Steve Backshall's Deadly 60

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More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. It is not a book that is meant to be used as a reference, as information is not detailed, but adequate. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. After writing for ROUGH GUIDES and filming documentaries for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC he became a key member of the expedition team for the hit series, LOST LAND OF THE JAGUAR, LOST LAND OF THE VOLCANO and LOST LAND OF THE TIGER.

He has presented on Earth Pulse on the National Geographic channel, as well as the popular BBC children.

Steve's encounters range from famous killers such as the Black Mamba and the North American Grizzly Bear to less well known but no less deadly animals. Combined with his own incredible experiences with creatures, large and small, Steve reveals tricks of camouflage, feats of strength, endurance, teamwork and speed, as well as giving us a glimpse into the lives of extremeophiles and looking at some of our planet’s endangered species.

He has just six months to travel six continents and find 60 of the deadliest creatures on the planet for the 26-part Children s BBC series of the same name which will air on BBC 1, CBBC, Discovery and Animal Planet channels. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. Each location brings its own epic challenges - whether it's the first climb of an arctic ice fall in Greenland, the first recorded navigation of a South American river, or the first exploration of the world’s longest cave system in Mexico. The book covers Steve’s travels across six continents in six months as he finds the 60 creatures that are most deadly in their world.

Each creature has a two page spread with photos and details listing why they made it onto the list, some quite surprising, others you would expect. I have so many incredible adventures, tall tales and animal anecdotes from my lifetime travelling the world, having been to a hundred countries in every conceivable environment. Over the next few years with the help of all the fine folk at Orion, I look forward to sharing these stories with a world of (hopefully) willing readers.

Packed with fascinating facts and drawing on Steve's own amazing experiences, this is the second fact-filled Deadly guid. He has presented on Earth Pulse on the National Geographic channel, Springwatch and the primetime BBC series The One Show. Packed with fascinating facts and drawing on Steve's own amazing experiences, this is the second fact-filled DEADLY guid. He illustrates his tips with examples of his own detective work on land and in the water from tropical rainforests to the African Savanna, from the Arctic tundra to the desert.Full of the most incredible wildlife, mind-blowing wildernesses, hairy adventures in the jungle, cannibals, nasty bacteria, hilarious camaraderie with other crew members and natives alike, triumph, danger and non-stop excitement, Looking for Adventure is the irresistible and inspiring story of how a little boy from a normal British family went on to become a modern day explorer, with his heart winning out and the adrenalin all-consuming and unrelenting.