those were like crack to me when i was a kid, they were in my school library and i remember reading every time we got longer break, those and the shiny ones too with those textured covers and embeded plastic gems ahh
The “-ology” books? My parents kept my set of those in a box for however many years - at least 15 - and they’ve been passed on to my niece and nephew.
I am not going to lie, they still capture my attention the same way now. And I still remember the answers to all the riddles in Dragonology.
those are simply little masterpieces, capturing young minds with “ooo shiny secrets” and then also giving knowledge
I’d gladly sit down with one of those books today if I came across one. Wikipedia never has that many pictures.
Both trending topics in Wikipedia
Egypt is pretty interesting tbf
My childhood library had a bunch of these, and someone had pain-stakingly gone through them to place sticky notes over every instance of uncovered boobs or genitals depicted in the classic art and sculptures. I, being too young to understand why someone would do that, ripped every sticky off because they were covering up the pictures.
woah, you just unlocked a memory - thanks for this
Intro tune for the vhs series is still a banger - YouTube link.
I’m not from the UK (or the Commonwealth) but I had some of these books as a child. Loved them. Thanks for posting this.
Those were awesom! . I had one on James Bond. Or the gadgets of James Bond or something like that. I think I had a car one too.
If its the same one I had, then it was about the evolution of actual spy gadgets in history
Reminds me of the London A to Z before the era of smartphones with map apps.
Still have one in some box somewhere.
“They’re minerals! Not stones” ~ hank from breaking bad probably after seeing that magazine
I cannot remember which ones I read, but those were definitely some of the best ones out there for learning as a kid.
