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Richard Mark Hammond is a British TV presenter, most noted for co-hosting car programme Top Gear alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky1, Should I Worry About...? on BBC One and Total Wipeout, also on BBC One and Richard Hammond's Blast Lab on CBBC. He has also presented several one-off specials such as ITV's The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend and the annual Crufts awards.

In 2006, Hammond suffered a life-threatening crash at speeds of over 280mph (450 km/h) in a jet engine powered dragster racing car. He recovered months later and continued his presenting work.

Available Books by Richard Hammond

	Smart Retail: Practical Winning Ideas and Strategies from the Most Success Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780273744542 RRP: $24.95 Smart Retail: Practical Winning Ideas and Strategies from the Most Successful Retailers in the World, Third Edition The world's #1 how-to retail bible! Actionable lessons from great retailers, updated with new successes, ideas, strategies, and tactics! Practice, not theory: real solutions for everything from understanding customers to motivating employees and creating ultimate retail experie...
	Can You Feel the Force? Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781405358064 RRP: $16.95 Winner of the Junior Aventis Prize for Science Books in 2007, Can You Feel the Force? is the ultimate fun-filled science book that puts the fizz back into Physics, now in paperback Physics doesn't just happen in a lab it happens in the kitchen, in your bath, in a car! Join a thrilling high-energy journey through time, space and beyond and find out about the physical forces that make our wor...
	Or Is That Just Me? Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780753825631 RRP: $24.99 'There is, I discovered, a technique to performing a low-rent, comedy motorcycle jump with a bad hip joint following a low-speed fall off a horse on to your wife's Land Rover keys...' More of the wry, honest and often hilarious chronicles of Richard Hammond - TV presenter, adventurer and general drawer of the Short Straw. Continuing where AS YOU DO left off, OR IS THAT JUST ME? focuses...
	As You Do Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780753825624 RRP: $24.99 Moving quickly on from the devastating crash that nearly killed him, in AS YOU DO Richard Hammond ranges widely over his life and times: a visit to Glastonbury with James May reminds of him of his early years of playing in a band and how and why he never quite made it as a rock star; the stunts and other perils that come his way like the Top Gear North Pole race (why is it that Richard is out in t...
	On the Edge: My Story Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780753824047 RRP: $24.99 For the first time, Richard describes his childhood and adolescence and the emergence of the adrenalin junkie, the first ridiculous stunts on his tricycle and an increasing and near obsessive attraction to speed and the smell of petrol. For such a lively and intelligent communicator, TV beckons and he becomes one of the dare-devil trio, with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, who make such an enormous...
	Richard Hammond's Car Confidential Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780297844457 RRP: $35.00 Richard Hammond's inside guide to modern motoring is packed with witty advice and anecdotes - from the sublime to the ridiculous. Car Confidential is a must for anyone even remotely interested in cars. It includes an enormous variety of hints and tips: car and traffic etiquette, how to buy a car, how to avoid giving murderers a lift, the seven ages of the motorist from learning how to drive ...
	Short History of Caravans in the UK Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780297844464 RRP: $24.99 Richard Hammond has had a longstanding love affair, bordering on the obsessive some might say, with caravans. He has researched their origins and history, celebrity owners, the uses to which they have been put, their place in history, names, jargon, games with, things to do in, recipes to cook in and the future of. He also gives sound practical advice on how to use them to best advantage, race the...
	Richard Hammond's Blast Lab : Why Don't Insects Get Fat? Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781405348027 RRP: $9.95 Your child will have a fantastic time finding out all sorts of amazing answers to extraordinary questions of the like posed to Richard Hammond and his Blast Lab boffins. Do fish drink water? Why does your leg fall asleep? Do insects fart? Where does all the sand in the Sahara come from? Why is there no gravity in space? How big is a lightning bolt? How fast can a snail actually move? Why do peo...
	Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Bright Ideas: 20 Great Science Experiments Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9781405348218 RRP: $29.95 Fantastic experiments, thrilling things to make and do and reusable stickers from Richard Hammond's TV series Blast Lab on ABC3. Introduce your child to Blast Lab Bright Ideas and they'll discover all sorts of things to do with light and electricity! Exciting experiments from how to make an electromagnetic crane, to building a torch to see how light travels through jelly. Just like Rich...
	Richard Hammond's Blast Lab: With Over 30 Really Cool Experiments! Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9781740337069 RRP: $29.95 Fantastic experiments with Richard Hammond from Top Gear and ABC3's Blast Lab. If your child loves the fun filled science of Richard Hammond's Blast Lab, then get them experimenting at home with this exciting science book packed with experiments and challenges from the series....
	Blast Lab: III It's Experi-Mental! Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9781405338868 RRP: $29.95 ...
	Car Science Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9781405332002 RRP: $29.95 Top Gear's Richard Hammond is in the driving seat for this turbo-charged tour through the nuts and bolts of car technology. Underneath the bonnet of every car there's a lot of fast, furious, and spectacular science going on. G-force, combustion, power, you name it, a car's got it. Help your child discover all about the science of cars in this explosive tour. Find out how cars revol...
	On The Edge: My Story (Abridged - Young Adult) Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780753823309 RRP: $19.99 This gripping account by Richard Hammond of life before and after his terrifying high-speed car crash is now in abridged for young adults! From Top Gear to Brainiac, Richard Hammond is one of the UK's most popular television presenters. But in September 2006, a high speed crash whilst filming for Top Gear left him fighting for his life. On The Edge is his compelling account of life before and...
	Teach Yourself Visually Bass Guitar Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780470048504 RRP: $32.95 Do you learn faster by seeing and doing than by wading through tedious instructions? Then pick up a bass guitar and start plucking! With Teach Yourself VISUALLY Bass Guitar, you'll quickly progress from playing notes to experimenting with plucking and slap-and-pop techniques. You'll learn about tuning, fretboard fingerings, alternate fingerings, down picking, palm muting, and more. The bas...

Super Science Lab
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780756658403
RRP: $25.95

Presents instructions for creating twenty science experiments involving light that use household items and LED lights and wires included with the book, with relevant explanations of basic scientific principles....

Super Science Lab
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780756653415
RRP: $11.95

Walks readers through more than thirty experiments, offering step-by-step instructions and explanatory text that reveal the key principles of biology, chemistry, physics, and mechanics....

The Unknown Universe
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781601630032
RRP: $28.95

Examines the make-up of the universe in relation to gravity, the creation of stars, the concept of the new string theory, cosmic rays, black holes, and other scientific discoveries....

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	As You Do: Adventures with Evil, Oliver and the Vice President Botswana Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780297855323 Moving quickly on from the devastating crash that nearly killed him he ranges widely over his life and times: a visit to Glastonbury with James May reminds of him of his early years of playing in a band and how and why he never quite made it as a rock star; the stunts and other perils that come his way like the Top Gear North Pole race (why is it Richard who is out in the howling elements in a dog...
	Can You Feel The Force: Putting The Fizz Back Into Physics Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9781405315432 'Can You Feel the Force?' is a physics book unlike any you've seen before. Most physics books are packed with jargon and equations, but 'Can You Feel the Force?' is completely different. This book is all about the weird and wonderful side of physics, with the hard bits left out. Find out why bubbles are round, why coffee always goes cold, and what electricity is actually made ...
	Can You Feel the Force? Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780756620332 Introduces physics using real-world examples to give insight into the concepts of force, matter, and light, and includes a brief history of the science and educational experiments....
	Crocodiles and Cueballs Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780297855200 ...
	Do Insects Get Fat? Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780756662851 ...
	Life on the Edge Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780297853558 For the first time, Richard describes his childhood and adolescence and the emergence of the adrenalin junkie, the first ridiculous stunts on his tricycle and an increasing and near obsessive attraction to speed and the smell of petrol. For such a lively and intelligent communicator, TV beckons and he becomes one of the dare-devil trio, with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, who make such an enormous...
	Richard Hammond's Blast Lab: Body Bits and Belly Buttons Activity Book Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781405340830 Fantastic experiments, thrilling things to make and do, reusable stickers and a cool quiz from Richard Hammond's TV series Blast Lab. Let your child go inside Blast Lab Gutbusters and they'll take a trip inside their insides! Cool experiments show how a splash of vinegar makes a bone turn rubbery, how to make a pair of working lungs and how to create some noisy gassy sounds with a ballo...
	Richard Hammond's Blast Lab: Brain Busters Activity Book Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781405340823 Even more fantastic activities from Richard Hammond's new TV series Blast Lab on ABC3. If your child loves the fun filled science of Blast Lab, then get them active at home with this exciting activity book packed with things to do and challenges from the series....
	Richard Hammond's Blast Lab: Rockets and Racers Activity Book Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781405340816 Fantastic activities from Richard Hammond's new TV series Blast Lab on ABC3. If your child loves the fun filled science of Blast Lab, then get them active at home with this exciting activity book packed with things to do and challenges from the series....
	Richard Hammond's Blast Lab: Secret Agent Activity Book Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9781405340847 Fantastic experiments, thrilling things to make and do, reusable stickers and a cool quiz from Richard Hammond's TV series Blast Lab. Give your child a licence to use their spy skills with Blast Lab Secret Agent Science! Cool experiments show how chocolate powder can reveal intriguing clues, how to make your own invisible ink and how two small mirrors and a tube can help you see round corner...
	Smart Retail - 2 ed Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780273712770 Discover the secrets of retail and learn how to grow your sales - and your career. From shop owners and mangers, to those working for big name retailers, this is the must-read retail bible....
	Smart Retail: How To Turn Your Store Into A Sales Phenomenon Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780273675211 Discover the secrets of retail and learn how to grow your sales - and your career. This is the book to reveal what the most successful retailers in the world already know.This will be THE book of retail....
	What Not To Drive Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 9780297848004 Top Gear's Richard Hammond describes the cars NOT to drive. One positive if belated aspect of 'Cool Britannia' is that British-originated cars have become (again?) among the coolest on the planet. Range Rover, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin - especially the Aston Martin - these are names not only of historic significance but have a new resonance in the contemporary world too...

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