Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places

Explains civil rights and the the history of the fight for equal rights for women in an accessible way for younger readers. Movements in the struggle for women's rights through history are explored chronologically. A selection of key civil rights moments and movements are broken down into short b...

From Aud the Deep-Minded, an early voyager to Iceland, and Sacagawea who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition across the USA, to Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest, this book shows the incredible courage, determination an...

From Aud the Deep-Minded, an early voyager to Iceland, and Sacagawea who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition across the USA, to Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space and Arunima Sinha, the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest, this book shows the incredible courage, determination an...

Discover the remarkable achievements of female physicists and engineers in this fascinating book. Learn more about these STEM topics through inspirational women such as Hertha Ayrton, Lillian Gilbreth and Hedy Lamarr, and find out how they overcame prejudice and other obstacles to achieve scienti...

Discover the remarkable achievements of female life scientists in this fascinating book. Learn more about this STEM topic through inspirational women such as Mary Anning, Dian Fossey and Sylvia Earle, and find out how they overcame prejudice and other obstacles to achieve scientific greatness.

Discover the remarkable achievements of female life scientists in this fascinating book. Learn more about this STEM topic through inspirational women such as Mary Anning, Dian Fossey and Sylvia Earle, and find out how they overcame prejudice and other obstacles to achieve scientific greatness.

Discover the remarkable achievements of female astronomers and astronauts in this fascinating book. Learn more about this STEM topic through inspirational women such as Caroline Herschel, Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Sally Ride, and find out how they overcame prejudice and other obstacles to achieve ...

A richly illustrated introduction to the history of human migration. From the first people to leave Africa and travel across the world, right up to the journeys of today, this book will teach readers that every single journey has the capacity to change the world. Informative and warm text from Ma...

Where would you like to visit next? Take a tour of every single country in the world within the pages of 'The World Book'. Packed with facts, stats and flags, explore different cultures and the best things to see, do and taste on this planet.

Explains civil rights and the the history of the fight for equal rights for women in an accessible way for younger readers. Movements in the struggle for women's rights through history are explored chronologically. A selection of key civil rights moments and movements are broken down into short b...