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Stewart Ross
The Middle East is the crucible in which much of the World's most extraordinary conflicts, questions and opportunities are played out. This book explains everything you need to know about…
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A clearsighted, balanced and authoritative explanation of the world's most tragic ongoing conflict, updated for 2024
H.A. Branham, Holly Cain
NASCAR Mavericks recounts the legendary drivers, team owners, wrenches, races, and events that have made NASCAR America's favorite motorsport for more than 75 years.
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William Stewart Ross
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
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Takes a look at Ancient Egypt and what its artefacts tell us. This book explores archaeological sites, artefacts and texts and explains how historians have used these to piece together…
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Far from being merely another puzzle book, the cases found here are inspired by the Sherlock Holmes canon, full of the atmosphere and ambience of 221b Baker Street.
Long Live Mary, Queen of Scots! tells how the queen is stripped of her crown, separated from her baby and imprisoned in a black island castle. There, aided only by…
Eric the Red, a boastful and murderous Viking, has discovered Greenland. He mocks his son Leif, telling him he’ll never be as famous as his father. But Leif has other…
This exciting new History series for Key Stage 2 approaches the stories of familiar characters such as Boudicca and Henry VIII from a fresh, new angle. Imagine if you could…
The famous detective Sherlock Holmes always insists that love gets in the way of cold reason. That is why he is wary of all women… except one! In this famous…
Age range 9 + The Earth was born in fire. Through clear text and brilliant illustrations, this exciting book explains how human beings discovered what fire is, and how they…
Age range 9+ Ideal support for science at primary level. From exploding medicine to fireworks, this book’s careful, step-by-step narrative explains what gunpowder is and how human beings have learned…
Ideal support for science at primary level. From lenses to lasers, this book's careful, step-by-step narrative explains what light is, how scientists gradually learned about it, and how this knowledge…
Ideal support for science at primary level. Adam and Eve to biodiversity, this book's careful, step-by- step narrative explains what evolution is, how we discovered it, and how this discovery…
This exciting new History series for Key Stage 2 approaches the stories of familiar characters such as Henry VIII and Boudicca from a fresh, new angle. Imagine if you could…
The ultimate collection of curious and inventive trivia for all you need to know about the origin of just about everything on the planet.
A young woman stands at the door of a church. She is waiting to get married. When her fiance does not turn up, she begs Sherlock Holmes to help her…
Set in Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago where the Sumerians developed one of the earliest civilisations. Melim and his sister Lagasha disobey their parents and go for a swim in…
The medieval era offered a parade of kings and queens throughout Europe. The handing off of lands from one ruler to the next often caused upset among the law-making councils…
A new series detailing major conflicts of the 20th and early 21st centuries presented as extended timelines, written by experienced childrens’ authors who specialise in modern history texts. Ages: 10+…
Titles in this series help students to develop the skills they need to research history topics successfully. Each title shows students how to evaluate, organize and use information and primary…
Stewart Ross’s book, which represents the distillation of thirty years of professional experience in industrial advertising and promotion, is the only comprehensive and up-to-date working guide available for advertising, sales…
Ideal support for science at primary level. From germs to miracle cures and resistance, this book's careful, step-by-step narrative explains what antibiotics are, how we discovered them, and the many…
In a post-apocalyptic world where no-one lives beyond their teenage years, the mysterious Roxanne arrives in Cyrus’s village, fleeing the barbaric Zeds. She claims to be on a mission that…
This story of King Alfred the Great opens in the winter of 877, in the Danish camp at Gloucester. Guthrum decides to attack Wessex and succeeds in taking the Saxons…
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The story of the first marathon The story of Cimon, the legendary young athlete who ran to Athens with the news of the Greek’s victory over the Persians at the…
One wind-swept winter’s evening Arden Tregorey listens enthralled as his father tells him of his ‘golden secret’ and of how he once outwitted a notorious one-eared pirate. The next day…
Beware the King is the story of England’s brutal monarch, Henry VIII, and his love for Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn is prettiest of all the ladies-in-waiting at the court of…
Dear Mum, I Miss You tells the story of evacuation during the London Blitz. Grace is determined to stay in London with her mother. But when their Battersea home is…
Set in Ancient Egypt, this book is a combination reader and information source. Timeliners aims to put the story back into history. This titles features Hatsheput, the queen who is…
What If the Bomb Goes Off? tells the story of the Coventry Blitz. While out hunting for German spies, Bill and his brother find an unexploded bomb. When his friends…
Sink the Armada! begins in Spain with the Duke of Medina-Sidonia receiving a most unwelcome letter. Meanwhile, in distant England, young Tom Barnecut dreams of sailing into battle with his…
When bandits destroy Pettra’s village, she steals the mysterious Token and escapes into the forest with her little brother. But with Judoc, a sinister druid, on their trail, their only…
For all those puzzle aficionados who have long been devotees of the great detective's ingenious methods and students of his science of deduction, this book is finally your chance to…
Age range 9+ Ideal support for science at primary level. From kites to space craft, this book’s careful, step-by-step narrative explains what an aeroplane is and how human beings have…
Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a balanced account of one of the most tragic and controversial situations in the modern world.
The Mystery of the Masks takes place in Athens, the most important city in ancient Greece, around 350 BCE. On the eve of the Great Dionysia festival, Timon and Philaron…
Age range 9 + From lightening to light bulbs, this book’s careful, step-by-step narrative explains what electricity is and how human beings have learned to use it for their benefit…
Age range 9+ Ideal support for science at primary level. From blocks of wood to 3-D laser printers, this book’s careful, step-by-step narrative explains what printing is and how human…
Nesta historia de baleias, tres narvais adoraveis - os irmaos espeto, caracola e toco - descobrem um navio pirata naufragado e tem a engenhosa ideia de usar partes do barco…
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With the help of masterful cross sections, dramatic storytelling, and sidebars that highlight key concepts, places, and technology, readers can immerse themselves in 14 historic expeditions, from Leif Erikson’s journey…
Ross Stewart, John Clancy, Greg Naughtin, Andrew Southey
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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The longest-reigning monarch in European history!
If the news about Harry, William, Kate, Meghan, and the rest of the British royals has you wondering about how this latest generation of…
