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Overview: Conn Iggulden is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today. He has written three previous bestselling historical series, including Wars of the Roses. Dunstan is a stand-alone novel set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England, and The Falcon of Sparta is a stand-alone in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. The first book in his new Athenian series, The Gates of Athens, was a Sunday Times top five bestseller. Protector is the latest instalment in the Athenian series.
Genre: Non-Fiction | General
1. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden & Hal Iggulden
The bestselling book—more than 1.5 million copies sold—for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses*, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age old question of what the big deal with girls is—now a Prime Original Series created by Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Greg Mottola (Superbad).
In this digital age, there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun—building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world’s best paper airplanes.
Skills covered include:
- The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
Stickball
Slingshots
Fossils
Building a Treehouse*
Making a Bow and Arrow
Fishing (revised with US Fish)
Timers and Tripwires
Baseball’s "Most Valuable Players"
Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg
Spies-Codes and Ciphers
Making a Go-Cart
Navajo Code Talkers’ Dictionary
Girls
Cloud Formations
The States of the U.S.
Mountains of the U.S.
Navigation
The Declaration of Independence
Skimming Stones
Making a Periscope
The Ten Commandments
Common US Trees
Timeline of American History
2. The Double Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden, Arthur Iggulden & Cameron Iggulden
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dangerous Book for Boys comes the long-awaited sequel – another action-packed adventure guide featuring full-color illustrations, perfect for dads, grads, and boys of all ages.
The Double Dangerous Book for Boys is a treasure trove of the essential activities and skills that have defined generations of boyhoods, from building a treehouse to fishing to finding true north.
Designed with the same nostalgic look and feel as the first book, this companion volume includes more than 70 new chapters and important skills, fascinating historical information, and captivating stories, including:
- How to pick a padlock
Making a Flying Machine
Tying a Windsor Knot
Advice from Fighting Men
Questions About the Law
Chess Openings
Making Perfume
Maps of Historic Empires: British, Ottoman, Genghis, Persian, Medes, Babylonian, Alexander
Great Speeches
Forgotten Explorers
How to Wire a Plug and Make a lamp
Writing a Thank You Letter
Polishing Shoes
—Parents looking to reduce screen time and rediscover the great outdoors can use this book to fill weekend afternoons and summer days with wonder, excitement, adventure, and fun—learn to build go-carts and electromagnets, identify insects and spiders, and fly the world’s best paper airplanes.
—This charming and practical guide, packed with hundreds of full-color charts, maps, diagrams, and illustrations, will ignite the imagination and stimulate curiosity, and provide grandfathers, fathers, sons, and brothers the opportunity to deepen their bonds. Conn Iggulden has at last put together a second wonderful collection that is the essence of boyhood.
3. The Dangerous Book of Heroes by Conn Iggulden & David Iggulden
Conn Iggulden, co-author of the phenomenally successful The Dangerous Book for Boys, and David Iggulden now bring us The Dangerous Book of Heroes—featuring great stories of courage and adventure to thrill and inspire any reader. From George Washington to Sitting Bull to Martin Luther King to the passengers on Flight 93, here are amazing stories of heroism that parents can share with their children, or enjoy all by themselves.
- George Washington
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton
Daniel Boone
The Few: The Royal Air Force Fighter Command in the Battle of Britain
The Magna Carta Barons
Oliver Cromwell
Helen Keller
James Cook
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
The Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire: Sharp, Clarkson, Wilberforce, and Buxton
Tatanka Iyotake—Sitting Bull
Edith Cavell
Thomas Paine and Rights of Man
The Women of SOE: Setting Europe Ablaze
The Siege of the Alamo
Sir Henry Morgan: Buccaneer
Lawrence of Arabia
Florence Nightingale
Flight 93
Winston Churchill
The Gurkhas
Horatio Nelson: The Immortal Memory
The Marines at Iwo Jima
Billy Bishop: The Courage of the Early Morning
Bletchley Park and the First Computers
William Bligh’s Boat Voyage
Apollo 11: Landing on the Moon
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Alcock and Brown: Transatlantic, Nonstop
Sir Walter Ralegh and Sir Francis Drake
Harry Houdini: Escapologist
Scott of the Antarctic
The Men of Colditz
The Unknown Warrior
Martin Luther King Jr.
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