Product Description: This is a handy guide for time-travellers planning a trip back to Ancient Greece. It is full of historical information about interesting tourist attractions important festivals and the fashions and customs of Ancient Greece. It is written in an amusing style with a guide to the best villas, hotels and markets, and internet links to find out more...read more

Product Description: This title provides more than 100 full-colour stickers to stick onto the pages. Packed with fun and fascinating facts about castles, knights and life in the Middle Ages, it includes a map of castles in Europe and features on famous castles, sieges, armour, feasting, heraldry and much, much more...read more

Retells the adventures of an eccentric country gentleman and his companion who set out as knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.

Product Description: This title includes 50 cards packed with fascinating facts and figures about the most important planes, ships, tanks and other vehicles used during the First World War. It is published in association with the Imperial War Museum, London, with many original photographs from their archives...read more

Some call this the greatest American novel ever written. It's the story of a runaway boy, Huck Finn, and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, as they ride a raft on the Mississippi River and encounter mishaps and adventure when they go ashore. Using the graphic novel format, Graphic Classics introduce children to many of the world's greatest literary works. The high quality illustrations complement narratives that are paced to catch and hold young readers' interest. In addition to its story, each Graphic Classic features a thumbnail biography of its author's life, a list of his or her important works, a timeline of historic events that helped inspire the story's conception, general notes, and an index. Both primary and secondary school teachers can use these books to introduce students to a representative selection of our culture's great literary works. Many young readers who are hesitant to delve into the original books will find the graphic novel format an appealing first step toward developing good reading habits. Graphic Classics are available in both paperback and hardcover editions.

Product Description: This is a comprehensive compendium of the British monarchy from the Anglo-Saxons to the present day. It covers the kings and queens from across Britain including biographies, key events in their lifetimes, their personalities, style of kingship and even their hobbies and interests...read more

Product Description: This is a pack of 50 cards crammed with information of some of Britain's most prominent and important sovereigns throughout history, from the time of the Anglo-Saxons to the present day. Each card focuses on a King or Queen with a photograph or portrait on one side and lots of information on the other, including the dates of their reign, some of the main events of their life and a few 'did-you-know' facts...read more

Goes into aspects of the daily lives of knights, including their training, armor, battles, and historical circumstances, and includes examples of famous knights from history and legend.

Product Description: From holding lances to courtly dances, this is the ultimate guide for the novice knight, covering everything from sieges to swordplay, feasts to fights and crusades to courtly love. Written in a lively, humorous and engaging style, this book is packed with a wealth of fascinating and informative historical detail that brings the period of medieval knights and valour vividly to life...read more

Product Description: Tells the story of Britain from the age of the dinosaurs to the Roman invasion. Full of facts, illustrations, photographs, maps and timelines, this title also includes internet links to websites with further information, video clips and animations.

Product Description: An informative guide for budding Roman soldiers, this handbook gives an insider's view of what it was like to fight in the Roman army. All of the gruesome truths of life in the Roman army are revealed including what soldiers used to eat, what they used to wear and how they lived...read more

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Product Description: A box of 50 cards packed with fascinating facts and statistics about the most important military hardware used during the Second World War. Each card features a fact file of important fighter planes, ships, tanks, bombers and rockets...read more

Product Description: This title offers a fascinating look at the history of exploration, from the ancient Greek and Egyptian explorers all the way to man's exploration of the deepest seabeds and farthest planets. It is filled with stories of the world's greatest explorers, including Columbus and Magellan's great journeys, Lewis and Clarks' routes through the American West, Dr Livingstone's exploration of Africa and Scott's expedition through Antarctica...read more

Product Description: A fascinating account of the most destructive conflict the world has ever known, published in association with the Imperial War Museums. Looks at the causes of the war, its great battles and catastrophes, as well as how the war affected nations and people all over the world...read more

Describes the luxurious steamship the Titanic and the tragic events that occurred when it sank in 1912.

Product Description: A century after the Titanic's maiden voyage, this book features all aspects of the ship's famous story, from the construction to its tragic end. Illustrated with fascinating photographs, children can have fun finding and matching the stickers of the Titanic to the correct place on the page...read more

Collects eleven stories of gangsters, with ten set in America in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and one of Australian Ned Kelley of the late 1800s.

Presents eleven true stories about life in London during the aerial bombings of 1940 and 1941.

Describes the search for Tutankhamen's tomb, the probable reasons why it stayed hidden for so long, and its discovery and excavation by Howard Carter.

Discusses how and why castles were built, how they were defended, and who lived in them, and includes historical facts on actual castles.

Introduces the study of human material remains from the past; describes the materials archaeologists examine and the techniques they use; illustrates important finds by continent; and includes a timeline and glossary.