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

Embark on a captivating exploration into the rise and fall of the rich and colourful Maya civilisation with Blue Peter Award-winning author David Long.

This highly-visual, full-colour hardback takes a thrilling ride through the history of the world with fact-filled, illustrated timelines throughout. From the invention of the wheel to the information age, young readers can discover how the world has changed since our early ancestors, in this inno...

Jump on board to find out the funniest, most fascinating facts about the world's wackiest, weirdest and wildest inventions and how they came to be!

Thought history was only in museums? Think again! Join Greg Jenner as he takes you on a trip through the amazing history hidden in the things you use every day. Did you know that the first TV was made out of biscuit tins and knitting needles? Or that the humble paperclip helped lead an anti-war m...

You are a young boy in the city-state of Athens at the height of the ancient Greek civilisation. Following several years in one of the city's schools, your father wants you to prove yourself at the most famous athlete competition of all - the Olympics. This new edition features new content includ...

As if the plague wasn't bad enough, here comes the fiery antidote! As famous diary-keeper Samuel Pepys, you'll witness four days and four nights of fire and live to tell the tale. Find out how people lived in the London of 1666, how they coped in the aftermath and all importantly, whodunnit! - or...

The year is 1907, and you are the manager of a prestigious shipping company. You decide to plan and build the largest and most luxurious ship in the world to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Little do you know that the ship is sailing straight towards disaster.