Describes and illustrates how one should make a "to do" list, so as not to get old and boring, like send a message in a bottle, touch creatures, host a party, and much more.

A guide to living life to the fullest offers suggestions on seizing the day through adventures and challenges, from flying a plane to swimming with sharks to milking a cow, all of them entertaining to read and exciting to experience. Original. 50,000 first printing.

Ivens presents 101 fabulous things for women to do before they are too old, married, or pregnant to ensure their lives are rich with extraordinary experiences. It's a guide to seizing opportunities, taking chances, and going after all life has to offer.

Theres loads of fun activities that you should try or learn before you get old - can you invent a board game, learn a skateboard trick, make rock candy, paint like a famous artist or design a hero? Here are 101 things to do before you grow up!

Have you ever found yourself mindlessly checking your phone for updates, or playing some pointless game? In fact, do you ever do anything else, when on the bus or on the train, than sit glued to the screen? Research shows that the average person spends 23 days a year wasting time on their mobile phone. That's four years of your life! In 101 Things to Do Instead of Playing on Your Phone, Ilka Heinemann has devised an imaginative list of alternative activities to cure us of our portable tech addiction. These are more than mere time-killers - they are ways to unleash your creative side, to learn facts or train your brain; some will even set you on the road to happiness and mindfulness.

Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention, from glass to underpants, the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting, of course, the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society, it will also distinguish the strokes of genius from discoveries of sheer chance, or millennia of evolution . . . And reveal the real reason why Alfred Nobel had to establish a peace prize (tut, tut). Expand your knowledge of man's accomplishments in the most compelling - and irreverent - way possible.

Explores scientific questions on a variety of topics including astronomy, genetics, geology, and information technology.