You & Your Amazing Brain: A Book of Brains and How They Work

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About this ebook

Discover everything about how brains work from emotions to actions, reactions and the functioning of the body, in this expansive and inclusive guide.

Brains are fascinating! Why can't you tickle yourself? Why do adults like foods they hated as children? How do some sneaky creatures have the ability to take over the brains of other species?

Answer all these questions and more whilst celebrating the power of your unique brain in You & Your Amazing Brain

You will discover:

  • What the different parts of the brain are and how they work
  • How memories, speech and sleep work
  • How the human brain develops from birth to adulthood
  • How your brain changes when you become a teenager, and how to understand these changes
  • How the brains of other creatures match up to ours
  • And most of all how every brain works in its own special way

Find out all about your amazing brain in this guide to the most special, and fascinating, organ in your body!

About the author

Clive Gifford is a highly experienced journalist and author with over 170 books published and more than 800 features and stories written for adults and children. Clive is an unique author who likes to work in both fiction and non-fiction. Perhaps this reflects his unusual life which, so far, has seen him travel to over 70 countries, be held hostage in Colombia, go parachuting, coach several sports and run a computer games company. His title,The Official Rugby World Cup 2015 Fact File, made The New Zealand Best Seller List. Anne Wilson has an MA in illustration from Central St Martins College of Art, London and has been an illustrator for over 15 years. Much of her work is inspired by everyday life, pattern, color, and shape. Born on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic, Anne now lives in the much less remote town of Reading, England.

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