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Get ready as a young man living in the roman empire, you've heard many stories about far-away lands and people . It soundsexciting but you're about...

This series of hilarious fictional diaries put us inside the heads of hapless figures from history in frazzling situations. Robert, a boy living in...

As a man brought up a British coal-mining village in the 1860s, you have to endure the dangers and difficulties of working underground in a Victori...

Many people think of Jews as victims of a particular sort of racism, not as active participants in the development of racial thinking in the ninete...

As an ancient Egyptian, your body is being prepared for the afterlife. But it's fairly disgusting business, and you can't be sure that you will alw...

It's the end of the 15th century, and your local castle is looking for a jailer. Do you want the job? Your charges will include all sorts of people...

An account of the story of one of the most difficult adventures of all time across the bitterly cold continent of Antarctica. This book charts the ...

It is 1577 and Francis Drake, the Queen of England's favourite adventurer, has been ordered to command a new expedition leaving from Plymouth. Drak...

Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria - tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Antibiotics are medicines that ...

Though most of them are too small to be seen with the naked eye, bacteria are everywhere. They appeared on Earth more than 3 billion years before t...

Imagine a world without books. You would have no information about the world outside, except what you could learn from travellers. You would know n...

We could not live without water. Almost two-thirds of our body weight is water. We rely on it to keep ourselves clean, to keep our bodies nourished...

We depend on electricity in almost everything that we do. It gives us heat, light, transportation and entertainment. Electricity has always existed...

It's a nuisance when it rains on a picnic. It's a tragedy when a tornado destroys a neighbourhood. But our planet would be a very different place i...

Nasty stinging creatures that destroy crops and spread disease - if that's your opinion of insects, read this fascinating book to discover the othe...

We rely on our mobile phones all the time, whether it's to keep in touch with friends, to play games, or to access the Internet. As phones become s...

For thousands of years, nurses have tended to the sick and the wounded. Although they don't get the glory, nurses are just as important as doctors....

Sleep is very mysterious. No one really knows why we do it. And how do we explain all those strange dreams? What scientists do know is that sleepin...

Describes the disadvantages to being one of the many builders during the construction of a Medieval cathedral, including masons and quarrymen, and ...

Suitable for National Curriculum Key Stage 1/2, a title in the YOU'D NEVER BELIEVE IT BUT... series which looks at the nature of lightning. Include...

Text and illustrations presents facts about the five senses, including information about how plants and animals sense their surroundings. Includes ...

The earth is like a spaceship in orbit—it has everything on board that we need to survive: water, food, and air with oxygen. Unlike a space shuttle...

This is one of a series which provides an activity-based introduction to geography, with concepts introduced gradually and simply. The activities a...

he Young Learner's Picture Dictionary has been specially created to help new readers develop vocabulary, reading and spelling skills. Words are org...