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

40 inspirational stories about what humans can achieve when we work as a team. From inventing vaccines in record time to dealing with climate chang...

Perfect for children aged 8+, this accessible biography of Florence Nightingale's life shows us why we still remember her today - 200 years after h...

Money makes the world go around.... but who looks after our money? Is money good? What are taxes? What is the future of money? These are all very B...

"Extraordinarily touching" - The Jewish ChronicleWhen everything is taken away from you, love and courage are all you have left.In 1938, the Nazis ...

Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in Wo...

  From the bestselling team behind Horrible Histories! It's time to delve into the totally true (sort of) and incredibly ...

Meet the convicts behind Australia's most rascally, dastardly prison escapes. Gifted geniuses or total goofballs? You be the judge! Featuring Moond...

"What you leave behind / Won't leave your mind. / But home is where you find it. / Home is where you find it."Former Children's Laureates Michael R...

Kindra Neely never expected it to happen to her. No one does. Sure, she'd sometimes been close to gun violence, like when the house down the street...

  My Story: D-Day is a vivid account firsthand account of the D-Day landings. It's 1944 when Lieutenant Andy Pope takes part in...

The British railway system is the oldest in the world. This fascinating book describes the early days in the British railway industry, from the ope...

Told in dazzling maps and informative sidebars, Manhattan explores the 400+ year history of Manhattan Island. From before its earliest settlement ...

Vibrant, lush paintings full of elaborate detail bring the capital city to life! A young girl and her friend explore their favorite places in Washi...

Looking at places like The Skeleton Coast in Namibia, Wizard Island in the United States, and The Fairy Tale Route in Germany, The Dark Hedges and ...

The suspenseful, little-known true story of two determined pioneers who made the first dive into the deep ocean.On June 6, 1930, engineer Otis Bart...

A proud, empowering introduction to African American history that celebrates and honors enslaved ancestors Your story begins in Africa. Your Afric...

Born into poverty, Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) rose to become the nation’s seventh president and the founder of the Democratic Party. When the War o...

Explore some of the world's greatest gadget disasters up close! Find out how each gadget failed, what went wrong with its design or manufacture, an...

The Ancient Egyptians are famous for their pyramids and mummies, but how have these ancient times impacted your life today? From hieroglyphs evolvi...

See some of the world's biggest building blunders up close! Find out how each structure failed, the basic building block that was missed during con...