History & The Past: General Interest (Children's/Teenage)

Have you ever wondered what your street was like thousands of years ago? This illustrated history book for children takes you on a 12,000-year jour...

 Mind Like Mine is a stigma-busting collection of biographies of some of the great people from history who have lived with mental health conditions...

In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of butterfly metamorphosis-years before any other scientist publi...

The title says it all: Bad Girls of Fashion explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change perceptions, ...

Travel back to Ancient Greece to see magnificent marble temples, bustling market places, and to find out about Ancient Greek cities, armies, myths ...

For Ages 8 and upImagine having to argue in court that you are a person. Yet this is just what Standing Bear, of the Ponca Indian tribe, did in Oma...

One of the most iconic characters in children’s literature Hergé’s classic comic book creation Tintin is one of t...

  A gripping first-hand account of life back home during World War Two. Britain has been fighting the Second World War for f...

  Tail-wagging tales of real-life Rebel Dogs! Get your paws on the stories and secrets of some of history's most heroic hounds...

Discover all the foul facts about the history of the highlands with history's most horrible headlines: Scottish edition. The mas...

  Home Again tells twelve moving tales of homecoming, centred around VE Day. With a foreword by Forces Sweetheart, Dame Vera L...

In this delightfully original take on nonfiction, bestselling author Dave Eggers tackles one of the most famous architectural and natural monuments...

With today's climate change, our environmental problems aren’t going away any time soon.To Save the Earth looks at the lives of four extraordinary ...

Is resistance un-American? How far should resistance go? Courage and desperation have sparked instances of resistance since the dawn of civilizatio...

This stunning picture book biography of Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson is a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor award.In this lush, acclaimed...

Did you know that the US Star-Spangled Banner was designed by a 17-year-old school boy? Or that the Brazilian flag shows a star constellation of th...

The Great Fire of London destroyed the homes of almost 90 per cent of London's population. Could it have been prevented? From the outbreak of the...

Discover the answers to fascinating questions in these new titles from the History Detective Investigates series. Follow Sherlock Bones on the dete...

A sparklingly funny cautionary tale about the perils of greed – from a multi-award-winning picture book maker! On...