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After his wildly successful foray into tailoring, Archie is very much in need of a rest. Join him as he packs his essentials and embarks on his dre...

See the very first weapons ever made, the armor worn by medieval knights, the battledress of a Japanese samurai, the guns used by the soldiers, fro...

The first of Palin's highly acclaimed travel trilogy, Around the World in 80 Days finds the former Monty Python comic swapping his dead parrot for ...

Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what h...

THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER 'Warmly funny, dry and mischievous . . . Genuine and brilliant.' Daily Mail Paul O'Grady is one of Britain's very best ...

Aunt Flossie and her memorable collection of hats—and hear her stories about days of long ago, when she was young. At times touching and poignant, ...

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a ...

With informative captions, a glossary and an index, this book introduces readers to the golden age of piracy in the early 1700s. The book explains ...

This title is about being a humble farmer in Ancient Egypt - one of the many thousands who have been enlisted to help build a giant pyramid for the...

You are Marius and looking for a life of adventure you join the Roman Army. Through a lifetime of campaigns and battles you come face to face with ...

The books in 'The Danger Zone' series transport the reader back to the grisliest times and places in history. The first-person narrative puts the r...

This title can be used as a background approach to wider issues in Victorian times, such as class divides, daily life and the position of men and w...

Featuring cartoon-style illustrations and a different narrative approach, this book aims to encourage readers to get emotionally involved with the ...

With informative captions, a glossary and an index, this book tells the story of the first and only voyage of the ill-fated RMS Titanic through the...

The year is 1842, and you have been taken from your mother in London to work in a cotton mill in smoky Manchester. The work is hard and dangerous: ...

Tracing the architectural and social history of the cathedral, with one eye on the variety of things that could go very, very wrong, Avoid Working ...

Revealing facts about the awesome ancients, their groovy gods, potty pyramids and their mad mummies, this book also tells how a hunted hippo got hi...

Terry Deary returns to one of the most popular of the Horrible Histories topics and reveals more disgusting details about the awesome ancients, the...

Brilliant, brave, controversial, combative, innovatory, intellectual - just how do you become Janet Street-Porter? Born in working-class Fulham to ...

On November 4, 2008, a new day dawned when Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. Hope for the World celebrates that great man, a...

This simplified biography of Beatrix Potter and the history of the Peter Rabbit book is ideal for the younger reader.

*Snapshot with vital information *Fun Facts sprinkled throughout *Bold, captivating graphics *Large, action-packed photos *Short, engaging sentence...

The house on Mary Street, Carson City, Nevada is the only place five-year-old Jennifer Lauck will ever call home. It's where the sky is deep blue, ...

On an overcast April day in 2003, David and James Livingston raced against each other in the 149th Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. Watched by over seve...