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Take a look at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects - who just couldn't help losing their heads. Discover who invited Queen Lizzie to visit his brand new toilet and what you get when you sew the front of a chicken to the back of a pig...

Go back into the really rotten times of the Romans, where there were beastly battles, deadly doctors and marvellous myths. Discover what Roman soldiers wore under their kilts, how ancient Britons got their hair nice and how Romans told the future with...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the SLIMY STUARTS, including why some slimy Stuarts ate toads, snails and fleas, which king picked his nose and never washed his hands and why people wore fish on their feet (bleeugh!). With a bold,...

Learn all about the incredible Incas, with all the nasty bits left in. Find out the horrible truth, like how a bucket of stewed pee could make you beautiful, why servants ate the emperor's hair and what happened in their legendary golden temples...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Cut-throat Celts, including why weird Celt warriors fought with no clothes on, how to preserve your enemy's brain and why the Celts laughed at funerals. With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of...

Take a look at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects - who just couldn't help losing their heads. Discover who invited Queen Lizzie to visit his brand new toilet and what you get when you sew the front of a chicken to...

Learn all about the BLITZED BRITS, with all the nasty bits left in. Find out what really happened in Dad's Army, see how to make a rude noise with a gas mask and Learn why the Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty! Includes a grisly quiz to test...

"Horrible Histories" fans can discover if they could have survived the Blitz in this latest colour Handbook. From the pitfalls of navigating blackouts, to how leaving the toilet seat up could save your house from being blown to smithereens -...

It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action, she refuses to sit safely in England, and determines to do something to help win the war. Soon she finds herself in the mud and horror of the battlefields...

From slums and steelworks, to the British Empire and the Great Exhibition, this book tells the story of life in Victorian Britain. It is full of intriguing facts, illustrations, detailed reconstructions, paintings and maps.Book InformationISBN...

What is Europe's highest mountain? How many countries are in Europe? What languages do people in Europe speak? This book answers these questions and more as it introduces young readers to the continent of Europe through age-appropriate maps, engaging...

DK Eyewitness Ancient Rome is a spectacular and informative guide to one of history's greatest civilizations, the Romans, their conquests and achievements that have shaped modern society. Amazing colour photographs offer your child a unique...

This is a spectacular and informative children's guide about the rise and fall of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas. With incredible colour photography, Eyewitness Aztec explores the civilizations in Central and South America who built vast empires and left...

Help your child get to the top of the class fast with this Eyewitness Project Book on Ancient Egypt From famous pharaohs to priceless pyramids, watch your child take their knowledge of Ancient Egypt to the next level using this fill-in home-study...

King Arthur is a famous figure from the Dark Ages whose legend has stood the test of time. In this fascinating book, a mysterious figure called the Mystery Master sets you the challenge of investigating all the facts and myths behind the legend of King...

Remember, remember the fifth of November... Discover how Guy Fawkes and his gang planned to blow up the King and parliamnet, how they were stopped and what happened afterwards.Book InformationISBN 9781474714358Author Helen Cox-CannonsFormat HardbackPage...

Open your eyes to a world of discovery and explore the Viking's world with Eyewonder Vikings, were they fearsome warriors or pioneering explorers? Step back in time with Eyewonder Vikings and discover all about the Norsemen of Northern Europe. From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781170047828Author Vincent LunardiFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Gale Ecco, Print EditionsPublisher Gale Ecco, Print EditionsWeight(grams) 189g

World War I has just exploded in Europe. The peace of the entire world is in danger. How will you help? Will you: Join the Belgian resistance movement? Fight as a British Army soldier? Serve as a volunteer with the American Field Service?Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955743801Author Rodney CastledenFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Canary PressPublisher OmnipressWeight(grams) 192g

On March 23, 2003, US Marines from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were caught in the most extraorinary battle of Operation Iraqi Freedom. What started off as a routine manoeuvre to capture two bridges in the town of Nasiriyah turned into a...

This children's book takes readers on a whirlwind world-history timeline journey, from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Discover ancient gods, revolutions, amazing art, world wars, important leaders, and the great ideas that have shaped human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780713714623Author Tim NewarkFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Littlehampton Book Services LtdPublisher Littlehampton Book Services Ltd

Winner of the Illustrated Book of the Year award in 1994, The Art Book has been an outstanding success and has become a well-known landmark in the art book world. Now published in over 20 different languages and in mini, midi, and hardback formats, it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780708300572Author Geraint Dyfnallt OwenFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint University of Wales PressPublisher University of Wales PressWeight(grams) 422g

'Wonderfully dramatic ... Probably the juiciest court scandal of the past 500 years' Christopher Hudson, Daily Mail 'A sordid yet fascinating story' Antonia Fraser, The Times In the autumn of 1615 the Earl and Countess of Somerset were detained on...

This textbook outlines the factors that every student must assess for a proper understanding of the period, from the attitudes of the aristocracy and the role of state religion to the function of political institutions. This second edition also contains...

Irish art of the early Christian era is justly celebrated. So, too, are the individual contributions of artists such as Jack B. Yeats. What is perhaps less widely accepted is the existence of a continuing and developing tradition of Irish art from the...

Illuminating, engrossing and full of surprises, The Discovery of France is a literary exploration of a country few will recognize; from maps and migration to magic, language and landscape, it's a book that reveals the `real' past of France to tell the...

The 'Forgotten Voices' of the First World War speak for the final timeFORGOTTEN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR was the surprise best-seller at Christmas 2002, selling over 60,000 copies in hardback alone. The formula was simple: Max Arthur interviewed some of...

At Marathon an army of Greek city states, including Sparta and Athens, met the Persian army of Darius. This was the key battle of Western civilisation for Athens were defending not only their independence but their radical new political form, democracy...

'Utterly gripping and consistently witty' Damian Thompson, Literary Review 'An absolutely splendid book' A. N. Wilson, The Spectator The story of Catholic Emancipation begins with the violent Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in 1780, fuelled by the reduction...

Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so...

A gripping account of Britain's experience of 1940: the year we stood alone against the victorious Nazi war machine fresh from its blitzkrieg victories in Poland and France. Based on existing Imperial War Museum archives, this book tells the story of our...

Once, the UK's farmers employed thousands of shepherds, but a slump in sheep farming has cut a swathe through their ranks; nowadays shepherds are virtually a thing of the past, and most flocks are herded by farmers on quad bikes. "The Last...

Widely praised when it was first published, this new edition has been brought up to the present with new final chapters, and thoroughly revised to take into account the latest research. It now includes maps and more coverage of key topics such as: racial...

'Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation. Braque thought the ideal state would be reached when we said nothing at all in front of a painting. But we...

Where is China heading in the 21st century? Can its Communist Party survive or is it being challenged by growing inequality and unrest? Will the US and China cooperate or compete in a dangerous future? Will China's economic boom be brought to a halt by...

Salamis, Agincourt, Lepanto, Trafalgar, Gettysburg, Isandlwana, the Somme, Stalingrad -Battlefield tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient...

Burkhard Bilger's beautifully written, wonderfully funny and movingly nostalgic book explores the surviving (and often dying) folk traditions of the American South, from the eating of squirrel brains in Kentucky, cock-fighting in Oklahoma, frog-ranching...