A quiet little cricket who dreams of rubbing his wings together to make a sound just like so many other animals finally achieves his goal, in a board book edition of the classic picture book that comes complete with a chirping cricket sound. -Ingram
Arthur has been living in a cave on prehistoric earth, almost completely alone, for the last four years... but it feels like two million. Suddenly, Ford rocks up, followed by a chesterfield sofa that just so happens to be going their way... anywhere but Arthur’s prehistoric cave is preferable. And so they wind up at Lord’s Cricket ground, four days before the scheduled destruction of the Earth.
One man, one bike, two Mongoose cricket bats, one tropical disease, 16,000 miles and a lot of dead kangaroos. Oli Broom loves cricket. So much so that in 2009 he left his 9 to 5 in London and set off to cycle to Brisbane for the Ashes. Along the way he played cricket in the shadow of the Blue Mosque, slept in a goat pen in Sudan, dodged a 5-metre crocodile in the outback, battled mountains in sub-zero temperatures in Bulgaria and successfully negotiated the treacherous highways of India. Starring the colourful characters he met on his travels, this is a funny and poignant tale for anyone who's ever dreamt of jacking in the day job to embark on an incredible adventure.
Can You Play Cricket on Mars? And Other Scientific Questions Answered
All those nagging questions you have about the universe are answered here, like Is there a dark side to the Moon? What happens when a comet hits the sun? Do the Martian canals have any water in them? Is the moon hot inside? What would happen if the sun were to collide with a black hole? Mars has polar ice caps: could polar bears live on Mars? If I could go back to the time of the dinosaurs, would the sky look the same as it does today?
