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Grisly history and fiery accusations await in this piping hot history of the Great Fire of London!As if the plague wasn't bad enough, here comes the fiery antidote! As famous diary-keeper Samuel Pepys, you'll witness four ferocious days of fire and smoke, and live to tell the tale. Find out how people survived in the tightly-packed, plague-ridden streets of London in 1666, how they coped in the aftermath of the Pudding Lane disaster and all importantly, whodunnit! - or at least who we think dunnit!The ever-popular You Wouldn't Want to Be series transports readers to the grisliest times and places in history, perfect for reluctant readers. The first-person narrative approach puts children in the shoes of some of the most unfortunate people ever to have lived.Humorous cartoon-style illustrations bring the characters to life, while informative captions explain processes or chronological events.

We rely on our mobile phones all the time, whether it's to keep in touch with friends, to play games, or to access the Internet. As phones become smaller, cheaper and more powerful, we find it difficu

Trees are among natures most remarkable achievements, growing from a seed you can hold in your hand into a green giant several stories high. They are rugged survivors. They can live in baking hot dese

Presents a history of games, from the first known dice game in Ancient Iran and checkers to video games and virtual reality.

Details techniques and strategies for staying alive while marooned on a desert island, including how to start a fire, find food and water, and deal with mental anguish.

Come aboard the Scurvy Dog—if you dare! Captain Skull and his rascally pirate crew await you. Your job: to take the reusable stickers and get the galleon ready for battle. Equip the ship with a Jolly

Featuring Captain Henry Skull and the rascally crew of the Scurvy Dog, this book helps you uncover fascinating facts about a pirate's life at sea, and includes unexpected surprises and the answer to a

This fact-packed series gives creative young people all the advice they need to enter into exciting, aspirational fields like film and music production.

In this spine-tingling book of haunted houses and mysterious thumps in the night, children will follow the trail of ghosts through history--from Sleepy Hollow to the Chinese Ghost Festival. Thrill-see

From gigantic lizards to hideous-looking mutants, monsters come in all shapes and size. In Monsters, young students will read hair-raising stories of dangerous monsters as they discover how these fear

Presents information about vampires, looking at traditional and modern lore about their characteristics, vampires in literature, and some of the historical figures thought to be vampires.

Humans have always loved to play games, from dice games in ancient Iran 5,000 years ago to chess and cards in the Middle Ages. Today, fanaticism over console games is at an all-time high, with players

Get ready . . . you re a princess born into the Egyptian royal family. But it s not easy living in the palace. From family betrayals to Roman generals, you will discover it s not easy being Cleopatra!

This lively, interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of lif

Welcome to Jasmine Palace! Open the golden gates, and step back in time to the 18th century. Explore the royal home and, with the reusable stickers, prepare everything for a grand ball. Help the princ

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

Explore the quirky side of the journey to the afterlife—and the grisly process of mummification, from embalming and stuffing the corpse to preparing a home for eternity. This creepy entry in the Very

From the road to war to the long fight back, explore the seminal event that shaped the world we live in today.World War Two was the most destructive event of the twentieth century, and this small but

Featuring a colour insert guide to the decks on board, letters from the passengers and crew and and a look at the events that led to the ship's unpredictable sinking, Titanic, A Very Peculiar History

In Cricket, A Very Peculiar History Jim Pipe uniquely explores one of this nation's greatest and the second biggest spectator sport on the planet. From the hazy bat-and-ball origins of the game to the

A quirky, unique look at the history of the First World War. What made the Great War stand out from all others? What incredible things—no matter how risky or bizarre—did people do to defend thei

When the Tudors weren't otherwise occupied with beheading wives and enemies, they were threatening to, or earning themselves nicknames like “Bloody Mary” and “The 9 Day Queen.” This very peculiar hist

From traditional dances and dishes to words of wit and wisdom, Ireland: A Very Peculiar History? takes a lively look at the Emerald Isle. Starting with the earliest inhabitants, it celebrates the coun