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

Take an incredible voyage on the Beagle with Charles Darwin. Explore its relevance to the people who built it and the lives that they led. Stunning...

Find out about the costumes and weaponry of Europe's crusading knights, and take a glimpse at the fearless Samurai warriors of Japan. Meet the humb...

See what life was like for the colonists who made the journey across the wilderness, and the natives who were confronted by these newcomers. You ca...

This book looks at how people lived and worked through the ages. It is a visual guide to beliefs, trade, culture, entertainment, food and farming i...

Discovering the people and places of long ago. Great cities built and destroyed, wars lost and won, the birth of new religions - this book reveals ...

Ahoy there, me hearties! Explore the exciting world of pirates and buccaneers - who they were, how they lived, and their swashbuckling deeds. If ...

Here is a lively and educational childrens book about the great (and sometimes surprising) inventions that created our 21st-century world, and the ...

Coinciding with the British Museum exhibition Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds in May 2016, this is the sensational story of two magnificent anci...

100 Facts Explorers presents a detailed look at the whole of exploration for children aged 7+, from the amazing travels of the Ancient Greeks and E...

Step inside a Viking town and discover for yourself what it was like to live and work in this bustling centre of long-distance trade. Admire the we...

How did Islam start? What weapons did Islamic warriors use? Where was the 'Round City'? Who invented the elephant clock? This book helps children a...

Step into the time of the Roman Empire, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 370 exciting pictures. You can travel back through the centuries to ...

Coinciding with the British Museum exhibition Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds in May 2016, this is the sensational story of two magnificent anci...

Following Historium, the latest edition in the Welcome to the Museum series, comes this fantastic companion activity book. Bursting with fascinatin...