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

Uncover the secret agents of World War 2—an exciting history book for kids 8 to 12 Discover World War 2's hidden heroes and villains. Spies, Code B...

The young, pretty queen who is remembered for supposedly uttering, "Let them eat cake," Marie Antoinette had fun and spent money on beautiful thing...

Celebrate Britain's newest monarch, King Charles III, and uncover his fascinating story in time for his coronation in this kid's biography.In honou...

What Are We Fighting For? is a poetry collection that explores the concept of war in a brilliantly accessible way for younger readers.Fascinating a...

In A Gentleman of Color, Julie Winch provides a vividly written, full-length biography of James Forten, one of the most remarkable men in 19th-cent...

Poems from the Second World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts and family and frien...

From sacred cats to the invention of toothpaste, Blue Peter Award winning author David Long takes readers on an intriguing investigati...

Ah ha me hearties. So you're thinking of running away to experience life on a gorgeous pirate galleon. Well, before you book your one-way ticket be...

Discover the fascinating history of African and Caribbean communities in Britain, from pre-Roman times to the 21st Century.Newly updated, The Histo...

For the first title in this series, Kunstler's paintings bring history to life with vivid, high-action portrayals of the primary events that won Am...

When was the Iron Age, and how did people make iron? This book lays out the answers and much more, using photographs, clear step-by-step illustrati...

This simple information book uncovers the history of Stone Age people and how they lived, from their clothing and houses to monuments such as Stone...

Find out what life was really like in Ancient Rome through the adventures of a wealthy Roman businessman named Petronius, and his family. Watch gla...

A fascinating information book about the history of the Celts and how they lived, full of facts, illustrations and photographs of historical arte...