Walking through a city, you'll see lots of buildings and statues - but to discover the hidden world below the streets, you'll need your 'magic' torch and your sense of adventure! Explore the cellar beneath the house, the pipes below the pavements, and the car parks and underground trains that run under our feet. Maybe you'll even uncover the fascinating remains of an ancient city, if you're lucky. This title is part of the My First Discovery paperback series - a unique collection of beautifully illustrated information books for children aged 4 to 7, with simple language to aid learning and realistic artwork to inspire young minds. This edition contains a paper torch at the back of the book, revealing hidden secrets on the 4 darkened transparent pages and making the story come alive - one detail at a time. With free access to a brand new audio app, children can listen and read along at their own pace, page by page.

This encyclopedia of dinosaurs has been created especially to allow young children to discover the lush natural world in which different species of dinosaurs evolved. The beautiful illustrations provide a detailed guide for readers to observe and identify the many different kinds of dinosaurs and giant sea and flying reptiles. The archeology of fossil finds and of painstaking reconstruction of skeletons is vividly portrayed.

In the middle of the dense jungle, you can discover countless animals and amazing plants. Your magic torch lets you see all the beautiful hidden details in the dark tropical forest.

Buried underground, hidden in overgrown jungles and forests and deep under the sea, lost treasure lies waiting to be discovered. You can find out what life was like long ago.

Rare attacks by great white sharks have given sharks a bad name. Although some sharks have terrifying teeth, others only eat krill, plankton, and very small fish. Discover how they find their food. Learn how the biggest fish in the sea give birth to their young.

Discover how these remarkable mammals thrive in the icy cold of the Arctic Circle. Find out how their layers of fat, their white coats and their pointed claws are adapted to the ice and snow. See how they hunt, using their very good sense of smell. Watch a mother bear rear her cubs. Learn how melting iceflows threaten the survival of polar bears.

Wide-ranging introduction to the history and culture of pre-modern medicines in China Numerology, talismans, and Daoist medicine Alchemy, medicine and religion Archaeological finds and medicine Global impact of Chinese medicine: transmission to Europe, the socialist worlds Traditional medicines that have become modern drugs

This edited volume presents the latest research on the intersection of religion and medicine in Asia. It features chapters by internationally known scholars, who bring to bear a range of methodological and geographic expertise on this topic. The book’s central question is to what extent ‘religion’ and ‘medicine’ have overlapped or interrelated in various Asian societies. Collectively, the contributions explore a number of related issues, such as: which societies separated out religious from medical concerns, at which times and in what ways? Where have medicine and religion converged, and how has such knowledge been defined by scholars and cultural actors? Are ‘religion’ and ‘medicine’ the best terms by which scholars can grapple with knowledge about the sacred and the self, destiny and disease? -- .

This illustrated biography of Louis Armstrong tells the life of the greatest jazz musician and singer of his age, and gives an introduction to his music. Born in New Orleans in 1901, Louis Armstrong loved the gospel singing he heard every week as a boy in his neighbourhood church. He was also inspired by the marching bands and the musicians and singers who celebrated mardi gras in the streets, and performed at funerals and in the many cabarets. The trumpet was his favorite instrument, and he taught himself to play it. From his teenage years on, music was his life. He started as a professional musician playing on the Mississippi river boats before joining various bands. He soon established himself as the best musician of his generation, and at the age of 25 created his own jazz group-the Hot Five. Soon all of America would discover his other extraordinary talent-his unique deep singing voice. The book contains a CD with the narrative of the book and 14 highlights of Louis Armstrong recordings.

How does a dolphin swim? How do they give birth in the water? How do they communicate with each other? Learn all about these intelligent, affectionate and sociable creatures that often swim in large groups, look after each other when injured and team together to catch their prey. Find out the names of different species of dolphins in the oceans around the world and about some of their close cousins.

Explore the hidden world that exists below the city streets. Find out why people are always digging up our streets. Discover how your waste water is taken away in a man-made underground river. Explore the tunnels that carry cars, lorries and trains under the sea.

Dive under water and watch the fish swim around in the pages of this book, from sea creatures near the seashore to the strangest fish that live in the depths of the ocean.