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ULTIMATE DANGER

From the smoke jumpers who parachute into wildfires, to roller coaster addicts chasing the latest death-defying rides, humans have a fascination with danger. Daredevils run with bulls in Pamplona, swim with great whites in Capetown, and throw themselves off the cliffs of Acapulco. Meanwhile, the TV event known as “Shark Week” celebrates its thirtieth year of blockbuster ratings—suggesting that even people who stay on their couches like to imagine living on the wild side. The Ultimate Danger series will bring the world’s most perilous jobs and hobbies, places and events, and bugs and beasties right to your library’s door. Lavishly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and compelling anecdotes, the six volumes in the Ultimate Danger series will quench the thirst of even the most thrill-seeking readers.

Hardcover

ISBN 978-1-4222-4224-7

$155.70(USD)
  Entire Series

6

2020

12+

7th - 12th

6.5 x 9

From the smoke jumpers who parachute into wildfires, to roller coaster addicts chasing the latest death-defying rides, humans have a fascination with danger. Daredevils run with bulls in Pamplona, swim with great whites in Capetown, and throw themselves off the cliffs of Acapulco. Meanwhile, the TV event known as “Shark Week” celebrates its thirtieth year of blockbuster ratings—suggesting that even people who stay on their couches like to imagine living on the wild side. The Ultimate Danger series will bring the world’s most perilous jobs and hobbies, places and events, and bugs and beasties right to your library’s door. Lavishly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and compelling anecdotes, the six volumes in the Ultimate Danger series will quench the thirst of even the most thrill-seeking readers.
The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Animals

by H.W. Poole

Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4222-4225-4 $25.95 Add To Cart
eBook ISBN 978-1-4222-7582-5 $32.95 Add To Cart

It’s a wild, wild world of barracudas and boomslangs and bears, of crocs and Komodos and killer African geese. Dangerous animals come in many forms, from apex predators like sharks and lions to cuddly little killers like the slow loris. In the pages of this book you’ll find beasts that already haunt your nightmares, plus ones you never realized were out to get you! The Ultimate Danger series provides a front-row seat to the world’s most perilous jobs and hobbies, places and events, and bugs and beasties. Lavishly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and compelling anecdotes, these six volumes will quench the thirst of even the most thrill-seeking readers.

The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Insects

by John Perritano

Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4222-4226-1 $25.95 Add To Cart
eBook ISBN 978-1-4222-7583-2 $32.95 Add To Cart

At last count, there are 900,000 different kinds of insects roaming the Earth. Some crawl. Others creep and swim. A handful hop, and many more fly. A few bite and others sting. You can find them in gardens, on the sidewalk, and in the woods. They’re under your bed, on your pet, or on your arm. Some even find a way inside you. The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Insects will introduce you to them all . . . if you dare. The Ultimate Danger series provides a front-row seat to the world’s most perilous jobs and hobbies, places and events, and bugs and beasties. Lavishly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and compelling anecdotes, these six volumes will quench the thirst of even the most thrill-seeking readers.

The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Jobs

by John Perritano

Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4222-4227-8 $25.95 Add To Cart
eBook ISBN 978-1-4222-7584-9 $32.95 Add To Cart

What do you want to be when you grow up? All of us have had to answer that question at one time or another. The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Jobs will introduce you to all types of hazardous professions. Some, such as police officer or firefighter, are common. Others, like rodeo clown or matador, not so much. Some jobs you might not even think of as dangerous, and yet they are. To adapt the old saying: It’s a dangerous job, but are you the person to do it? The Ultimate Danger series provides a front-row seat to the world’s most perilous jobs and hobbies, places and events, and bugs and beasties. Lavishly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and compelling anecdotes, these six volumes will quench the thirst of even the most thrill-seeking readers.

The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Places

by H.W. Poole

Paperback ISBN 978-1-4222-4228-5 $25.95 Add To Cart
eBook ISBN 978-1-4222-7585-6 $32.95 Add To Cart

Ours is a dangerous world. Far-off countries are held in the grip of brutal dictators, while others undergo bloody civil wars or brutal gang violence. You can also find danger close to home, at your local amusement park or beach, at your school, or in even your bedroom. The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Places will take you from the bottom of the ocean to the top of a mountain and all the way out into the depths of space in search of danger. The Ultimate Danger series provides a front-row seat to the world’s most perilous jobs and hobbies, places and events, and bugs and beasties. Lavishly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and compelling anecdotes, these six volumes will quench the thirst of even the most thrill-seeking readers.

The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Sports & Activities

by John Perritano

Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4222-4229-2 $25.95 Add To Cart
eBook ISBN 978-1-4222-7586-3 $32.95 Add To Cart

From BASE jumping and cliff diving to extreme ironing and camel wrestling, it’s a wide world of risky sports. Some of us might wonder, “What’s wrong with those people?”, but those who dabble in such activities tend to shrug off the danger. In this book you will meet some seemingly crazy, out-of-this-world people who’ll risk everything for fun. Why do they do it? Because they can! The Ultimate Danger series provides a front-row seat to the world’s most perilous jobs and hobbies, places and events, and bugs and beasties. Lavishly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and compelling anecdotes, these six volumes will quench the thirst of even the most thrill-seeking readers.

The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Weather

by John Perritano

Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4222-4230-8 $25.95 Add To Cart
eBook ISBN 978-1-4222-7587-0 $32.95 Add To Cart

None of us can escape weather or its effects. Nature takes wind, water, and temperature and mixes them together. Depending on how they combine, the result can be beautiful and glorious, like a sunny autumn day, or a witch’s brew of destruction, like a raging hurricane. The Ultimate Book of Dangerous Weather will introduce you to what happens when weather turns wild. Whole communities can be flooded, or frozen, or burned. Weather can get nasty—and it often does. The Ultimate Danger series provides a front-row seat to the world’s most perilous jobs and hobbies, places and events, and bugs and beasties. Lavishly illustrated and packed with fascinating facts and compelling anecdotes, these six volumes will quench the thirst of even the most thrill-seeking readers.