RBA National Geographic

FOREIGN RIGHTS

MagazinesRBA and National Geographic maintain a solid partnership that has been long and firmly

well established. We were the first licensee to publish the NG magazine in a language

other than English and, since then, we are the only licensee who has developed and

continues to develop more NG content in the entire world.

In addition to publishing the NG magazine in Spain and Portugal, RBA has created two

other monthly magazines: VIAJES NG (TRAVEL) (2000) and HISTORY NG (2003), both

with content entirely developed by ourselves. At present we publish National Geographic

History in Spain, Italy and Portugal and have licensed them in France (Le Monde),

Holland (G+J) and the US (National Geographic).

Also, worthy to note, in the year 2000 RBA was the first company to create monographic

special issues. A concept, which a few years later was imported by National Geographic

into the US. We have, since then, developed and published hundreds of them, which have

also been translated into several.

On a final note, we have developed hundreds of books for trade, with the branding NG,

both for adults and children, surpassing sales of over 15 million copies worldwide.

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HISTORYNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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Origins of Man

The ancient civilizations of Egypt

Greece

Rome

Events of the Middle Ages

Modern Times and other Cultures

National Geographic History is the

magazine which, with meticulous editorial

content of National Geographic, transports

you to different periods in history.

Discover the most fascinating periods in history using

investigative research put together by the finest, most

sought after authorities in their field. Retold with

photographs, historic reconstructions and high quality

maps, all with the logo and layout of National Geographic.

100 pages · 207 x 272 mm · Color

Licensed in France (Le monde), the Netherlands (G+J)

and the United States (National Geographic).

TRAVEL NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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Discover with Travel National Geographic:

Weekend escapades where you can discover

and choose trips based on cultural interests in

a specific region or a particular destination.

Travels in Europe filled with ideas,

recommendations, itinerary proposals

and maps to go along with each city.

Grand destinations of the world, island

getaways and proposed tours to the

largest natural parks

All presented with breathtaking

photographs, accompanied by the

international quality and prestige

that is the National Geographic stamp.

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Travel Ideas for city getaways, exploring the most

intriguing places in Europe or discovering routes

positioned on culture, history or nature.

124 pages · 207 x 272 mm · Color

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MATHEMATICSSCIENCE

Why is the world the way it is? This question has

been enthralling mankind since time immemorial.

Science is an attempt to answer this great question.

Without the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics,

universal gravitation or geometry, it is impossible to

understand the world and the way we live today.

In each special issue you will immerse yourself in the

live and time of a great genius.

Here you will find themes and theories that will

open your eyes to the world. Simple explanations

and rational arguments make the text easy to follow,

while box features look at historical background and

bring an insight into how mathematics is a part

of our everyday lives.

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Einstein

Heisenberg

Newton

Max Planck

Kepler

Schrödinger

Galileo

Marie Curie

The Golden Ratio.

The beautiful language of mathematics.

Mathematicians, Spies and Hackers.

Coding and encription

The Fourth Dimension.

Is our universe the shadow of another?

The Secrets of ∏

Why the circle can’t be squared?

Pythagoras’ Theorem.

The geometry of squares and triangles.

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HISTORY

BooksAn innovative work of reference, with multiple

graphic resources (maps, drawings, images,

infographics) and the finest National Geographic

photographs. Created by a multidisciplinary team

of archaeologists, historians, philologists, geographers,

cartographers, photographers, illustrators and editors.

164 pages · 205 x 270 mm · color

The First Pharaohs

Classical Greece

Legendary Civilizations

Rome. The ages of a city

Great Inventions

Knights Templar

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The civilization on the Nile was revealed in all

its originality during the formation of the

pharaonic state. The unification of the country

of the Two Lands (Upper and Lower Egypt)

was an eventful process. A book about this

fascinating period covering nearly 2,000 years

of history and whose pharaohs erected

the magnificent pyramids of Ancient Egypt.

THE FIRST PHARAOHS

Other available titles:

· The Egyptian Empire

· The Origins of Greece

· Classical Greece

· The Roman Republic

· Rome Conqueers the Mediterranean

· Medieval Europe

· Expansion of Islam


· Coding and encryption

· Prime Numbers

· When Straight Lines Curve

· Pythagoras’ Theorem

· The Fourth Dimension

· The Secrets of ∏

· Choices and Strategies

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The beautiful language of mathematics

Can you express beauty in mathematical terms?

Since ancient times, the golden section (or golden

ratio) has been considered a yardstick for beauty,

and mathematicians have applied their theories to all manner

of visual delights. Discover, too, how the series of numbers

identified by Fibonacci obeys the rules of the golden ratio.

THE GOLDEN RATIO

Cédric VillaniMédaille Fields 2010, and director

of the Henri-Poincaré institute.

Follow us exploring

this mathematical world,

which is no other than

the actual world

we all live in

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Illustrations of geometric principles, graphs and

other diagrams.

Some things you will learn with these books:

· The discoveries of some of the most brilliant minds:

Pythagoras, Euclid, Fibonacci, Newton, Gauss…

· The fascinating enigmas that have challenged

mathematicians through the ages.

· The connections between mathematics and everyday life.

· How data processing and representations of statistics

can make it easier to read the figures –or distort the truth.

Formulae and equations stand out

in the text.

Box features give details of important

mathematicians.

Photographs make the

connection between

maths and the real world.

140 to 160 pages · 218 x 280 mm · Color 144 to 160 pages · 160 x 230 mm · Color or b/w

Rights sold to Germany and The Netherlands.

The photos, of great aesthetic

quality, come from prestigious National

Geographic photographers.

Some things you will learnwith these books:

· 1912-1915: the discovery of Machu Picchu, the city of the Incas.

· 1923: the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

· 1925 and afterwards: the modern study of the Mayan civilization

· 1939-1946: the discovery of the civilization.

The text, written by specialists, presents the chronological

narration of the events.

The drawings and other infographic resources help readers to understand

aspects of the general text.

Boxes to complement and deal with the subjects in depth.

Remarkable for the breadth of its vision, combining eras and areas

of civilization, the series “History National Geographic” is one of the most

ambitious works ever created by this excellent publishing house.

Jacques Le Goff

OVER 1.000.000 COPIES SOLD

OVER 500.000 COPIES SOLD

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A scientific committee

of international prestige

including Nobel Prize

winners such as Samuel

Chao Chung Ting.

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The face of Albert Einstein is one of the most recognizable

of the last century, alongside film stars or major political

figures. Now that the echoes of the troubled period he lived

through have died down, his extraordinary scientific

contributions endure: above all else, the theory of relativity,

which changed our notions

of space and time forever.

EINSTEIN.THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY152 pages · 155 x 232 mm · b/w


· Newton. The Law of Gravity

· Max Planck. Quantum Theory

· Heisenberg. The Uncertainty Principle

· Schrödinger. Quantum Paradoxes

· Feynman. Quantum Electrodynamics

Formulas and graphics highlighted in the text.Box feautres give

details of important theories.

Clearly written text explains the

theories and scientific processes. Illustrations

and images of the scientists and their lives.

A scientific committee

comprised of world-

renowned prestige scientist

including pre-eminent

academics and Nobel Prize

winners, such as

Sheldon Lee Glashow.


· Dark matter

· Black holes

· The Higgs boson

· Quantum space-time

· Parallel universes

· Emptiness and nothingness

· Neutrinos

· The arrow of time


· Elementary particles

· The most astonishing cosmic objects: black holes, galaxy clusters…

· The origin of matter and energy

· The most audacious theories: quantum space-time, multiverses, string theory.

Explanatory drawings of mechanisms or phenomena of nature.

The most spectacular infographs, carefully conceived, written and made.

Boxes with which to look in depth at scientific concepts or the life and work of the great geniuses.

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· Dynamics and gravity

· Chemistry Electricity

and magnetism

· Atoms and particles

· Quantum theory

· Cosmology

· Applied mathematics

· Pure mathematics: Forms, numbers and ratios explained by Pythagoras or Carl Friedrich Gauss.

DARK MATTER

In recent decades it has been found that a new

type of matter, radically different from the traditional

one, spreads all over the universe. Called “dark”, as

it is so difficult to detect it. Along with the no less

mysterious “dark energy”, it constitutes 95% of the

total content of the cosmos. So dense are they that

the fate of the entire universe depends on them.

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DISCOVERINGTHE WORLD 25 pages · 190 x 190 mm · Color

Elementary knowledge that is fun and up-to-date... Discover the world with this fantastic series!

With their first National Geographic books, the youngest

of the family will learn concepts and subjects in the most

entertaining way. They can take a trip through the jungle,

discover what dolphins are like or how the body works,

among many other subjects.

The titles in this series are:

· The Jungle

· The Dolphin

· The Castle

· The Human Body

· The Farm

· The Dinosaur

BOOKS THAT AWAKE THE CURIOSITY OF THE

SMALLEST ONES TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

DETAILED FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND ENTERTAINING

WAY TO LEARN HOW OUR BODY WORKS.

LEARN THE NAMES AND PARTS OF THE ANATOMY

WHILE DISCOVERING USEFUL ADVICE AND

MUCH MORE.

A QUALITY WORK WITH ACCURATE 3D

ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE HUMAN BODY288 pages · 230 x 301 mm · Color

A great anatomy atlas for all the family

Everything you have always wondered about your body

(and surprises you could not even have dreamed) in a

great anatomy atlas for the whole family. A surprising

look at the body’s eleven main systems: digestive, immune,

skeletal, nervous, etc. From the cell to the mind in eleven

fascinating stages!

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INCREDIBLEDINOSAURS288 pages · 230 x 301 mm · Color

Meet the Dinosaurs!

We tend to use the word “dinosaur” for any prehistoric

creature, but, actually, only the ones that lived on land

deserve the name. Ancient flying reptiles are known as

pterosaurs and there were many types of marine reptiles,

such as plesiosaurs, mosasaurs, ichtyosaurs and nothosaurs.

Within this sumptuous book and its dynamic layout of graphics

and intricate illustrations discover all the secrets of each

type of pre-historic creature.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DINOSAURS.

AMAZING GRAPHICS AND FULL COLOR IMAGES.

THIS WORK WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE

COLLABORATION OF EXPERT BIOLOGISTS

AND PALEONTOLOGISTS.

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THE ULTIMATE WORK DEDICATED TO INSECTS,

SPIDERS AND OTHER BUGS.

THE WORK OF EXPERT BIOLOGISTS, ENTOMOLOGISTS

AND EDUCATORS THAT COMBINES SCIENTIFIC RIGOR

AND FUN.

THE TEXTS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A METICULOUS

SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

AMAZING BUGS288 pages · 230 x 301 mm · Color

The fascinating world of spiders and insects!

An exceptional work that will teach children -and their

parents, too- everything about the complexity

of the lives of these amazing and, in many

cases, worrying, creatures. More than 800

full-color illustrations include impressively intricate

drawings of the anatomy of each bug, striking

hyperrealistic recreations of their habitat,

and interesting photographs that will reveal

data about their attack and defense

techniques, camouflage, food, courtship,

reproduction and life cycle.

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A stunning planner with breathtaking photographs

capturing the myriad of colors from all corners

of the world.

MathematicsFermat’s EnigmaThe quest to prove Fermat’s last theorem

A New Look at the WorldFractal geometry

From Tube Maps to Neural NetworksThe theory of graphs

Rhythm, Resonance and HarmonyThe mathematics of music

Pushing the LimitsInfinitesimal calculus

Absolute Certainty and other fictionThe secrets of statistics

From the Abacus to the Digital RevolutionCounting and computation

Tricking the SensesThe science of perspective

Creating a Perfect BalanceSymmetry in maths

Into InfinityDiscovering a world without end

Risks and HypothesesThe mathematics of economics

Creative MathematicsThe amazing workings of the mind

Numerical Notoriety0,666 and other beastly numbers

The Folly of ReasonMathematical logic and its paradoxes

A Thousand Faces of GeometryThe beauty of polyhedrons

Taking ChancesThe rules of probability

Eternal ChallengesThe great conundrums of mathematics

Discovering ways of mapping the world.Maps and Cartography

The Poetry of NumbersRevealing beauty in maths

The Mathematics of LifeNumbers in biology and ecology

Curious CurvesEllipses, hyperbolae and other geometric wonders

Cosmic CalculationsAstronomy and mathematics

The Secret Life of NumbersMathematical curiosities

The Butterfly and the TornadoChaos theory and climate change

Minds, Machines and MathematicsArtificial intelligence

The Art of CountingEnumeration and combinatorics

Amazing AlgebraGroup theory and its applications

Distorting and Transforming ShapesMathematical topology

Women in MathsFrom Hypatia to Emmy Noether

Getting the Measure of the WorldCalendars, lengths and mathematics

Mathematical NetworkInternational groups and congresses

Planet MathsA numerical tour for everyone

ScienceGalileo. Scientific method. Nature expressed in formulas.

Pithagoras. Pithagoras’ Theorem. A secret enclosed behind three walls.

Gauss. The theory of numbers. If numbers could speak.

Archimedes. Archimedes’ Principle. Eureka! The pleasure of invention.

Euclid. Geometry. Mathematics boasts a figure.

Laplace. Celestial mechanics. This Universe works like clockwork!

Turing. Computation. Thinking about thinking machines.

Copernicus. Heliocentrism.. Turning round the Earth.

Gödel. The theorems of incompleteness. Intuition has its logic.

Marie Curie. Radioactivity and the elements. Radioactivity and the Elements

Faraday. Electromagnetic Induction. The science of high tension.

Euler. Mathematical analysis. Numbers to the limit.

Dalton. Atomic theory. How much do atoms weigh?

Rutherford. The atomic nucleus. Atoms have a heart, too.

Fermi. Nuclear energy. Fission makes it strong.

Maxwell. Electromagnetic synthesis. High voltage magnetism.

Leibniz. Infinitesimal calculus. Physics discovers a new language.

Hubble. The expansion of the Universe. The cosmos is growing up.

Lavoisier. Modern chemistry. Revolution is in the air.

Cantor. The infinite in mathematics. The uncountable is what counts.

Kelvin. Classic thermodynamics. Physics is warming up.

Dirac. Antimatter. Matter’s dark reflection.

Meitner. Nuclear fission. Uranium, split in two, equals energy.

Hilbert. The bases of mathematics. In the beginning was the axiom.

Von Neumann. The theory of games. Rock, paper, theorem.

Tesla. Alternating current. Two-way electricity.

Ampère. Classic electrodynamics. Still unidentified electric objects.

Huygens. The wave theory of light. A ray of light trapped in a wave.

Edison. Electric lighting. A truely luminous idea.

Hooke. Hooke’s law. Stretching back into shape.

Riemann. Diferencial geometry. Mathematics crosses borders.

Cosmos

The Mathematics of Life

The Large Structures of the Universe

The Universal Constants

The Big Bang

Symmetry and Supersymmetry

The Evolution of the Universe

The Standard Model of Particles

Nanotechnology

The End of the Universe

Chaos Theory

The Possibility of Time Travel

The Origins of Life

Strings and Super-strings

Exoplanets

Absolute Cold

Quantum Reality

Quarks and Gluons

Artificial Intelligence

Extreme Matter

Stellar Evolution

From Simplicity to Complexity

Information and Entropy

The Anthropic Principle

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PLANNER162 pages · 190 x 240 mm · Color

History

The End of Ancient Egypt

The Civilizations of Mesopotamia

Kingdoms and Empires in the Near East

The Decline of Athens

Alexander’s Empire

The End of the Roman Republic

Imperial Rome

Rome Rules the World

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Splendour of Byzantium

The Christian Kingdoms and the Crusades

New Routes to the Orient

The End of the Middle Ages

The Conquest of America

The Renaissance

The Turkish and Russian Empires

Ming China

The Absolute Monarchies

The Age of Explorations

The Enlightenment

The French Revolution and Napoleon

The 19th Century

The World Wars

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