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Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote his own original stories and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, the summer they graduated from high school, they created a superhero who was everything they were not. It was four more years before they convinced a publisher to take a...

John Farman, the genius (for want of a better word) responsible for the best-selling A VERY BLOODY HISTORY OF BRITAIN (WITHOUT THE BORING BITS), now tackles all the great periods of history - in less than 10,000 words.History in a Hurry is so short that there just isn't room for any boring bits!All you need to know (and a little bit less*) about The Future.(*Quite a lot less, actually. Ed.)

Even more of Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales are now available in a three-box set! Get three of the most popular titles from the #1 bestselling series: Big Bad Ironclad! (a Civil War Tale), Donner Dinner Party (a Pioneer Tale), and Alamo All-Stars (a Texas Tale). Hilarious, gruesome, and packed with facts, this series introduces readers to some of the strangest moments in history.  

Discover the story behind Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission in this immersive graphic novel -- by Montague Twins creative duo Nathan Page and Drew Shannon. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! From his childhood experiments to his first encounters with flight, explore the steps Neil Armstrong took in order to become the first person to land on the moon. A story of calculated risk, perseverance, and earth-defying re...

Build students' reading skills with this action-packed nonfiction book designed to engage students. Showcasing heroes and villains from Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse Comics, this informational text examines the history of comic books and their enduring popularity. Developed by Rasinski, Timothy and Oczkus, Lori, and featuring TIME content, this book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The detailed sidebars, fascinating images, and Dig Deeper se...

A new series of books created for the reluctant reader as an introduction to the exciting world of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. Each book focuses on one species of dinosaur and tells their life story from egg to adulthood in four chapters. These graphic novel-style stories are an irresistible source of accessible information for young readers. Titles in the series: Tyrannosaurus Rex Velociraptor Triceratops Pteranodon

Learn all about one of the largest, most ferocious predators ever seen on Earth in prehistoric times. Follow a Megalodon from birth to adult in this exciting story from the prehistoric past. In the series Graphic Prehistoric Animals, each of the four books centres on an animal from the age of mammals and tells an exciting, fast-paced story full of action and colour. Illustrated in a comic book style these books are an irresistible source of information for readers aged 8 and up, who are fas...

A gripping tale of paranoia at its worst, this bewitching narrative nonfiction graphic novel visually imagines the haunting details behind the Salem witch trials. From 1692 to 1693, fear reigned in the small village of Salem, Massachusetts. The night Abigail Williams and Betty Paris first accused their servant of witchcraft was only the beginning. Several more accusations would follow suit, sparking a widespread panic that consumed Salem in one of the longest cases of witch trials in America,...

  Discover all the foul facts about the capital city of the land of the red dragon with history’s most horrible headlines: Cardiff edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to the historical town of Cardiff. From the attempted murder of Saint David to how the leek became the symbol of Wales. It's all in Horrible Histories: Cardiff: fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising...