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Are you bursting with loads of genius ideas, but you're not sure what to do with them? This book will let you into the secret of how to turn inspired ideas into proper inventions! Learn the process from light-bulb moment, through to making a prototype, to marketing your clever invention. You're never too young to be an inventor. Along the way, discover real-life inventions, from the spectacularly stupid to those of ground-braking genius.
Another fishing book? Not quite. Although 101 Golden Rules of Fishing delivers enough tips and tricks to satisfy beginners and experienced fish smiths alike, it also dwells on the less tangible aspects of angling - luck, ghosts, catching a monster, the angeler's perfect car, how to blank (catch nothing), how to deal with an angry bailiff, fishing somewhere that's never been fished before, preparing to make your last ever cast...as if you ever could. Angling isn't a hobby, a sport, a science or a skill; it isn't even an art. It's a mystery, and one that takes a lifetime to unravel. 101 Golden Rules of Fishing is the perfect travelling companion for that journey - wide-eyed enough to love talk...
Learn to make a bottle submarine, a smartphone boombox, a weather vane, and more with this brilliant book of simple projects to do at home using everyday materials! Illustrated throughout and with step-by-step instructions, this book makes science fun and is a must for young engineers!
From understanding the mysterious Mobius strip to learning about constellations on your bedroom ceiling, this hands-on science book is full of fascinating scientific facts and over 40 fun, educational projects and activities to make and do. From a building a ‘candypult’ made from marshmallow to a smartphone boom box, an unbreakable egg or a ‘bug-o-scope’, there are loads of amazingly fun projects to be made using materials found around the house. With step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations and high quality photography, there is little to no adult help needed, making this hands-on book perfect for use in the home or classroom.
Learn to make ice cream with salt, a smartphone projector, a lava lamp and more with this brilliant book of simple home experiments! Using basic ingredients and equipment, turn your home into a laboratory ready to perform these 70 fun science experiments - learning physics, chemistry, biology and technology as you go! Illustrated throughout and with step by step instructions, this collection of quick and achievable experiments is the perfect way to make science fun and is a must for any young scientists!
Stuff You Need to Know virtually overflows with illustrations and information about 28 activities and objects from everyday life. In fact, the book is so jam-packed that eight gatefolds provide the extra room needed to explain complex activities. Each item is on a double-page spread filled edge to edge with informative text in numbered sequence. Accurate, lighthearted illustrations reveal everything a step at a time. The "stuff" ranges from taking out the garbage to launching a rocket. Here are some examples: Electricity -- Steam power, turbine, magnet, generator, current, transformer, mains, fuse, meter Making a Pizza (gatefold): How does a pizzeria deliver a pizza so quickly? Ingredients f...
Festival and Events Management: an international perspective is a unique text looking at the central role of events management in the cultural, tourism and arts industries. With international contributions from industry and academia, the text looks at the following: * Events & cultural environments * Managing the arts & leisure experience * Marketing, policies and strategies of art and leisure management Chapters include exercises, and additional teaching materials and solutions to questions are provided as part of an accompanying online resource.
The Art of Playing Cards is your tour guide to a standard deck. This handbook covers the classic games, tricks, and skills you'll need to become an expert card shark. There’s something about opening a new pack of cards. It doesn’t matter whether you buy them at a filling station to while away a few hours on the road or if they’re a classic deck of Bicycle cards bought specifically for a poker night—they smell the same. There’s the same whiff of possibility, of hands to play or chances to take, of bets to win and of fun just waiting to be had. THE GAMES: There are thousands of games we could have included, but along with some of the most popular, we’ve also chosen those we think a...
Whether you're an accomplishedadventurer or new to exploring thewilderness, and whether you'retravelling alone or as part of agroup, Australian GeographicOutdoor Survival Bible will provideyou with all the essential supportfor your expedition, whether ondry land or at sea. It contains all ofthe techniques, diagrams,instructions and advice needed toensure a safe, enjoyableexperience in the great outdoors.Each chapter shows you how todeal with a specific situation, suchas getting stuck, travelling in thedark, what to do if you lose yourbearings, how to navigate withoutthe aid of a map or compass, tipsand advice for dealing withinjuries and where to forage forfood.
In an era of populist politics, Brexit, Donald Trump, 24-hour news cycles and perpetual election campaigning, how do we govern well for the future? How do we take the long view, ensuring that present-day policy decisions reflect the needs and safeguard the interests of future generations? In this timely BWB Text, acclaimed policy scholar Jonathan Boston sets out what ‘anticipatory governance’ might look like in New Zealand. Confronted with a world becoming more uncertain by the day, this book is essential reading for anyone questioning how democratic societies can tackle the unprecedented challenges ahead.