The bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland returns with a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, bestselling author Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit, engaging stories and limitless enthusiasm. As he narrates a series of eye-opening encounters with lively personalities all over the world, Alex demonstrates how numbers have come to be our friends, are fascinating and extremely accessible, and how they have changed our world. He turns even the dreaded calculus into an easy-to-grasp mathematical exposition, and sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to reveal the world's favourite number. In Germany, he meets the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop, whilst in India he joins the world's highly numerate community at the International Congress of Mathematicians. He explores the wonders behind the Game of Life program, and explains mathematical logic, growth and negative numbers. Stateside, he hangs out with a private detective in Oregon and meets the mathematician who looks for universes from his garage in Illinois. Read this captivating book, and you won't realise that you're learning about complex concepts. Alex will get you hooked on maths as he delves deep into humankind's turbulent relationship with numbers, and proves just how much fun we can have with them.

The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life

Science & Math

Bellos, Alex

Mathematics

Doubleday, Canada

The fourth book in the bestselling series that teaches you about the world through football. 
This book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads – and it's all about football. Learn the the psychology of team work, the maths behind the 90 minute match and the best animal-themed football phrases from around the world. Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons and filled with laugh-out-loud gags this is the perfect book for any boy or girl who loves football.

Football School Season 4: Where Football Explains the World

Children's Books

Lyttleton, Ben

History

Walker Books

Football School: The Amazing Quiz Book

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

WALKER BOOKS LTD.

Football School Season 3: Where Football Explains the World

Get young fans dreaming big with this incredible collection of inspirational lives from the world of football. 
What made Pele the greatest player of all time? How did Nadia Nadim flee from Afghanistan and end up playing for Manchester City? Who was the Liverpool player who invented the world's most popular football boot? This collection of fifty biographies brings together the the incredible true stories of the game's greatest legends who changed the world of football. Empowering and inspirational, this is the perfect book to get young fans dreaming big both on and off the pitch.

Football School Star Players: 50 Inspiring Stories of True Football Heroes

Biographies

Celebrate the greatest names and teams in football history with this collection of 50 true stories.\nDiscover the greatest football moments of all time in this collection of 50 exciting stories, perfect for fans of Football School: Star Players. Discover the incredible stories of heroes such as Messi, Ronaldo, Klopp and Rapinoe, but also the tales of the dog that helped win the league for his team and the team who won the championship with the very final kick of the game. Bringing together the best names in the game with some truly weird, wonderful and hilarious occurrences, this book is a must-read for any young football fan.

Football School Epic Heroes: 50 true tales that shook the world: 1

Discover the incredible true stories behind the most famous clubs in football. 
Find out the stories behind the most legendary clubs in football history, such as Manchester United, Real Madrid and Liverpool. Explore how these teams have overcome failure and tragedy to win leagues and lift trophies and enter the record books. Also discover fascinating facts about more unknown clubs, including the German team with skull and crossbones logo and the most eco-friendly club in the world. Perfect for fans of Football School: Star Players and Football School: Epic Heroes, this collection of fifty true stories is a must-read for any young football fan.

Football School Terrific Teams: 50 True Stories of Football's Greatest Sides

"We love this book series!" Match of the Day Weekly 
Give the gift of the bestselling Football School series with this brilliant box set. 
The Football School series is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts – and it will make you laugh loads. When do footballers poo? Can you play football on Mars? What is a vomitory? In this brilliant box set collection of the first three seasons, find out the answers to all these questions and much more. Full of stats, facts and hilarious cartoons, this is the perfect gift for any football-mad youngster.

Football School Box Set: Seasons 1-3

The fourth book in the bestselling series that teaches you amazing facts about the world through football.\nThis book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads – and it's all about football! Discover when robots play football, where the highest ever football match took place, how referees keep time in matches and what llamas and professional footballers have in common. With hilarious illustrations throughout and laugh-out-loud gags, this is the perfect book for football-mad children everywhere.

Get ready to laugh your football socks off with this side-splitting joke book from the creators of the bestselling Football School series. 
What's a striker's favourite magic routine? A hat trick! 
Why was the peacock sent off? It was a professional fowl 
What’s a chip-lover’s top footie show? Catch of the Day, with Gary Vinegar 
Packed with great gags about silly stars, team titters and naughty nicknames, this is the perfect gift to give any football fan the giggles.

Football School: The Greatest Joke Book

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The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life

Football School Season 4: Where Football Explains the World

Football School: The Amazing Quiz Book

Football School Season 3: Where Football Explains the World

Football School Star Players: 50 Inspiring Stories of True Football Heroes

Football School Epic Heroes: 50 true tales that shook the world: 1

Football School Terrific Teams: 50 True Stories of Football's Greatest Sides

Football School Box Set: Seasons 1-3

Football School Season 4: Where Football Explains the World

Football School: The Greatest Joke Book