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Conn Iggulden. The Dangerous Book for Boys
Conn Iggulden & Hal Iggulden. The Dangerous Book for Boys
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Contents
I Didn’t Have This When I Was A Boy
Essential Kit
The Greatest Paper Plane in The World
THE BULLDOG DART
THE HARRIER
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
1. THE REEF KNOT
2. THE FIGURE OF EIGHT
3. THE BOWLINE (PRONOUNCED BOW-LIN)
4. SHEET BEND
5. A CLOVE HITCH – FOR HITCHING TWO THINGS TOGETHER VERY QUICKLY
Questions About the World – Part One:
1. WHY IS A SUMMER DAY LONGER THAN A WINTER DAY?
2. WHY IS IT HOTTER AT THE EQUATOR?
3. WHAT IS A VACUUM?
4. WHAT IS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE?
5. HOW DO YOU TELL THE AGE OF A TREE?
Making a Battery
Conkers
Catapults
Fossils
Building a Treehouse
THE PLATFORM
THE WALLS
THE ROOF
The Laws of Football
OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST
Dinosaurs
Making a Bow and Arrow
Understanding Grammar – Part One
Table Football
Fishing
Timers and Tripwires
TRIPWIRE
PRESSURE PLATE
Kings and Queens of England and Scotland
SCOTLAND
ENGLAND
FAMILY TREES OF ROYAL HOUSES FROM THE 9TH TO THE 21ST CENTURY
Famous Battles – Part One:
The Laws of Rugby Union and Rugby League
RUGBY UNION
RUGBY LEAGUE DIFFERENCES
Spies – Codes and Ciphers
Making Crystals
METHOD
Extraordinary Stories – Part One: Scott of the Antarctic
Making a Go-Cart
COST
Insects and Spiders
GRASSHOPPERS (ORTHOPTERA)
EARWIGS (DERMAPTERA)
MAYFLIES (EPHEMEROPTERA)
DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES (ODONATA)
WATER SURFACE INSECTS (ODONATA)
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA)
MOTHS
BEETLES (COLEOPTERA)
BEES AND WASPS
ANTS (FORMICADE)
FLIES AND MOSQUITOES
WOODLICE
SPIDERS (ARACHNAE)
Juggling
Questions about the World – Part Two:
1. HOW DO WE MEASURE THE EARTH’S CIRCUMFERENCE?
2. WHY DOES A DAY HAVE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS?
3. HOW FAR AWAY ARE THE STARS?
4. WHY IS THE SKY BLUE?
5. WHY CAN’T WE SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOON?
6. WHAT CAUSES THE TIDES?
Astronomy – The Study of the Heavens
Making a Paper Hat, Boat and Water Bomb
THE HAT
THE BOAT
THE WATER BOMB
The Laws of Cricket
THE GAME
FIELDING POSITIONS
BOWLING
BATTING
Understanding Grammar – Part Two
Girls
ADVICE ABOUT GIRLS
Marbling Paper
Cloud Formations
THERE ARE ONLY THREE BASIC TYPES OF CLOUDS
Famous Battles – Part Two:
Making Cloth Fireproof
First Aid
ARE THEY BREATHING?
IS THE HEART BEATING?
‘THE KISS OF LIFE’
CARDIAC COMPRESSION
BLEEDING AND INJURY
BREAKS
BURNS
SHOCK
NAUSEA
MEDICAL KITS
The Commonwealth
FACTS AND FIGURES
Maps of Changing Britain – Roman Britain to the Norman Conquest
Extraordinary Stories – Part Two: Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
Building a Workbench
MORTICE AND TENON JOINTS
The Steady-Hand Tin
Five Pen and Paper Games
1. HANGMAN
2. HOUSES
3. SQUARES
4. BATTLESHIPS
5. OTHELLO
The Golden Age of Piracy
A Simple Electromagnet
Secret Inks
Sampling Shakespeare
Extraordinary Stories – Part Three: Touching the Void
Grinding an Italic Nib
Navigation
SHADOW STICK
FINDING DIRECTION WITH A WATCH
NEEDLE COMPASS
DIRECTION BY THE HEAVENS
Naval Flag Codes
The Patron Saints of Britain
1. ST GEORGE – 23 APRIL
2. ST DAVID – 1 MARCH
3. ST PATRICK – 17 MARCH
4. ST ANDREW – 30 NOVEMBER
The Moon
THE PHASES OF THE MOON – AS SEEN FROM EARTH
MOON FACTS
SOME KEY FEATURES
LUNAR AND SOLAR ECLIPSES
Skimming Stones
Pinhole Projector
Charting the Universe
Dog Tricks
Wrapping a Parcel in Brown Paper and String
Star Maps: What You See When You Look Up …
Making a Periscope
Five Poems Every Boy Should Know
IF – BY RUDYARD KIPLING (1865–1936)
OZYMANDIAS. BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792–1822)
INVICTUS. BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY (1849–1903)
VITAE LAMPADA. BY SIR HENRY NEWBOLT (1862–1938)
SEA-FEVER. BY JOHN MASEFIELD (1878–1967)
Coin Tricks
THE FRENCH DROP
THE EASY VANISH
THE BASIC VANISH
Light
Latin Phrases Every Boy Should Know
AND THE NUMBERS …
How to Play Poker
FIVE-CARD DRAW
TEXAS HOLD–’ EM
SOME OF THE ODDS FOR TEXAS HOLD–’ EM
Extraordinary Stories – Part Four: Douglas Bader
Marbles
A Brief History of Artillery
The Origin of Words
The Solar System (A Quick Reference Guide)
THE SUN. THE CENTRE OF THE SYSTEM
MERCURY
VENUS
EARTH
MARS
JUPITER
SATURN
URANUS
NEPTUNE
PLUTO
SEDNA – BUT IS IT A PLANET?
AND FINALLY, COMETS, ASTEROIDS AND OTHER DEBRIS …
The Ten Commandments
Common British Trees
THE ENGLISH OAK (QUERCUS ROBUR)
THE COMMON LIME (TILIA X EUROPAEA)
HAWTHORN (CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA)
SILVER BIRCH (BETULA PENDULA)
BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA)
HORSE CHESTNUT (AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM)
SYCAMORE (ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS)
ASH (FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR)
Extraordinary Stories – Part Five: Robert the Bruce
Hunting and Cooking a Rabbit
FINDING THE RABBIT
SKINNING THE RABBIT
PREPARING A MEAL
The Game of Chess
THE PIECES
SETTING UP THE BOARD
THE GAME
OPENING
THE MIDDLE GAME
THE ENDGAME
Tanning a Skin
The British Empire (1497–1997) ‘The empire on which the sun never sets’
Growing Sunflowers
Questions about the World – Part Three:
1. HOW DO SHIPS SAIL AGAINST THE WIND?
2. WHERE DOES CORK COME FROM?
3. WHAT CAUSES THE WIND?
4. WHAT IS CHALK?
Role-Playing Games
Understanding Grammar – Part Three
Seven Modern Wonders of the World
1. THE CHANNEL TUNNEL
2. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
3. THE CN TOWER IN TORONTO, CANADA
4. THE ITAIPÚ DAM
5. THE PANAMA CANAL
6. THE AKASHI-KAIKYO BRIDGE IN JAPAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PEARL BRIDGE
7. THE SPACE SHUTTLE
Books Every Boy Should Read
Imperial/Metric Conversion Table
LINEAR MEASURES
SQUARE MEASURES
CUBIC MEASURES
CAPACITY MEASURE
AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT
MONEY (BEFORE DECIMALISATION IN FEB 1971)
Illustration Credits
Also by Conn Iggulden
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