Presents facts, brief stories, photos, and illustrations showing that fact can be as weird as fiction.

"Get ready for an incredible thrill-packed journey across our world. Continent by continent, this book will take you through every country on Earth. Packed with thousands of facts about everything from amazing animals and super sights to fun festivals and fabulous food, it's the ultimate guide to all the incredible --and incredibly diverse--places that make up our planet!" -- Page [4] of cover.

"Jedi knights versus Sith lords, clone troopers versus battle droids - relive the biggest, baddest battles ever."--Cover, p.4.

Covering every horsey topic you could possibly want to explore- from discovering the different horse and pony breeds, to finding out how cultures around the world live with their horses, and learning how horse-lovers ride these magnificent animals- DK's Horses & Ponies is a one-stop shop for equine knowledge. With colourful photographs and pictures on every page, this guide helps you become an expert in identifying the many different horse and pony...

"National Geographic Kids presents 5,000 fascinating facts in an accessible and engaging format about animals in kids' own backyards and around the world. This book includes animals from anteaters to zombie worms and covers such high-interest topics as survival adaptations, record holders, and animal communication."--

"Like an urban Dian Fossey, Wednesday Martin decodes the primate social behaviors of Upper East Side mothers in a brilliantly original and witty memoir about her adventures assimilating into that most secretive and elite tribe. After marrying a man from the Upper East Side and moving to the neighborhood, Wednesday Martin struggled to fit in. Drawing on her background in anthropology and primatology, she tried looking at her new world through that...