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Product Description: A fascinating and informative look at the colourful history of England from bestselling author and illustrator, Richard Brassey.This is the history of England, told with Richard's trademark humour and verve, and illustrated in full colour on every page...read more

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9781444014952 | Orion Childrens Books, July 26, 2016, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A fascinating and informative look at the colourful history of England from bestselling author and illustrator, Richard Brassey.

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Product Description: This is a colourful history of the World Cup from the author of THE STORY OF THE OLYMPICS. From the first tournament in Uruguay to England's legendary 1966 win and beyond, with red cards, penalty shoot-outs and goals galore, there are fun facts football fans can use to impress their family and friends...read more

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9781444009460 | Gardners Books, April 10, 2014, cover price $8.15 | About this edition: This is a colourful history of the World Cup from the author of THE STORY OF THE OLYMPICS.

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9781444000566, titled "Nessie The Loch Ness Monster" | Reissue edition (Orion Childrens Books, September 1, 2012), cover price $9.99
9781858813097 | Dolphin, February 1, 2003, cover price $8.99

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Product Description: Between April and July 2012, extensive celebrations will celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Queen's reign. Following the approach of NESSIE (sales approaching 250,000 copies) and GREYFRIARS BOBBY (100,000 copies sold), Richard Brassey provides insight into the life of the woman who soon will be our longest-reigning monarch - with fun facts, hilarious anecdotes and fascinating info...read more

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9781444001273 | Orion Pub Co, April 5, 2012, cover price $8.20 | About this edition: Between April and July 2012, extensive celebrations will celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Queen's reign.

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9781444001426 | Gardners Books, September 1, 2011, cover price $31.40

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9781444000481 | Gardners Books, September 1, 2011, cover price $12.25

For centuries, all over the world, dreamers and draughtsmen have wanted to explore the unknown; to go further than anyone before them, and to get there faster. No matter how vast the desert, or deep the ocean, or wide the canyon, or high the clouds someone, somewhere has been inspired to go one step beyond; for good reasons and bad. This has resulted in some ingenious, dangerous, disastrous and downright weird modes of transport. Here's a book full of some of the most amazing modes of transport ever invented - from moon buggies to jet planes to walking statues - and stories about the people who dared to dream them up.

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9781842556184 | Orion Pub Co, October 1, 2008, cover price $22.95

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9781842557006 | Orion Pub Co, September 18, 2008, cover price $12.90 | About this edition: For centuries, all over the world, dreamers and draughtsmen have wanted to explore the unknown; to go further than anyone before them, and to get there faster.

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We live in the ghost capital of the world - and here is your definitive guide to all things spooky!

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9781842555279 | Orion Pub Co, October 6, 2006, cover price $11.70 | About this edition: We live in the ghost capital of the world - and here is your definitive guide to all things spooky!

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Battleaxe or brave beyond belief? Discover the real Boudica.

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9781842552346 | Orion Pub Co, April 20, 2006, cover price $6.65 | About this edition: Battleaxe or brave beyond belief?

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9781842552384 | Orion Pub Co, March 1, 2006, cover price $6.75

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Presents the life of Guy Fawkes, with emphasis on his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the British Houses of Parliament during the reign of James the first.

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9781842552315 | Orion Pub Co, October 30, 2005, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Presents the life of Guy Fawkes, with emphasis on his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the British Houses of Parliament during the reign of James the first.

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9781842552339 | Orion Pub Co, August 1, 2005, cover price $8.99

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Product Description: Despite being seasick, Nelson became England's greatest naval commander. He lost an arm and the sight in one eye, and his coat was covered in medals for his victories. When he died, his body was pickled in a barrel of brandy and he was hero-worshipped by a grateful nation...read more

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9781842552353 | Orion Pub Co, August 1, 2005, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Despite being seasick, Nelson became England's greatest naval commander.

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Spanning nearly 3000 years, and including stories as up to date as that of Band Aid, this collection presents 100 stories of Britain's past that children used to grow up on - stories like King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes and Bonnie Prince Charlie.
By Richard Brassey (illustrator)

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9781858818764 | New edition (Orion Pub Co, August 19, 2004), cover price $23.50 | About this edition: Spanning nearly 3000 years, and including stories as up to date as that of Band Aid, this collection presents 100 stories of Britain's past that children used to grow up on - stories like King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes and Bonnie Prince Charlie.

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Product Description: The whole world went mad with Beatlemania. Every record the Fab Four made went straight to number one. They were the Toppermost of the Poppermost! Richard Brassey's Brilliant Brits series covers famous English personalities, combining colorful drawings, lively captions, and interesting trivia to create a fascinating glimpse into the life of each figure covered...read more

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9781842552292 | Orion Pub Co, March 1, 2004, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: The whole world went mad with Beatlemania.

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Product Description: From the day he started kicking a ball around as a skinny little boy, to his position as captain of the England team and scorer of one of the greatest goals ever, David Beckham's story is an inspiring one. Richard Brassey's Brilliant Brits series covers famous English personalities, combining colorful drawings, lively captions, and interesting trivia to create a fascinating glimpse into the life of each figure covered...read more

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9781842552308 | Orion Pub Co, March 1, 2004, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: From the day he started kicking a ball around as a skinny little boy, to his position as captain of the England team and scorer of one of the greatest goals ever, David Beckham's story is an inspiring one.

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Describes the life and reign of the sixteenth-century English monarch known for effecting the separation of England from the Church of Rome and for his many wives.

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9781842552162 | Dolphin, March 1, 2004, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Describes the life and reign of the sixteenth-century English monarch known for effecting the separation of England from the Church of Rome and for his many wives.

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Product Description: This is a really fun introduction to Shakespeare's life and works, with a vivid picture of life in Elizabethan Stratford and London. Richard Brassey's Brilliant Brits series covers famous English personalities, combining colorful drawings, lively captions, and interesting trivia to create a fascinating glimpse into the life of each figure covered...read more

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9781842552285 | Orion Pub Co, March 1, 2004, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: This is a really fun introduction to Shakespeare's life and works, with a vivid picture of life in Elizabethan Stratford and London.

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Product Description: A princess who was saved from marrying by miraculously growing a beard, a saint who sat on a pillar for 20 years, another who survived being swallowed by a dragon, a girl who sailed to Cornwall on a leaf after missing the boat - these are some of the characters in this astonishing book, alongside the more famous St Francis, St George and St Christopher...read more

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9781842550199 | Trafalgar Square Books, October 1, 2003, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A princess who was saved from marrying by miraculously growing a beard, a saint who sat on a pillar for 20 years, another who survived being swallowed by a dragon, a girl who sailed to Cornwall on a leaf after missing the boat - these are some of the characters in this astonishing book, alongside the more famous St Francis, St George and St Christopher.

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9781842550823 | Orion Pub Co, October 1, 2003, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: A princess who was saved from marrying by miraculously growing a beard, a saint who sat on a pillar for 20 years, another who survived being swallowed by a dragon, a girl who sailed to Cornwall on a leaf after missing the boat - these are some of the characters in this astonishing book, alongside the more famous St Francis, St George and St Christopher.

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Product Description: Stories about Oliver Cromwell, the Moonrakers, the Plague, the Great Fire of London, Glencoe, the South Sea Bubble, Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Battle of Trafalgar, all taken from BRITANNIA: 100 STORIES FROM BRITISH HISTORY. These wonderful stories - each followed by a note explaining the historical facts - are a great read and are illustrated with black-and-white versions of Richard Brassey's exciting illustrations to the original book...read more

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9781858818948 | Orion Pub Co, February 1, 2003, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Stories about Oliver Cromwell, the Moonrakers, the Plague, the Great Fire of London, Glencoe, the South Sea Bubble, Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Battle of Trafalgar, all taken from BRITANNIA: 100 STORIES FROM BRITISH HISTORY.

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Product Description: These stories from Geraldine McCaughrean's larger work Britannia: 100 Great Stories from British History are about Stevenson's Rocket, Grace Darling, Dr Barnardo, the Titanic, women's suffrage, the Jarrow Marchers, Dunkirk, and much more.

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9781858818955 | Dolphin, February 1, 2003, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: These stories from Geraldine McCaughrean's larger work Britannia: 100 Great Stories from British History are about Stevenson's Rocket, Grace Darling, Dr Barnardo, the Titanic, women's suffrage, the Jarrow Marchers, Dunkirk, and much more.

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Surveys the history of Ireland, from prehistoric times to the present, and introduces notable people, places, and things.

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9781858818481 | Orion Pub Co, October 1, 2001, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Surveys the history of Ireland, from prehistoric times to the present, and introduces notable people, places, and things.

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9781858818498 | Orion Pub Co, October 1, 2001, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Surveys the history of Ireland, from prehistoric times to the present, and introduces notable people, places, and things.

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Product Description: The story of Scotland from the Ice Age to the Vikings, the Picts and the Romans, to Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Flora Macdonald, Sir Walter Scott, Logie Baird, Keir Hardie and many more famous Scots up to the present day...read more

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9781858816678, titled "The Story of Scotland" | Gardners Books, February 4, 1999, cover price $16.45 | About this edition: The story of Scotland from the Ice Age to the Vikings, the Picts and the Romans, to Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Flora Macdonald, Sir Walter Scott, Logie Baird, Keir Hardie and many more famous Scots up to the present day.

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9781858815497, titled "The Story of Scotland" | Orion Childrens Books, February 1, 1999, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: The story of Scotland from the Ice Age to the Vikings, the Picts and the Romans, to Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Flora Macdonald, Sir Walter Scott, Logie Baird, Keir Hardie and many more famous Scots up to the present day.

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THE STORE DETECTIVE works on many levels.There's the fun of identifying all the characters,following the clues and solving the mystery.And pressing the buttons to make the lift go up and down is a wonderful game in itself.

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9781858812786 | Gardners Books, July 27, 1998, cover price $16.45
9780152014094 | Harcourt Childrens Books, January 1, 1998, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: THE STORE DETECTIVE works on many levels.

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Hardcover:

9781858814117 | Gardners Books, September 22, 1997, cover price $16.45

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