Offers a journey through different periods in history. This book follows the story of the historic capital from its Celtic origins - including the settlement of the Romans, the Anglo-Saxon era, the Viking invasion and the growth of medieval London in Norman times. It explores major events in London's history, such as the plague and the Great Fire.

The year is AD 102 and Iliona, an educated Greek girl, has been orphaned and sold as a slave in Rome. Apart from her beloved diary, she hasn't a friend in the world... But the family she works for are not unkind, and as Iliona begins to make friends and look around her, she discovers that the city at the heart of the empire is a fascinating place.

Young people can explore the extraordinary teaching practices and the types of schools that existed in the past in this fabulous exploration of education throughout history. Readers will learn about the often painful and frequently distasteful educational practices that our ancestors employed.

Offers an informative insight into Egyptian culture and everyday life.

Why is the Brazillian rainforest vanishing and what can be done to save it?

The next installment in the popular Would You Believe series, taking a look at the evolution of transport methods all over the world; from the invention of the wheel to the types of transport we might use in the future.

The emergence of smuggling during 18th and 19th century forms much of the history of coastline of British Isles, and traditional image of fisherman-cum-smuggler has intrigued historians and fiction-writers alike. This book explores the story of smuggling in 18th and 19th-century Britain, when high taxes led to an increase in illegal imports.

Fun informative guides on how people in the past solved technological problems.

Follows the story of a townhouse at the centre of Pompeii, a famous Roman city. Beginning in the 6th century BCE, a simple hut becomes a farmhouse, and gradually the farmhouse is swallowed up by the expanding new city. The house grows as the city prospers, but it also suffers the devastating effects of Pompeii's famous natural disasters.

A pop-up book that brings to life the ground breaking mission that put the first man on the moon. It contains five pop-up models that illustrate the epic adventure that inspired the world.