Nick Arnold Books

DANGEROUS DISEASES coughs up the disgusting details of the sicknesses that mankind has suffered from. Find out which brave nurse drank diarrhoea, which scientist used eyeballs as food for bacteria and why deadly cholera makes your skin turn blue. Redesigned in a bold, funky new look for the next generation of HORRIBLE SCIENCE fans.

Horrible Science is getting a make-over! Readers will discover why someone invented the bottom-stabbing bike saddle and why you would need a toilet snorkel. With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of Horrible Science readers.

Science with the squishy bits left in! Why do vultures have bald heads? What kind of frog lives in a toilet? How do vampire bats slurp blood? Get the awful answers in Nasty Nature!

Discover how can you turn your brother into a zombie slave and why you are breathing poison right now! With a fantastic new cover look and extra horrible bits at the back of the book, this best-selling title is sure to be a huge hit with a new generation of Horrible Science readers.

Read about brilliant breakthroughs, explosive experiments and feeble failures. This book gives a potted history of scientists and their discoveries, from the first Greek brainboxes to modern day geniuses.

Taking a journey from the very small, to the very big, readers are taken on a tour of everything in science from the smallest thing ever to the horribly huge universe. And it's all in full colour and in new flexi-bound paperback format!

Science with the squishy bits left in. "Painful Poison" will dish up a deadly dose. Are you brave enough to how to turn your brother or sister into a zombie slave? Why you are breathing in poison right now? What is the secret of the vomit goblet? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we get wise to the wicked world of killer chemicals. Track down vile villains as a poison detective, meet snakes, spiders and other poison pets and discover the dreadful details of the "Gruesome Guide". With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons, "Painful Poison" is reading to die for. Science has never been so horrible. It is the complete lowdown on this fascinating and diverse subject. "A Gruesome Guide to Poison" will cover everything from plants and creatures that use poison for attack and defence to poisons that are affecting our planet such as car pollution, radiation and the result of burning off fossil fuels. With lost lab notes, and terrible tales, like the Victorian arsenic murders and the story about the Arctic survivors who were poisoned by eating polar bear livers, this is perfect subject matter for "Horrible Science".

Science with twice the squishy bits! Want to know which scientist gave electric shocks to his eyeballs? Which chilling chemical can preserve your pets? What happens when you touch an electric eel? 'Killer Energy' will leave you jumping for more! Find out how stodgy dinners power your body and why steaming manure can warm you up. 'Shocking Electricity' will blow your fuse! Discover why magnets help birds fly and get to grips with the electric wobbling toilet seat. With fantastic fact files and quirky quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, this terrible twosome is sizzling with info! Science has never been so horrible!

Science with the squishy bits left in! What happened when a nurse drank diarrhoea? Why does deadly cholera make your skin turn blue? Which scientist used eyeballs as food for bacteria? Get the awful answers in Deadly Diseases!

This is the first "Horrible Science" book to tackle the issues of global warming, and climate What are the sickening secrets of gruesome greenhouse gases? Which is the deadliest toxic waste? Will the Earth make it to the year 2100?