Educational: History
Bellwether Media The Loch Ness Monster
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Bellwether Media The Cave of Altamira
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Bellwether Media King Tut's Tomb
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Bellwether Media The Terra-Cotta Army
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BookLife Publishing Disaster
Book SynopsisHistory will never seem boring again once you have read all these fascinating stories about events that happened in the past. Illustrations from the past as well as pictures of actual items involved in some of history''s most famous stories.History will never seem boring again once you have read all these fascinating stories about events that happened in the past. Illustrations from the past as well as pictures of actual items involved in some of history''s most famous stories.
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BookLife Publishing Crime
Book SynopsisHistory will never seem boring again once you have read all these fascinating stories about events that happened in the past. Illustrations from the past as well as pictures of actual items involved in some of history''s most famous stories.History will never seem boring again once you have read all these fascinating stories about events that happened in the past. Illustrations from the past as well as pictures of actual items involved in some of history''s most famous stories.
£12.39
BookLife Publishing Refugees and Displacement
Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered how the movement of people has shaped the world around you? People have always moved around the world, whether to build a new home or flee from a natural disaster. This book covers asylum seekers and refugees, The Vietnam War, The Syrian Civil War, refugee camps, life as a refugee, displacement, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina. Includes discussion questions, glossary and index.
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Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Rocky Mountain Kids
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Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Northern Kids
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Flame Tree Publishing Pirats, Swashbucklers & Buccaneers
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Mogzilla From the age of eight: Alfred the Great
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£7.99
Oratia Media New Zealand Migration
Book SynopsisWith six books now published, The NZ Series is a valuable non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in simple, concise terms. In this seventh volume, award-winning Wellington-based author Philippa Werry recounts the stories and experience of migration to Aotearoa -- from the first Polynesian arrivals to the Dawn Raids, from the New Zealand Company to ten-pound Poms, from Dutch and Dalmatian refugees to today''s Asian communities. Extensive illustrations, fact boxes and personal experiences bring to life an immigrant nation from a range of perspectives.
£21.59
Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd World History: From Early Times to AD 2011
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S Chand & Co Ltd A New Look at Modern Indian History: Men of
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£16.88
HarperCollins Publishers Inc These Happy Golden Years Full Color Edition
Book SynopsisImmerse yourself in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved Little House series, now featuring Garth Williams’ classic art in vibrant full-color!Laura is teaching school, and it''s terrifying! Most of the students are taller than she is, and she must sleep away from home for the first time. Laura is miserable, but the money is needed to keep Mary in a college for the blind.And every Friday—no matter what the weather—Almanzo Wilder arrives to take Laura home to her family for the weekend. Laura and Almanzo are courting, and even though she''s not yet sixteen, she knows that this is a time for new beginnings.The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura’s real childhood as an American pioneer, and are cherished by readers of all generations. They offer a unique glimpse into life on the American frontier, and tell the heartwarming, unforgettable story of a loving family.
£12.02
HarperCollins True Stories 5 Guys Read
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hidden Figures Young Readers Edition
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£15.29
Oxford University Press Inc A History of US Assessment Book Books 110
Trade Review" [An] exciting series... Ms. Hakim braids multiple narratives together to bring alive material long dead to children's imaginations."--The New York Times Book Review "Joy Hakim didn't rewrite history. But she did make it a whole lot more fun to read."--Education Week "Readers young and old will find themselves amused, amazed, and engrossed by this searching, opinionated survey. In every sense a fresh look at our history." --Kirkus Reviews "Merits every accolade, starting with the most personal: I couldn't put it down."--Washington Post Book World "The liveliest, most realistic, most well-received American history series ever written for children."--Los Angeles Times "A thorough and accurate narrative of our nation's history."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "I think this is the best American history written for young people that I have ever seen."--David Herbert Donald, Harvard University; Pulitzer prize-winning author of Lincoln "When master storyteller Joy Hakim wields her pen, you're in for a breathtaking adventure."--Teaching K-8 "An attention to detail and drama alike make these recommended choices for not only readers ages 8-13 but for entire families."--Children's Bookwatch "Absorbing, real and even fun to read."--Voice of Youth Advocates "Books of real substance that speak directly to kids."--Jean Fritz, author of Shhh, We're Writing the Constitution "One of the best nonfiction series of the decade. Impossible to put down."--School Library Journal
£35.14
Oxford University Press Student Study Guide to An Age of Voyages 14501600
Book SynopsisThe Student Study Guides are important and unique components that are available for each of the six books in The Medieval & Early Modern World series. Each of the Student Study Guides is designed to be used with the student book at school or sent home for homework assignments. The activities in the Student Study guide will help students get the most out of their history books. Each student study guide includes a chapter-by-chapter two-page lesson that uses a variety of interesting activities to help a student master history and develop important reading and study skills.
£10.00
OUP/British Academy Charters of the Honour of Mowbray 11071191
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Oxford University Press, USA British Cultural Studies Geography Nationality and Identity
Book SynopsisAddresses the transformations of British culture and identity in the context of globalization. Topics range from the historical legacies of empire and their relation to contemporary definitions of "Britishness" to race, entrepreneurial attitudes, "green politics" and "Britpop".Table of ContentsSECTION I HOW BRITISH IS IT? GEOGRAPHIES OF IDENTITY ; SECTION II: WHEN WILL WE BE MODERN? CULTURE, TRADITION, AND HERITAGE ; SECTION III: IN THE PLACE OF BRITISHNESS? LIFESTYLES, SUBCULTURES, AND CULTURAL POLITICS
£54.99
Professor Beaver Umayyad Abbasid and Ottoman Caliphates Islamic Empire
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Professor Beaver Mecca Baghdad Cordoba and More The Major Cities of Islamic Rule History Book for Kids Past and Present Societies
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LB Kids Follow Your Dreams Little One
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St. Martin's Press Under a Red Sky
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HarperCollins My Own Two Feet
Book SynopsisTold in her own words, My Own Two Feetis Newbery Medal''winning author Beverly Cleary''s second heartfelt and relatable memoir.The New Yorkercalled Beverly Cleary''s first volume of memoirs,A Girl From Yamhill, a warm, honest book, as interesting as any novel.Now the creator of the classic children''s stories millions grew up with continues her own fascinating story. Here is Beverly Cleary, from college years to the publication of her first book. It is a fascinating look at her life and a writing career that spans three generations, continuing to capture the hearts and imaginations of children of all ages throughout the world.Beverly Cleary''sbooks have sold more than 85 million copies and have been translated into twenty-nine different languages, which speaks to the worldwide reach and love of her stories. She was honored witha Newbery Honor for Ramona and Her Father and a second one for Ramona Quimby, Age 8. She received the John Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw, which was inspired by letters she''d received from children. Her autobiographies, A Girl from Yamhill and My Own Two Feet, are a wonderful way to get to know more about this most beloved children''s book author.
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Random House USA Inc The Foucault Reader
Book SynopsisMichel Foucault was one of the most influential philosophical thinkers in the contemporary world, someone whose work has affected the teaching of half a dozen disciplines ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology. But of his many books, not one offers a satisfactory introduction to the entire complex body of his work. The Foucault Reader was commissioned precisely to serve that purpose.The Reader contains selections from each area of Foucault's work as well as a wealth of previously unpublished writings, including important material written especially for this volume, the preface to the long-awaited second volume of The History of Sexuality, and interviews with Foucault himself, in the course of which he discussed his philosophy at first hand and with unprecedented candor.This philosophy comprises an astonishing intellectual enterprise: a minute and ongoing investigation of the nature of power in society. Foucault's analyses of this power as it manif
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Penguin Young Readers Group Who Was Alexander Hamilton
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Penguin USA Lion
Book SynopsisThe young readers'' edition of the true story that inspired Lion, the Academy Award nominated film starring Dev Patel, David Wenham, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman.When Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to find his long-lost home town half a world away, he made global headlines. Saroo had become lost on a train in India at the age of five. Not knowing the name of his family or where he was from, he survived for weeks on the streets of Kolkata before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite being happy in his new family, Saroo always wondered about his origins. When he was a young man the advent of Google Earth led him to pore over satellite images of India for landmarks he recognized. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off on a journey to find his mother.This edition features new material from Saroo about his childhood, including a new foreword and a Q&A about his experiences and the process of making the film.The emotional journey of Saroo Brierley (Patel) . . . will melt hearts around the globe.?People magazineAmazing stuff.?The New York Post
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Penguin Putnam Inc What Was the Boston Tea Party
Book Synopsis'No Taxation without Representation!' The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution—outraged by the tax on tea, American colonists chose to destroy the tea by dumping it into the water! Learn all about the famed colonialists who fought against the British Monarchy, and read about this act of rebellion from our history! With black-and-white illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, the Boston Tea party is brought to life!
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Penguin Putnam Inc What Was the Gold Rush
Book SynopsisIn 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn''t. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking 'forty-niners!' With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!
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Penguin Putnam Inc What Were the Salem Witch Trials
Book SynopsisSomething wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history.
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Penguin Young Readers Group What Was Pompeii
Book SynopsisA new series presented in the same format and designed for the same audience as the phenomenally successful Who Was...? series offers compelling, easy-to-read accounts of historical events that changed our world and includes 16 pages of photos and reproductions as well as illustrations. Original.
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Penguin Random House LLC What Is the Statue of Liberty
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Penguin Young Readers Group Where Is The Great Wall
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Penguin Young Readers Group Where Are the Great Pyramids Where Is
Book SynopsisThe Great Pyramids of Egypt--all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still no one knows exactly how the ancient Egyptians did it! In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, explaining exactly how mummies were made. Easy to read and scrupulously researched, this explores the mysteries that have attracted countless visitors to the pyramids for centuries.
£8.01
Penguin Young Readers Group What Is the Declaration of Independence
Book SynopsisA series presented in the same format and designed for the same audience as the phenomenally successful Who Was...? series offers compelling, easy-to-read accounts of historical events that changed our world and includes 16 pages of photos and reproductions as well as illustrations. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Where Is Alcatraz
Book SynopsisEscape from the ordinary and break into Alcatraz, America''s most famous prison!The island of Alcatraz has always been a place that''s fascinated visitors, from the Native American tribes who believed it was home to evil spirits to the Spanish explorers who discovered the island. In modern times, it was a federal prison for only 29 years, but now draws over a million visitors each year. Learn the history of America''s most famous prison, from its initial construction as a fort in the 1800s, to its most famous residents such as Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly. Where Is Alcatraz? also chronicles some of the most exciting escape attempts—even one that involved chipping through stone with spoons and constructing rafts out of raincoats!
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Penguin Young Readers Group What Was the Holocaust
Book SynopsisThe Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps - six million of them Jews. Gail Herman traces the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, whose rabid anti-Semitism led first to humiliating anti-Jewish laws, then to ghettos all over Eastern Europe.
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Cambridge University Press Hitler Chamberlain and Appeasement by McDonough Frank Author ON Apr042002 Paperback
Book SynopsisAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Anglo-German relations 1918–1933; 2. The impact of Adolf Hitler: foreign policy aims and actions, 1933–1937; 3. Why appeasement? 4. Chamberlain and appeasement (1) The period of hope, May 1937 to October 1938; 5. Chamberlain and appeasement (2) The road to war, October 1938 to September 1939; 6. The historical debate; Chronology; Select bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Cambridge IGCSE India Studies
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Cambridge University Press A History of South and Central Africa
Book SynopsisThis is a history of Africa south of the Congo Forest from about A.D.1000 to the era of the establishment of independent states. Work of contemporary researchers is presented in a simpler form than in most scholarly books thereby reflecting a complete picture of the early history of South and Central Africa.Table of ContentsList of maps; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I. Origins of African Societies, 1000–1800: 1. Iron age states (1): the Luba and Lunda empires; 2. Iron age states (2): West Coast states; 3. Iron age states (3): Eastern Central Africa; 4. Iron age states (4): empires and kingdoms between the Limpopo and the Zambezi; 5. Peoples south of the Limpopo; 6. The growth of long-distance trade; Part II. African Societies, 1800–80: 7. New pressures (1): the Mfecane; 8. New pressures (2): the spread of white settlement in the South; 9. New pressures (3): the Afrikaner invasion; 10. New pressures (4): the impact of the Mfecane north of the Limpopo; 11. New pressures (5): commercial expansion in Central Africa; Part III. African and European Societies under Colonial Rule, 1880–1939: 12. The growth of European interest in Africa; 13. Partition and reaction (1): collapse of the great Bantu kingdoms; 14. Partition and reaction (2): the conflict north of the Zambezi; 15. Partition and reaction (3): the Western Region; 16. The British and the Boers: the final reckoning; 17. The period of colonial rule (1): the British sphere; 18. The period of colonial rule (2): the Portuguese sphere; 19. The period of colonial rule (3): the Belgian and German spheres; Part IV. The Re-Emergence of African Societies, 1940–65: 20. Independence (1): the Congo; 21. Independence (2): Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia; 22. The white-dominated South; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Pompeii
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Cambridge University Press Elizabeth I Cambridge Topics in History
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Cambridge University Press Change and Continuity in British Society 18001850 Cambridge Topics in History
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Cambridge University Press charlesi
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Cambridge University Press Women in Ancient Greece and Rome
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