Military & Wars

Drive critical, engaged learning and advanced skills development. Enabling comprehensive, rounded understanding, the student-centred approach actively develops the sophisticated skills key to performance in Paper 2. Developed directly with the IB for the...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level During the First World War, the British War Dog School was set up. Find out how it trained dogs to carry messages along the trenches, helping the war effort and saving...

History comes alive in this gripping account of a young boy caught up in the start of the Revolutionary War. Based on an episode in National Book Award-winning author Nathaniel Philbrick's New York Times bestseller Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A...

Written in clear, straightforward language, this book looks at why people go to war and whether it is ever right to kill another person. It explains different attitudes to warfare and why wars are such a major part of history. It also looks at peace...

Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth behind the Revolutionary War with beloved educator/author Kate Messner. The fun mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels make this perfect for fans of I Survived! and Nathan Hale's...

This three-volume set is unquestionably the best reference on German SS military uniforms ever produced. This spectacular work is a heavily documented record of all major clothing articles of the Waffen-SS. Hundreds of unpublished bw photos were used in...

In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: when placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That simple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned three continents. In Great Britain and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648769108Author Susan B KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm *...

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785914447Author Kathryn WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Ransom PublishingPublisher Ransom PublishingWeight(grams) 100g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534187399Author Martin GitlinFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Cherry Lake PublishingPublisher Cherry Lake PublishingWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

Hiroshima is where the first atomic bomb was dropped. Now readers will learn the reasons why and what it's meant for the world ever since.By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the...

"The writing is clear and specific, and the expansive, colorful acrylic illustrations, including labeled diagrams, are themselves quite informative." -Horn Book (starred review) From award-winning author-illustrator Meghan McCarthy comes an entertaining...

Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world.The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were...

Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666350340Author Mari SchuhFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Stone Arch BooksPublisher Capstone Press

A terrifying attack! On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a highly secretive and devastating attack: four battleships sunk, more than two thousand servicemen died,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593120378Author Kate MessnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Beautifully illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, an inspirational biography of the Peace rose and its creator digs deep into world history, botany and the rewards of perseverance.From a young man's experiments in cross-pollination to the rose that became...

Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541903791Author Baby ProfessorFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 95g

Brothers in Arms is the remarkable true story of an orphaned bear cub who grew into a World War ll hero alongside his brothers in arms from award-winning author Susan Hood and star illustrator Jamie Green. Perfect for fans of Finding Winnie. Wojtek was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780756547011Author ,Stephanie FitzgeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Compass Point BooksPublisher Compass Point Books

Why did the Second World War start? Who had the best weapons? Why were there no bananas? What was Shanks's pony? Why was food rationed? Could you still buy sweets? Why were spies important? Why should you keep 'mum'? Why did it go on so long? How did it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648767579Author Megan ForbesFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Callisto KidsPublisher Callisto Media Inc.Weight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 1mm * 1mm * 1mm

Discover the very first weapons ever made, shining armor worn by medieval knights, and the guns used by the frontiersmen and outlaws of the Wild West.Eyewitness Arms and Armor gives you an exciting look at weapons and armor through the ages. Stunning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541912601Author Baby ProfessorFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798875215827Author Myra Faye TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780606321297Author Meg And Pamela Pollac BelvisoFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Turtleback BooksPublisher Turtleback BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546136293Author Felicia BrowerFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 175mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916526884Author Kelly RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Cheriton Children's BooksPublisher Cheriton Children's BooksWeight(grams)...

Build 11 of the biggest, fiercest, most powerful dragons from the land of Ravenhold in this exciting activity book.Fantasy lovers will have hours of fun adding stickers of claws, teeth and armor to dragons including Stalagar the ice dragon and Magaloki...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546136347Author Catherine ClintonFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 185mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546136378Author Jamie McGheeFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 185mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916526914Author Kelly RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Cheriton Children's BooksPublisher Cheriton Children's BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916526921Author Kelly RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Cheriton Children's BooksPublisher Cheriton Children's BooksWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546136286Author Felicia BrowerFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic USWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 185mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987489734Author Chris LangloisFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Doc Roe PublishingPublisher Doc Roe PublishingWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780606316866Author Patricia Brennan DemuthFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Turtleback BooksPublisher Turtleback BooksWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916526891Author Kelly RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Cheriton Children's BooksPublisher Cheriton Children's BooksWeight(grams)...