AuthorAnita Ganeri
NarratorPaul Vates
Duration3h 4m
CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Geography
Key StageKS2
PublisherInhouse
VersionUnabridged
What looks like a nice normal hill - until it explodes in a supercharged spurt of boiling lava? A volcano, of course. So what are you waiting for? Let's go and visit some! Plan an explosive holiday with the volcano vacation guide. Get clued up with the spotter's guide to eruptions. Or read the terrifying diaries of volcano survivors. Warning: abandon hope. But don't abandon this: your laugh-out-loud guide from Horrible Geography!
Horrible Geography: Freaky Peaks
Author: Anita Ganeri
Author Anita Ganeri
Narrator Liz Staples
Duration 1h 42m
Geography with the gritty bits left in! Does geography grind you down? Fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and despicable data? Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you scale the heady heights of 'Freaky Peaks'... Gasp! at the jellyfish stranded at the top of a mountain. Scream! when you bump into the legendary yeti and run for you...
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Author: David Burnie
Author David Burnie
Narrator Paul Medlicott
Duration 1h 14m
The world is in danger! From gigantic eruptions to asteroid collisions, natural disasters have the power to devastate life on Earth. Find out why these disasters occur, what effects they have on our surroundings and how likely each disaster is to strike again. Find out what we are doing to avoid disasters in the future, and how people are learning...
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Horrible Geography: Desperate Deserts
Author: Anita Ganeri
Author Anita Ganeri
Narrator Krystyna Gajda
Duration 2h 55m
Geography with the gritty bits left in! Does geography grind you down? Fed up with miserable maps, rotten rock piles and despicable data? Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you step onto the scorching sands of Desperate Deserts... Shudder! as you're forced to drink camel pee to stay alive. Gasp! as a single sand dune on the move buries who...
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Earth Watch: Feeding the World
Author: Sally Morgan
Author Sally Morgan
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 42m
Ever wondered where our food comes from? This title in the Earthwatch series looks at farming, genetic engineering, livestock, fishing and how the global population affects the food supply.
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Author: Meredith Hooper
Author Meredith Hooper
Narrator Clive Mantle
Duration 2h 23m
The gripping true story of Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen's desperate race to Antarctica. Battered by shrieking blizzards, skin blackened by frostbite and eyes burning with snow blindness, these driven men faced agonising decisions and risked their lives as they battled across the high Atlantic plateau to reach the South Pole.
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Where On Earth?: Geography Without the Boring Bits
Author: James Doyle
Author James Doyle
Narrator Lynsey Murrell
Duration 2h 22m
Where on Earth? is jam-packed with all of gegraphy's greatest hits, with all the boring bits taken out. From how to make raindrops to cool ways to remember the world's wonderful waterfalls, longest rivers and most desolate deserts - plus all the countries and continents in which these fantastic features are found. The perfect learning companion to...
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Why You Need A Passport When You're Going To Puke
Author: Mitchell Symons
Author Mitchell Symons
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 3h 57m
Did you know: Square watermelons are sold in Japan? There is a River Piddle in Dorset? And that Americans use enough toilet paper to wrap around the world nine times! Join us on a fact-finding world tour.
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Horrible Geography: Earth Shattering Earthquakes
Author: Anita Ganeri
Author Anita Ganeri
Narrator Fergus Mcclelland
Duration 2h 10m
Discover how to predict earthquakes, how scientists prepare for them and what really goes on under the Earth's crust when an earthquake hits it.
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How To Snog A Hagfish! Disgusting Things In the Sea
Author: Jonathan Eyers
Author Jonathan Eyers
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 3h
'How to Snog a Hagfish!' explores the most bizarre, the most disgusting and the most fascinating creatures that inhabit the oceans. When attacked, the hagfish (also known as the slime eel) ties itself in a knot that travels the length of its body, squeezing out mucus by the bucketful and making it impossible for a predator to keep hold. To eat, a s...
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Horrible Geography: Odious Oceans
Author: Anita Ganeri
Author Anita Ganeri
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 3h 25m
Horrible Geography takes you under the sea with Odious Oceans. Discover where in the world you can tuck into a poisonous pufferfish, spot some perilous pirates and explore the savage seabed! Horrible Geography is the perfect escapism from miserable maps, rotten rock piles and dire diagrams. Hold tight!
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