The Story of Napoleon: A Ladybird Adventure from History Book
by L Du Garde Peach
This Ladybird Book about the story of Napoleon is a gem from the Ladybird vintage archive. First published in 1968, this is a classic Ladybird hardback book, packed with information about one of the most famous soldiers in history. This new edition, published alongside the Story of Nelson two hundred years after the Battle of Waterloo, is exactly the same as the original, with a dust jacket and beautifully reproduced images.The story of Napoleon is told dramatically by L. du Garde Peach, and his...
My Story: Noor Inayat Khan is the thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor un-Nisa Inayat Khan. It's 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee Nazi-occupied France. Noor refuses to sit back and do nothing while Nazi forces invade her home and terrorise her people, so she signs up to join the war efforts despite her mother's wishes. Soon she is chosen by Winston Churchill to go undercover into France. Noor returns home b...
The Italian Renaissance (Living History S.) (Collins living history)
by Fiona MacDonald
This is a core text covering all GCSE British economic and social history syllabuses. It examines the major changes that have occurred in Britain since the 18th century and explores the ways in which these changes have affected the way people live and work. The book is divided into three areas, with the first part covering 1700-1850 and examining people and industry, machines, coal and steam power, and road, water and rail transport. The second part of the book is concerned with key changes in l...
Germany, 1918-49
'I am truly a child of both countries and both cultures.' Born to an Indian father and an English mother, Jamila Gavin's childhood was divided between two worlds. Her earliest memories are of India, where she lived in a crumbling palace built for a prince, and learned to steal sugar cane and suck mangoes. But she would spend much of her childhood in England, where she picked blackberries, got chilblains, and learned to recognise doodlebug bombs. And between the two there were unforgettable jou...
Edexcel GCSE History: CA1 Germany 1918-39 Controlled Assessment Student book (Edexcel GCSE Modern World History)
by John Child and Rob Bircher
Edexcel's own resources written to give students all the preparation they need for the new Controlled Assessment. Written by senior examiners and subject experts so you can trust they will cover exactly what is needed. Shows students where they should focus their efforts to get the best grade. Includes our ResultsPlus feature using examiner insight to give you more information on how to succeed.
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–1941 Student Book (EDEXCEL GCSE HISTORY (9-1))
by Martyn Whittock
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Series Editor: Angela Leonard This Student Book: covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, throug...
Multicultural Britain (Oxford History for GCSE S.)
by J. A. Cloake and M.R. Tudor
Designed specifically to meet the requirements of new British History coursework options in GCSE Modern World History and Schools History specifications. This book presents a lively and engaging picture of multicultural Britain in the twentieth century. A wide range of questions and activities encourage students to think about the positive aspects as well as the difficulties of living in a multicultural community and to appreciate the rich diversity of the British people. The text is particularl...
Aimed at average and above-average ability Key Stage 3 pupils, this volume uses an investigatory approach to cover the core unit on the history of World War II.
Expansion, Trade and Industry (Oxford History Study Units)
by Jon Cresswell and Peter Laurence
Aimed at average and above-average ability Key Stage 3 pupils, this study of Britain's trade and industrial expansion from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards uses an investigatory approach to cover the core history unit.
Causes and Consequences of the First World War (Causes & Consequences S.)
by Stewart Ross
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked down and arrested. But their efforts were not...
Changing Life in Scotland and Britain, 1750-1850 (Standard Grade history)
by Craig A. Madden
One of a series of Scottish history books specifically designed to meet the requirements of the 5-14 curriculum in History, this text enables students to become familiar with a range of sources of evidence, and the concepts of change, continuity, cause and effect. It seeks to encourage an understanding of time and sequence, and an appreciation of heritage and the influence of the past on the present. This work focuses on a key area of Scotland's past and explains its importance, also setting eve...
Wales in Industrial Britain 1760-1914 (Focus on Welsh history)
by David Evans
This volume provides coverage of the National Curriculum history, Key Stage 3, core unit - "The Making of the United Kingdom 1500-1750", checked and revised by a remedial specialist to meet the needs of less able pupils. Presentation, language and activities have all been structured both to satisfy National Curriculum requirements, and to be accessible to those students for whom the majority of NC materials are dense and intimidating. Steve Buxton is also the author of "The Invaders" and "Mediev...
"Medieval Welsh Monasteries" examines the nature of monastic life in medieval times and seeks to explore what kind of place a monastery was and how the religious houses developed in Wales. It does this by a close examination of the main Welsh abbeys, abundantly illustrated, and of the documentary evidence provided by the Rule of St. Benedict, the Welsh chronicles and the foundation charters of individual houses. It also looks at the monasteries as property holders and their eventual fate in Tudo...
Genocide in Armenia (Bearing Witness: Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Modern)
by Zoe Lowery and Jeri Freedman
#1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab invites readers to New Orleans in this instalment of her thrillingly spooky City of Ghosts series! Where there are ghosts, Cassidy Blake follows ... unless it's the other way around? Cass might have this ghost hunting thing down. After all, she and her ghost best friend Jacob have survived two haunted cities while travelling for her parents' TV show. But nothing can prepare C...