with his sons Cameron and Arthur, Conn Iggulden presents a brand-new compendium of cunning schemes, projects, tricks, games and tales of extraordinary courage.

Whether it's building a flying machine (keep your temper with this one) or learning how to pick a padlock (or your own front door, but not someone else's), discovering our forgotten explorers and the world's greatest speeches, or mastering the lauded task of solving a Rubik's cube, The Double Dangerous Book for Boys is the ultimate companion to be cherished by readers and doers of all ages.

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Information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780008299682
Print ISBN
9780008332983

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Epigraph
  5. Introduction
  6. Notes from the Treehouse
  7. Picking Locks
  8. Extraordinary Stories – Part One: Ernest Shackleton
  9. Old British Coins
  10. Flying Machines
  11. Questions About the World – Part One
  12. Tying a Windsor Knot
  13. Advice from Fighting Men
  14. Kintsugi
  15. The Fastest Laces in the West
  16. Finding the Height of a Tree
  17. How to Start a Fire with a Battery
  18. Questions About the Law – Part One
  19. Chess Openings
  20. Great British Trees
  21. Hanging Tools on a Wall
  22. Interesting Chemical Reactions
  23. Regiments of the British Army
  24. Making a Board Game
  25. Great Tales of the Past
  26. Making a Stink Bomb
  27. Gods of Greece and Rome
  28. Balloon Dog and Sword
  29. Johnny Ball – Maths Puzzles I
  30. Famous Horses
  31. The Rules of Ultimate Frisbee
  32. Solving the Rubik’s Cube
  33. Great Ruins
  34. Things to Do: Two Table Tricks
  35. The Endless Card
  36. The Commonwealth
  37. Stress Balls and Rollers
  38. Three Greek Legends Every Boy Should Know
  39. Things to Do: Two Table Games
  40. Extraordinary Stories – Part Two: Mount Cook, 1982
  41. Making Perfume
  42. Empires of Gold
  43. Johnny Ball – Maths Puzzles II
  44. Two Great Card Games: Nomination Whist and Cheat
  45. The Paper Box
  46. Five Great Speeches
  47. Things to Do: Frustration Games
  48. The History of Navigation: The Ancients to the Mars Lander
  49. Casting in Clear Resin
  50. Five More Poems Every Boy Should Know
  51. Famous Battles
  52. The Summer Meal
  53. British Birds
  54. Shotguns
  55. Forgotten Explorers
  56. How to Wire a Plug and Make an Inspection Lamp
  57. Writing a Thank-You Letter
  58. Five Great Mathematicians
  59. The Best Paper Aeroplane in the World – Take Two
  60. The Twelve Caesars
  61. Jumping Paper Frog
  62. Extraordinary Stories – Part Three: Victor Gregg
  63. More Quotes from Shakespeare
  64. Making an Igloo
  65. British Prime Ministers
  66. Making a Pencil Catapult
  67. British Sign Language
  68. Forty Quotations Worth Knowing
  69. Questions About the Law – Part Two
  70. Elastic-Band Gun
  71. Making a Cup of Coffee
  72. Polishing Boots like the British Army
  73. Questions About the World – Part Two
  74. Extraordinary Stories – Part Four: Hunting a King
  75. Johnny Ball – Maths Puzzles III
  76. Strength Exercises Every Boy Should Do
  77. More Books Every Boy Should Read
  78. Things that Didn’t Go In
  79. Imperial and Metric Measures
  80. The Last Word
  81. Acknowledgements
  82. Additional contributors
  83. Picture credits
  84. About the Publisher

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