Download or read book The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia written by Clive Gifford and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Soccer Encyclopedia is the perfect gift book for soccer fans.
Download or read book The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia written by Clive Gifford and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated for the 2010 World Cup and featuring a pull-out World Cup results chart, THE KINGFISHER FOOTBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA captures the triumph and despair of pivotal moments in world football. Dramatic full-spread photos and digital artworks recreate famous moves and goals, while each chapter includes links to stable websites, providing a valuable access point to databases of players, international results and club histories.
Download or read book The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia written by Clive Gifford and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia captures the triumph and despair of pivotal moments in world football. Dramatic full-spread photos and digital artworks re-create famous moves and goals, while each chapter includes links to stable websites, providing a valuable access point to databases of players, international results and club histories.
Download or read book The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia written by Clive Gifford and published by Kingfisher. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia by Clive Gifford is the definitive guide to the world's most popular sport. From the sublime skills of Pele to the lifestyle of a professional soccer player, this gloriously illustrated book explores every aspect of the game. Freshly revised and updated, this is a world soccer book for the 2014 World Cup and beyond. State-of-the-art digital illustrations and stunning photographs bring to life all the key rules, tactics, set plays, and skills. As well as offering practical advice, this informative book also provides an insider's view of the history of the game, profiles of the great clubs, and facts about women's soccer teams and players. Comprehensive and visually thrilling, this book captures all the drama and the passion of a game that unites billions of people across the globe. Includes free World Cup poster for readers to fill in as the tournament progresses
Download or read book The Football Encyclopedia written by Clive Gifford and published by Kingfisher. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new look for a classic title, The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia is the perfect gift book for the 2022 World Cup and beyond
Download or read book Kingfisher Encyclopedia of Everything written by Sean Callery and published by Kingfisher. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amazing 320-page volume is the perfect guide to everything for children aged seven plus! It is packed with colorful illustrations, step-by-step sequences, and the latest photography to keep children engaged. Arranged thematically into key areas, the concise text is clear, accurate, and perfectly pitched, making this an unbeatable resource for home and school. Plus, a glossary and index are included along with a list of websites for further learning.
Download or read book Spies written by Clive Gifford and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spies compares the world of fictional spies with real-life secretagents and retells the true history of spying, including all the latest gadgets and technology. Special Spy School missions and fantastic items integrated into the pages of the book also provide an interactive element, showing the reader a selection of spying techniques that they can carry out at home or with friends.
Download or read book The Complete Encyclopedia of Football written by Keir Radnedge and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's what Pele called the "Beautiful Game" and what millions of fans gather to cheer on. Soccer is showing increasing popularity worldwide, and revamped professional leagues continue to shine in the World Cup. This carefully researched book describes the history of the sport, its legendary players and clubs, notable coaches, and stadiums. There is in-depth information on major competitions at both national and club levels as well as sections on the laws, tactics, and equipment. Complementing the text are lovingly chosen photographs bringing to life the characters and moments that have shaped the world of soccer.
Download or read book Young Pele written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson—who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags—go on to become Pelé, the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And when Edson finally played in a youth soccer tournament in the town of Bauru, Brazil, he focused on only one thing from the moment the whistle blew: the goal. Here is the picture book biography of the boy who overcame tremendous odds to become the world champion soccer star Pelé.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Football written by Tim Hill and published by Parragon Pubishing India. This book was released on 2010 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia written by Kingfisher and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History leaps from the page in this completely revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimed Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. From man's earliest history right through to the technological and social revolutions of the current day, this trusted reference provides a one-stop source for research, and is the perfect companion to any study of world history. The encyclopedia is organized chronologically and then thematically within each time period. A timeline runs across the top of each page for context. Each section includes biographies of important people and key features on the art, architecture, and technology of the period. A brand new chapter details modern-day events, such as the fight for equality, the threat of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis, and space exploration and discoveries.With more than 2,000 full-colour illustrations, photographs, and source materials, as well as research-friendly back matter and index, this encyclopedia provides a beautiful, authoritative reference that is essential for any home, school, or library.
Download or read book 1000 Years of Famous People written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive look at the famous and the notorious, their achievements and the legacies they have left humankind. Organized by theme - explorers, inventors, leaders, artists, sportspeople, musicians, politicians, scientists, writers, reformers etc - each chapter looks at the famous figures pre-1000 AD to put the rest of the chapter in its historical context.
Download or read book Science Kids Materials written by Clive Gifford and published by . This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the properties of different types of natural and manufactured matter, including elastic, marble, wood, silk, and gold. Materials answers fundamental questions about the matter and materials that make up the physical world around us. What are rocks made of? Where do plastics come from, and what are they used for? Why can I see through glass? Readers are introduced to the most common natural and manufactured materials-including metals, wood, paper, cotton, and recycled products--and learn why some are hard and others are malleable and why some stretch while others snap.
Download or read book The Great Global Puzzle Challenge with Google Earth written by Clive Gifford and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the many wonders of the world in this amazing illustrated tour of some of the most interesting places on Earth. Each spread focuses on one destination, and the amazingly intricate artwork gives readers a visual flavour of the place, with masses to look at and discover the more you look. There are links from one place to the next - historical, geographical, natural history or just simple proximity - for example, there is an ancient Egyptian obelisk in NY's central park, with two sister obelisks in Paris and London. Find the one in the Central Park using Google(TM) Earth co-ordinates and it gives you the clue to where you will be going next. The pyramids at the Louvre in Paris will whisk you off to the temples of Ancient Egypt, then find a connection from the Colosseum of Ancient Rome to the hot plains of Tanzania that team with wildlife, from flocks of flamingos to herds of wildebeest to prides of lions. The crater is actually a collapsed volcano; this knowledge then helps speed you to Mount Fuji and Tokyo. . . and so on. In each location you have to find a souvenir to take with you. You will also need to solve a puzzle with the help of Google(TM) Earth to collect co-ordinates for your final secret location - again on Google(TM) Earth. For instance, the puzzle tells you to visit the Statue of Liberty on Google(TM) Earth and to count the number of points on its crown. This number is one of the co-ordinates you need to find your final destination at the end of the book.
Download or read book The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer written by Keir Radnedge and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 2001 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thorough and illustrated reference to the world's most popular sport.
Download or read book Football Skills written by Clive Gifford and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football is the world's most popular sport - globally, more than 240 million people play the game regularly. This colourful and exciting book is the essential guide to soccer, offering easy-to-follow instruction that is sure to improve the all-round play of any young football player, from passing and dribbling to shooting, defending, goalkeeping and tactics. The detailed practical advice is enhanced by spreads about the all-time great players, the FIFA World Cup and unusual versions of the sport.
Download or read book Soccerwomen written by Gemma Clarke and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Michelle Akers to Megan Rapinoe, bold and inspiring profiles of the pioneers, champions and future heroines of women's soccer around the world. Women's soccer has come a long way. The first organized games on record -- which took place three hundred years ago in the Scottish Highlands -- were exhibition matches, where single women played against married women while available men looked on, seeking a potential mate. Today, champions like Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach, Brazil's Marta and China's Sun Wen, have inspired girls around the world to pick up the beautiful game for love of the sport. Inevitably, given the hardships and discrimination they face, women who play soccer professionally are so much more than elite athletes. They are survivors, campaigners, political advocates, feminists, LGBTQ activists, working moms, staunch opponents of racial discrimination and inspirational role models for many. Based on original interviews with over 50 current and former players and coaches, this book celebrates these remarkable women and their achievements against all odds.
