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The long siege of Troy is over, and the city is in ashes. Heroic King Odysseus can finally return to Ithaca, but the voyage home holds terrors far ...

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. August 1611. Jack Fletcher is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan - his beloved father...

In the best book ever written to prove history teachers wrong, pester parents and disgust grandmothers, you will find out the truth about the Rule...

By day he made thousand of dollars a minute , by night he spent it as fast as he could . Belfort's story of greed , power and excess is a tale that...

Discover all you need to know about World War I and II in this compelling account of the greatest wars the world has seen. Complete with authentic ...

This book tells the stories of all the children whose work fed the nation, kept trains running, and put clothes on everyone’s backs, over the last ...

In 1907, fourteen-year-old Laura, living with her family on one of the stormy Isles of Scilly, records in her diary how her dream of participating ...

Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales, living a life that has almost gone in today's modern world, a life ruled by the seasons a...

Award-winning astronomer Harry Ford will intrigue beginners from ages 10 and up with experiments and projects that explain how a lunar eclipse happ...

This Was a Man is the seventh and final, captivating instalment of the Clifton Chronicles from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer. This Was a Man op...

Thomas Hardy is the acclaimed biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin 'An extraordinary story, beautifully told. Tomalin is the most empathe...

Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World Meet Eleanor Roosevelt, one of America's most powerful first ladies. Learn about her youth and her caree...

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Leader in Troubled Times Through his fireside chats, Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the way the President interacted with h...

As a teenage slave, Harriet Tubman stood up to an overseer who was trying to harm another slave. From that time forward, Tubman (above left) fought...

Young John F. Kennedywas a mischief maker, but he also had a serious side. He cared about people's problems and, with his words, could easily persu...

Take a close-up look at Benjamin Franklin, a jack-of-all-trades who served his country well. Interviews with experts and lively writing deliver the...

Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play baseball in the modern major leagues. That may not seem like a big deal today -- but in 1947...

Ronald Reagan: From Silver Screen to Oval Office A charismatic, yet firm leader, President Ronald Reagan stood up to the Soviet Union and helped en...

A fast-paced biography of Thomas Edison, the scientist who perfected the light bulb and propelled America into the twentieth century.

When ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum he releases Isis, a young Egyptian mummy who has been imprisoned for thousands of y...

This series presents a survey of popular topics from their earliest beginnings to the present day. They explain the development of the subject in r...

Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its prof...

In 1912 the titanic was one of the largest most laxurious steamship ever built. Follow its incredible story, froma shipyard in ireland to the icy a...

Setting his compelling narrative of Tom Paine's life against a vivid social backdrop, John Keane melds together the public and private sides of Pai...