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The fifth book in the "Time Quest" series. Each "Time Quest" book focuses on a recent historical discovery. In words and pictures, the explorer, scientist or archaeologist responsible for the discovery describes their achievement and takes the reader back to relive the story behind it. This is the story of how a 140-year-old mystery - that of the fate of the men on Sir John Franklin's expedition to find the Northwest passage in 1845 - was solved. Anthropologist Dr Owen Beattie recounts first-han...

One of a series of books developed to meet the requirements of the 5-14 curriculum in History. They enable pupils to become familiar with a range of evidence and the concepts of change, continuity, cause and effect. This text focuses on Scottish history during the Second World War.

From bestselling author of SIX OF CROWS, Leigh Bardugo, comes a lavishly illustrated collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge, sacrifice and love. Inspired by myth, fairy tale and folklore, THE LANGUAGE OF THORNS will transport you to both lands familiar and strange that millions have visited through the novels of the Grishaverse.Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking be...

The Landmark Events in Native American History set explores significant events in Native American history from the 17th through 20th centuries. Presented from a Native American perspective, each book in this unique set offers a wealth of features, including introductions, biographical sketches, sidebars, and documents that humanize these important events, which not only shaped Native American history, but also helped define the American experience.

The most powerful men in America, the women behind them, the men a heartbeat away from becoming the commander-in-chief, and the men and women appointed to the highest judicial position by our nation's presidents - these are the leaders who have helped shape the political landscape of our great democracy. Suitable for exploratory research or for casual reading, the ""American Political Biographies"" set provides readers with in-depth biographical sketches of America's greatest political figures,...

Help your students learn more effectively with SHP's active learning approach to GCSE History. SHP Smarter History is a comprehensive series of books covering all the Schools History Project GCSE specifications. They combine: - complete coverage of the specification content - step-by-step coaching in exam skills all tackled through SHP's active learning, enquiry-based approach, which makes lesson planning easy, and helps ensure varied pace throughout the course - essential to keep your students...

Give students in-depth, topic-focused content plus structured exam guidance for GCSE Edexcel History with this textbook written by experts and endorsed by Edexcel. This series for Edexcel GCSE Modern World History has been written to encourage students to achieve the highest possible grades. It does this by combining detailed narrative and a rich variety of sources with a highly structured approach to gradually developing students' skills in answering exam-style questions as they work through t...

When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with the Muppets and her pet turtle. Then everything changed. Her police officer father, John, was driving to work when someone levelled a shotgun at his window. The blasts that followed left him clinging to life, yet he managed to write down the name of the only person he thought could have pulled the trigger. John Busby was scheduled to testify in an upcoming trial against the family of a local criminal with rumoured mob connections. It bec...

We are always hearing about the Next Big Thing. Whether it is a new iPhone or the New World, the freshest and newest inventions, discoveries, and fads loom large in the public mind. The impact that everyone thinks these "next big things" will have is often more important than the actual impact it generates. After all, if it fails, it will be almost immediately forgotten. The Next Big Thing searches through 3,000 years of Western culture to find the colorful and key steps (and missteps) that led...