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

A new paperback edition of this popular children's book. We are going on a long mysterious journey to find out what we can about the Island of Ire...

Could you be EXTRAORDINARY? This book will inspire you with the real-life stories of extraordinary people, showcasing a total variety of personalit...

The first railroad was built in the early 19th century and the worlds axis shifted along with it. Since then, revolutionary ideas have changed the...

Fall under the spell of witches throughout the ages in this magical illustrated guide. Magic and witchcraft have fascinated people for thousands o...

Christopher Columbus' astonishing life is a story of inspiration, bravery, incredible achievement and terrible hardship. As the explorer who took t...

Antonio de Padua Maria Severino Lopez de Santa Anna was a man of many titles general in the Mexican army, president, dictator, landowner and admini...

Find out how children lived in Ancient Rome. Meet Velia the Etruscan girl who lived before the Republic was founded, at the origins of Roman civili...

Explore changes in recent history through people's memories, and personal and archive photographs.Many people remember sporting events - whether th...

THE STORY OF THE HUMAN JOURNEY TO SPACELong before anyone had designed a rocket, the Montgolfier brothers were making hot air balloons. In October ...