Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
SparkPress The Coal Thief
Book SynopsisBrrr! Georgie wakes up to a freezing morning in 1920s Pennsylvania and gets the bad news that there is no coal to heat the farmhouse—and he knows there is no money to buy more, either. Just after he finds this out, along comes his friend Harley, who drags him off on an adventure to find some mysterious “black gold.” Before Georgie can catch his breath, he’s in a pile of trouble—all the way up to his ears! Take a trip back in time and join Georgie in this heartwarming tale of mischief made and lessons learned in America’s storied past. USA Best Book Awards: Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction, FinalistTrade Review2016 International Book Awards: Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction Finalist 2015 USA Book Awards: Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction Finalist 2015 IndieFab Awards: Picture Book (Children's) Finalist "A beautiful book in so many ways, The Coal Thief will leave an impression on many hearts for a long time to come.” —Foreword Reviews "The dialogue between the characters feels natural to the time and place, and the text size and amount, as well as its approachable vocabulary, makes this a good choice for confident early-elementary readers . . . Gallegos’ art is compelling . . . Overall, Georgie is an appealing protagonist, and his adventure may encourage early elementary school readers to read more about why communities like Georgie’s struggled during the 1930s. A beautifully illustrated, realistic slice of history with a likable, repentant thief as its hero." —Kirkus Reviews
£14.34
Museyon Return to the Most Beautiful Village in the World
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£13.29
Owl Hollow Press, LLC Nora and Kettle
£12.34
Mountolive Publishing The Silver Tower: Arthurian Fantasy
£11.39
Tradewind Books The Cariboo Trek of Callum McBay
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£11.60
Dinosaur Books Ltd Stage Fright...: Short Spooky Theatre Stories
Book SynopsisThese spine-tingling stories are all set in the same south London Victorian theatre, but at different points in its history: first in its Victorian heyday, then during World War II and lastly in the 1970s, when it is no longer even a theatre but has been converted into a cinema. Each tale features a different array of compelling theatrical characters just waiting to entertain young readers.
£10.16
BoD - Books on Demand Pepe Flosses Welt voller Worte
£16.11
JR Comics Three Kingdoms Volume 7: The Brotherhood Restored
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£8.49
JR Comics Three Kingdoms Volume 11: The Battle of the Red
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£8.49
JR Comics Three Kingdoms Volume 12: Wagers and Vows
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£8.49
Alpha Edition Six little Bunkers at Captain Bens
£16.11
Lerner Publishing Group Wild Song
£19.89
Barefoot Books Ltd Run Little Chaski Bilingual Arabic English
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£7.99
Barefoot Books Ltd Run Little Chaski Bilingual Bengali English
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£7.99
Barefoot Books Ltd Run Little Chaski Bilingual French English
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£7.99
Barefoot Books Ltd Run Little Chaski Bilingual Portuguese English
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£7.99
Barefoot Books Ltd Run Little Chaski Bilingual Simplified Chinese
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£7.99
Barefoot Books Ltd Run Little Chaski Bilingual Vietnamese English
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£7.99
Raven Song Hard Dogs Night
£18.89
SPCK - Kregel Badge of Honor
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£8.07
SPCK - Kregel Tunnel of Gold
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£8.07
SPCK - Kregel Thick as Thieves An Andrea Carter Book
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£9.49
Kregel Publications,U.S. The Last Ride An Andrea Carter Book
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£9.92
SPCK - Kregel Courageous Love An Andrea Carter Book
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£9.49
Kregel Publications Andrea Carter and More Tales from the Circle C
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£9.00
Jewish Publication Society In the Mouth of the Wolf
Book SynopsisRose Zar was 19 years old when the Nazis invaded her native Poland. Her father urged her to save herself by hiding "in the mouth of the wolf" - or within the enemy itself. She managed to obtain false papers, secretly changing her identity and surviving the Holocaust as maid and nanny for a Nazi SS colonel.
£15.19
Cornell University Press Keeping the Republic
Book SynopsisHow did the ideology that inspired the American Revolution and the US Constitution translate into foreign policy? Robert W. Smith identifies three contending brands of republicanism - classical, whig, and yeoman - that shaped the founders' thinking.Trade ReviewEngagingly written and thoughtful.... Smith's study of the relationship between ideology and foreign policy is persuasive as well as provocative. * American Historical Review *An interesting, valuable, and timely contribution to our understanding of the ideological roots of American foreign policy in the early republic. Smith's comparison between Adams, Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson illuminates the thought of each figure. -- James H. Read, College of St. Benedict and St. John's UniversityIn the first full-scale study of this subject, Smith conclusively demonstrates that the Founders drew on different ideological strands in fashioning their foreign policies. -- Stuart Leibiger, LaSalle UniversityTable of ContentsTable of Contents 1—The Republican World 2—The Arc of Virtue 3—Tillers of the Earth 4—Extending the Sphere 5—The Cause of Liberty 6—The Bolingbrokean Moment 7—Yeoman Virtue and the Wilderness 8—Yeoman Virtue at Sea Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£37.05
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection The Juggler of Our Lady
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£16.10
Getty Trust Publications Brave Cloelia Retold From the Account in the
Book SynopsisIn his History of Early Rome, the ancient historian Livy tells the story of a Roman girl named Cloelia who was taken prisoner by Larth Porsena, the king of the Etruscans. Cloelia came up with a daring plan of escape from her Etruscan captors and in the process won the admiration of all Rome and of the Etruscan king himself, who freed her. For saving her city, a grateful Rome set up a statue in her honor, the first such ever to be put on the Sacred Way. Jane Louise Curry tells this exciting and true story in Brave Cloelia, beautifully illustrated by Jeff Crosby. Jane Louise Curry is the author of many books for young people, most recently Hold Up the Sky and Other Indian Tales of Texas and the Southwest and The Egyptian Box. Brave Cloelia is his sixth children's book.
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University of Minnesota Press The Journal of Otto Peltonen: A Finnish Immigrant
Book SynopsisA portrait of the Finnish immigrant experience in Minnesota during the early twentieth century—now in paperback After journeying across the Atlantic with his mother and two sisters, young Otto Peltonen joins his father in the iron ore mines of northern Minnesota, experiencing the harsh labor conditions that were common at the time, as mining companies cared more about making a profit than for their workers’ safety. Writing in his journal about his family’s struggles and the hard life Finnish immigrants endured in the early twentieth century, Otto ultimately strengthens his resolve to find the freedom his family had first sought in America.Trade Review"Historical notes and authentic photos round out this captivating, dramatic view of the past."—Booklist"Very moving and thought-provoking."—Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Reviews"A vivid picture of what life was like in these early 20th century mining towns."—Kidsreads"A vivid picture of what life was like for a Finnish immigrant in Minnesota during the early twentieth century."—Northern Wilds
£8.99
AuthorHouse The Bridge to Cutter Gap
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£7.59
AuthorHouse Silent Superstitions
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AuthorHouse The Angry Intruder
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Collective Ink Invisible Hand, The – Shakespeare`s Moon, Act I
Book SynopsisThe Invisible Hand is about a boy, Sam, who has just started life at a boarding school and finds himself able to travel back in time to medieval Scotland. There he meets a girl, Leana, who can travel to the future, and the two of them become wrapped up in events in /Macbeth/, the Shakespeare play, and in the daily life of the school. The book is the first part of a series called Shakespeare's Moon. Each book is set in the same boarding school but focuses on a different Shakespeare play.
£9.36
Collective Ink Next Step, The – Book Two of The Last Stop Series
Book SynopsisIt's been five years since Mickey passed the Europans' test, saving the Europans and planet Earth. Pam and David are living on Europa in a wondrous habitat where anything seems possible, and have twins with unusual abilities. Earth is transforming into a Utopian paradise thanks to the Sphere, an alien hard drive filled with advanced technology gifted to Earth by the Europans. But Mickey, who chose to remain on Earth, suspects the Europans of having a secret, more sinister agenda. When he severs his connection to the Sphere and begins to investigate, Mickey is captured by the Sphere Cult and put on trial for his life...The second book in the thrilling YA sci-fi series from Michael H. Burnam, The Next Step, asks what happens when Evolution progresses to immortality?
£10.16
Collective Ink Alaskan Chronicles, The: The Provider
Book SynopsisThe year is 2020 and President Trump has just announced that the world is bracing itself for the effects of a huge solar storm. 17 year old Jim Richards is a gawky, unimpressive teenager in Anchorage, Alaska. As chaos descends and society breaks down into anarchy and violence, his family team up with others to leave the city and take their chances in the Alaskan wilderness. They can no longer flick a switch to get what they want, no mobile or internet, in fact no communication at all with the wider world, how will it play out? Jim must step up, and in doing so, find his true self, his first love, and his destiny. How will the human race survive in this new world? The Provider is the first of the Alaskan Chronicles.
£10.16
Missouri Historical Society Press Ruth's River Dreams
Book SynopsisA schoolteacher, principal, amateur historian, and avid lover of the Mississippi River, Ruth Ferris (1897-1993) was a singular steward of St. Louis’s maritime heritage. Her lifelong love of the Mississippi and its riverboat culture spanned over seventy years, encompassing research, photography, excavating sunken vessels, collecting artifacts, and forming friendships with other river enthusiasts. Although too few people know her name, Ferris was deeply involved with multiple venues dedicated to telling the story of St. Louis’s inextricable link to this great river: the now-defunct Midship Museum, which was housed aboard a restored steamboat; the Pott Inland Waterways Library at the Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis; and the Missouri Historical Society’s River Room.Ruth’s River Dreams tells the story of Ferris’s childhood, when she first became captivated by the Mississippi River, its riverboats, and the stories told about and aboard those boats. Along with her curatorial accomplishments, Ferris was also an accomplished artist, and Ruth’s River Dreams weaves a number of her woodcuts and drawings into its narrative of a young girl with big dreams. Appropriately, this book is geared toward early readers (from preschool to third grade), filling a crucial gap in literature about the Mississippi written for children who are not quite ready for Mark Twain. Elizabeth A. Pickard’s lively book promises to inspire a new generation of young readers, sparking in them the same love of St. Louis’s colorful waterways that guided Ruth Ferris throughout her life.
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Makwa Enewed Wiijiwaaganag: More Than Brothers
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Getty Trust Publications Cleo and Cornelius
Book SynopsisCourageous Cleo and couch potato Cornelius live in ancient Egypt, where cats lie around all day, being pampered like gods and goddesses. One day Cornelius accidentally boards a boat headed to the faraway city of Rome, and Cleo sets off on a quest to find him. In Rome, dogs are the ones who are pampered, and cats roam the streets looking for adventure. Free to explore and find fun, Cleo and Cornelius race chariots, play games, perform in a theatre and more. Will they ever return to Egypt? Do they even want to? A spin on Aesop's classic fable "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," Cleo and Cornelius is teeming with hungry hippos, toga-clad dogs and dancing cat mummies, bringing a new twist to a timeless tale. Featuring an engaging seek-and-find feature, the book offers children the chance to hunt for important Egyptian and Roman objects throughout the tale, and fascinating back matter provides additional information about both people and animals in ancient times. Michelle Thies's colorful, historically accurate yet adorable illustrations breathe new life into Aesop's story, making it a book that children-and adults-are sure to want to read again and again. Ages three and up.Trade Review"An ideal class book for those studying ancient Egypt or ancient Rome, and a wonderful cross-over picture book and non-fiction title."--Armadillo Magazine
£14.99
Getty Trust Publications Don't Let the Beasties Escape This Book!
Book SynopsisYoung Godfrey and his family toil for the lord and lady of the castle. But when Godfrey stumbles upon an unfinished Book of Beasts, its splendid pictures of animals make him forget his chores. He invents the story of a brave knight, Sir Godfrey the Glorious, who battles a lion, tames a unicorn, defeats a griffin, conquers a bonnacon, and triumphs over a dragon. Godfrey does not realize that each time he says the name of an animal, it magically emerges from the book, causing mayhem and inadvertently accomplishing his chores. Written by award-winning author Julie Berry, and featuring fantastical illustrations by April Lee, this children's book also contains engaging back matter with information on life in the Middle Ages and a mini-bestiary showing animals from original thirteenth-century manuscripts. Don't Let the Beasties Escape This Book! brings the Middle Ages, legendary beasts, and the medieval imagination to life. Ages 5 and up.
£15.19
Diaphanes AG Leibniz, or The Best of All Possible Worlds
Book SynopsisVienna, 1714: Late in life, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the universal genius of his time, puts down his pen and declares his description of the universe to be complete. In the evening, he sits in his study room among letters, books, and manuscripts as his young friend Theodor comes for a visit. Theodor is bothered by one question: Why is there evil? And why do people commit crimes? With an example from ancient Greek mythology, Leibniz develops his theory about the best of all possible worlds. With this vivid “story within a story” Jean Paul Mongin successfully imparts the complex philosophical ideas of Leibniz to young readers. At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willing to consider life’s “big questions,” however strange or impractical. Plato & Co. introduces children—and curious grown-ups—to the lives and work of famous philosophers, from Socrates to Descartes, Einstein, Marx, and Wittgenstein. Each book in the series features an engaging—and often funny—story that presents basic tenets of philosophical thought alongside vibrant color illustrations.
£10.99
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Before the Devil Breaks You 3 Diviners
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Bookvault Publishing The Merchants Princess
£12.16
Bookvault Publishing The Miner Problem
£9.99
Jane Badger Books Black Beautys Family 2 and Other Stories
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