The tricks, stunts, thrills and spills of boarding add up to a culture that is addictively cool. Make sure it's on your radar! Look inside to find a star story about skate legend Tony hawk, discover some awesome boarding tips during our 5-minute interview with a skate pro, and experience the exhilarating rush of mountainboarding!

The high-adrenalin thrill of freestyle BMX is creating a stir on the extreme sports scene. Make sure it's on your radar! Look inside to find the real life story of young BMX pro, a 5-minute interview with a biking expert who provides the low-down on this awesome sport, plus step by step guides to super BMX stunts and moves! Are you on the radar?

Covering all aspects of celebrity photography - from photojournalism and fashion shoots to portrait photography and paparazzi - this book looks at the sides to celebrity photography. As well as taking a look at the day-to-day schedule of photographers of the stars, this book also investigates more controversial aspects of the job, such as retouching or 'airbrushing' of images and whether or not paparazzi photography should be banned.

From red-carpet events and film sets to fashion shoots and even the walk in the park, celebrity stylists are the key to a star looking the part. This Radar title finds out what it takes to be a top-of-the-range stylist, why they are considered the real trendsetters and what their tricks are to making outfits look that extra bit more stunning. Also included are an interview with star stylist Melis Kuris and a profile of personal stylist and creative director to Kylie Minogue, William Baker.

The Radar series delivers streetwise, hot-topic reads for kids aged 9+. With bold, fresh design and topics that have bags of kid-appeal, Radar will encourage children to read - and keep reading!


Top Jobs: Being a Stuntman

by Isabel Thomas

Published 12 April 2012
Falling through glass, being set on fire and high-speed car chases are all in a day's work for stuntmen and -women. This title takes a look behind the scenes and finds out what it takes to be a real-life action hero. It features famous stuntpeople such as Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh, as well as stunt doubles from films such as Spider-man, Indiana Jones and The Green Lantern.