Children's / Teenage general interest: History & the past

Spoken word artist George the Poet brings together an incredible roster of Black British poets in this important and exciting new anthology, exploring people, moments and events from Black British history.

Did you know that you can discover loads about history just from the loo? Or piles about the past just from a poo? If not, then get ready to discover everything from Henry VIII's dodgy diet and poo-tastic Roman plumbing, to the stinky secrets of Victorian sewers and how life, death and everything...

See volcanoes, asteroids and the fiery beginnings of our Earth. Witness the explosion of life on our planet. Get close up to Titlaalik, the very first creature to crawl on land and Rhizodont, the monstrous scaled fish. Fly with a pterosaur, hang out with apes, ride a mamoth - and then meet the ve...

Known for her kind-hearted nature from a young age, Diana touched the hearts of many. She was working as a primary school teacher when she met Prince Charles and they married in front of millions of people. With her sudden fame, Diana used her status to bring awareness to a number of charitable i...

Why do the three lions on the British crest look so much like leopards? When did the first elephant set foot on British soil? Was there really a polar bear who fished in the river Thames? Full of bizarre and astounding facts and amazing true animal stories, learn all about King Charles's spaniels...

Travel back in time to the ancient Shang city of Yinxu and find out all about Shang life and culture. Like modern travel guides, the books in this series highlight must-see features and explain local culture. Each highlighted destination contains an explanation of what took part in these areas, a...

Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle have scoured the toilet bowls and sewers of the world to find out how humans have done their business throughout history. It's time to get to the bottom of toilets! Filled with poo facts and vomit-inducing stats, you will also learn how diseases like cholera spread ...

Who were the first Britons? Read about their daily lives, what jobs they did, what they made, how they traded. Find out the answer to questions such as 'How did they build their settlements such as Skara Brae?', 'Why was Stonehenge built?', 'When did the Bronze Age begin?', 'What were Iron Age ho...

The world was once full of magnificent beasts, big and small, who stomped across the land, soared through the skies and swam through waters deep and murky. Dinosaurs witnessed the shaping of our mountains, continents, seas and deserts and eventually an asteroid that would wipe out half of all lif...

A compendium of stories and myths from ancient Egypt by Egyptologist Hugo Cook, featuring mummies, pyramids, and much more.