The Worst Children's Jobs in History (Robinson Tony)(Paperback)

The Worst Children's Jobs in History (Robinson Tony)(Paperback)

This book tells the stories of all the children whose work fed the nation, kept trains running, and put clothes on everyone's backs, over the last few hundred years of Britain's history. No longer will you have to listen to your parents, grandparents, uncles, neighbors, and random old people

The Romans For Dummies (De La Bedoyere Guy)(Paperback)

A must for anyone interested in the Roman Empire and its impact on world history. --Tony Robinson star of Blackadder and Time Team. This entertaining and informative guide introduces readers to the amazing world of ancient Rome and its emperors, epic wars, awesome architecture, heroes, and

Pets (Robinson Tony)(Paperback)

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: Pets, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining and smelly bits about pets. It's history, but not as we know it Find out everything you ever needed to know

The World’s Worst Teachers - David Walliams, Tony Ross

Millions of young readers have loved the World's Worst Children tales - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: The World's Worst Teachers. From the phenomenally bestselling David Walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic

World's Top Twenty Worst Crimes (Kray Kate)(Paperback / softback)

Looks into the minds of the top twenty worst killers in criminal history and reveals the awful truth of their abominable acts. This book presents the extreme nature of their violence and their shocking lack of remorse. It examines various types of psychopaths, from obsessive sexual predators and

Disaster Inc. (Harris Joe)(Paperback)

In 2011, the worst earthquake in Japan's history breached the costal Fukushima Daiichi power plant, causing three of its four nuclear reactors to melt down. Forced evacuations followed as the event released enough radioactive material into the air, ground and water to force officials to set up an

The Cocoanut Grove Fire (Schorow Stephanie)(Paperback)

A gripping narrative of the worst nightclub fire in American history, which killed 492 people in World War II

World War I (Robinson Tony)(Paperback)

Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War I. It's history, but not as we know it Find out everything you ever needed to know about World War I in this brilliant

Journey (Blair Tony)(Paperback / softback)

In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservative government. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of modern times. This title reveals this unique political and personal journey, providing an insight into the man,

World War II (Robinson Tony)(Paperback)

Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War II It's history, but not as we know

The Worst Years of My Life (Patterson James)(Paperback)

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!In his acclaimed and #1 bestselling middle-grade comic debut, Children's Choice Award Author of the Year James Patterson has never been more hilarious--or heartwarming. Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into

Road of Bones (Douek Rich)(Paperback)

Horror, history, and Russian folklore collide in this brutal survival tale, where the worst prison in the world is merely the gateway to even darker terrors. In 1953, the Siberian Gulag of Kolyma is hell on Earth--which is why Roman Morozov leaps at the chance to escape it. But even if they make it

Stolen - Escape from Syria (Monaghan Louise)(Paperback / softback)

In the middle of one of the worst civil wars in Syria's history, Louise Monaghan crossed a heavily guarded border to save her six-year-old daughter from the father who had callously snatched her from her home in

Seeking Sanctuary: A History of Refugees in Britain (Marchese Robinson Jane)(Paperback)

Seeking Sanctuary explores the history of people looking for refuge in this country. It starts with those Protestant refugees fleeing oppression and persecution from Catholic Spain who ruled the Netherlands in the 16th century. It traces successive waves of peoples in the context of why they fled

Food Aid in Sudan: A History of Power, Politics and Profit (Jaspars Susanne)(Paperback)

In 2004, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan called Darfur the world's worst humanitarian crisis. A comprehensive food aid programme soon followed, at the time the largest in the world. Yet by 2014, while the crisis continued, international agencies found they had limited access to much of

The Worst Journey in the World (Cherry-Garrard Apsley)(Paperback)

A firsthand account of Scott's disastrous Antarctic expedition The Worst Journey in the World recounts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Apsley Cherry-Garrard--the youngest member of Scott's team and one of three men to make and survive the notorious Winter

Murders That Shocked the World - 70s (Cowton Michael)(Paperback)

The 1970s saw some of the worst mass killings and murders in recent history. Fanatical cult leader Jim Jones was responsible for the deaths of hundreds, while serial killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy each had dozens of victims. The chilling crimes of murderers including the Yorkshire Ripper -

Perfect Storm - A True Story of Man Against the Sea (Junger Sebastian)(Paperback / softback)

The worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no

Hillsborough Voices: The Real Story Told by the People Themselves (Sampson Kevin)(Paperback)

On 15 April 1989, the world witnessed one of the worst football disasters in history occur at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. 96 people were crushed to death and another 766 injured in a tragedy that was later admitted to have been exacerbated by police failures. Hillsborough Voices does

The AMX 13 Light Tank: A Complete History (Robinson M. P.)(Paperback)

The AMX 13 was originally designed in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. It represents French ambitions for national resurgence and withdrawal from wartime dependence on American military technology. Being a light tank it was an ambitious and far sighted departure from conventional

Zeppelin in Combat: a History of the German Naval Airship Division (Robinson Douglas H.)(Pevná vazba)

World's Worst Parents (Walliams David)(Paperback)

Millions of young readers have loved the World's Worst Children tales and revelled in the World's Worst Teachers with their delightfully dreadful deeds - now prepare for...THE WORLD'S WORST PARENTS! From the phenomenally bestselling David Walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic

Chaplin - His Life And Art (Robinson David)(Paperback / softback)

Charlie Chaplin is the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. Chaplin's life was marked by extraordinary contrasts: the child of London slums who became a multimillionaire; and the on-screen clown who was a driven perfectionist

She Who Waits: Low Town 3 (Polansky Daniel)(Paperback)

Low Town: the worst ghetto in the worst city in the Thirteen Lands. Good only for depravity and death. And Warden, long ago a respected agent in the formidable Black House, is now the most depraved Low Town denizen of them all. As a younger man, Warden carried out more than his fair share of