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

This title lets you step back to the time of shoguns and samurai, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 330 exciting pictures. You can discover th...

Step into the world of the classical Greeks, with 15 step-by-step projects and 350 exciting pictures. You can delve into everyday life in the past ...

This title helps you find out about the land of the pharaohs, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 400 exciting pictures. You can step back in ti...

This title helps you discover the rich heritage of the Indus Valley and the Mughal Empire, with 15 step-by-step projects and 340 pictures. You can ...

Saints are ordinary men and women who touch the world in extraordinary and inspiring ways. Sometimes they prevail, sometimes they come to a tragic ...

Which genius ideas and inventions began in the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages? This period, stretching from the first ancestors of modern humans to th...

Discover the stories of 20 amazing activists who are caring for our planet and its people.Fascinating facts about each activist's life and times ar...

The lives of the ancient Britons were dramatically different from the lives we lead today. There were no large cities, no written languages and for...

For many people the word 'Somme' sums up the carnage and futility of the First World War. The failure of Allied forces to achieve their objectives ...

Discover all about the fascinating lives of some of the most unusual, quirky and eccentric characters in world history! Learn about the horror stor...

A collection of amazing real-life stories about space exploration and adventure.Do you know the true story of ...*The first astronauts to land on t...

Myths and legends are packed full of daring, clever and ruthless men and women. But who was the toughest nut of all? Bursting full of entertain...

Stephen Lawrence was a bright, athletic, young man with high hopes for the future. He lived in south-east London with his parents, younger brother ...

This book''s hero is Darius Antonopoulos, an artist and apprentice printer who left London in 1605 to visit his ancestral home in Greece. What he f...

Get ready...as an adventurous young Viking living in 10th century Norway, you are keen to join other explorers in search of a new life elsewhere. Y...

Explore nature's history with the most visually stunning timeline of life on earth ever created.  Created in association with the Natural History M...

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...

Seized by slave traders, separated from your native tribe, your family and friends, you are put up for sale in the slave market. Your life will be ...

Hats with horns, flying dragons...you may think you know everything there is to know about Vikings, but think again! With stunning visua...