The Dangerous Book for Boys, the runaway sensation that captured the hearts and imaginations of men and boys everywhere, is now a fun and exciting day-to-day calendar. Each "dangerous" day brings you an action-filled game, daring activity, or inspiring trivia that is sure to fascinate and entertain. Learn how to make the greatest paper plane in the world or how to play marbles. Read all about how Morse code works and why dinosaurs became extinct. And discover astonishing facts about famous battles, astronomy, and fossils.The Dangerous Book for Boys 2009is an eclectic collection of things that every adventurous and curious boy should know.* The perfect gift that is sure to appeal to "every boy from eight to eighty," from dads who spent lazy summer afternoons playing stickball and are looking to recapture those nostalgic days to younger generations of sons in search of new adventures."