"The Miles Kelly Book of Life" is a companion volume to "The Miles Kelly Book of Knowledge", encompassing the breadth of life on our planet. Explore the world of Prehistoric Life, Plants, Water Life, Insects, Reptiles and Amphibians, Birds, Mammals and the Human Body. It contains lists, factfiles, bulleted points, features, charts, top tens, visual reference, world records, bizarre facts, diagrams and illustrations. If you want to find out about voracious dinosaurs, bears that go without food for eight months, snakes that fly, ribbon-plants that strangle, worms that grow to 40 metres in length, look no further.