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Picture History of Britain Hb

The history of Britain from its early days until the 1950s is described here, largely in pictures. Clarke Hutton has traced with humour and inspiration, the significant events throughout the ages. His glorious...

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Pocket Oxford Russian-English / English-Russian Dictionary Edition 3d

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- Completely new text based on the latest edition of the acclaimed Oxford Russian Dictionary - Up to date vocabulary from all areas of life today - leisure, business, travel, technology - including new words in each...

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Roald Dahl: True Lives

At school, Roald Dahl looked forward most to those special days when the local chocolate company sent every pupil a large box of chocolate bars for testing. Years later he wrote a children`s book inspired by the...

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of...

Russian Literature

This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or...

Shakespeare: True Lives

Will Shakespeare dreamed of becoming an actor and a playwright. At nineteen he left his home town of Stratford and headed for London, following his dream. He became an actor, part owner of the Globe theater - and the...

Spanish Civil War

This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war`s complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale. It also provides an ethical reflection on...

The Celts

Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their real nature has...

The History of Astronomy

This lively and comprehensive book charts the developments in the history of western astronomy from prehistoric times, when farmers used the stars to predict the start of the seasons, through the merging of Babylonian...

The Oxford-Duden Pictorial English Dictionary

A picture is worth a thousand words and certain kinds of information can be conveyed better visually than by written definitions. The Oxford-Duden Pictorial dictionaries are valued for their unique presentation of an...

True Lives: Galileo

Galileo`s revolutionary scientific work brought him into conflict with the authorities of his time, but earned him an honoured place in the history books. He swept away old notions of the universe by observing the...

VSI ART&CULTURE ART HISTORY, Arnold

Importantly, this book explains how the traditional emphasis on periods and styles originates in western art production and can obscure other critical approaches, as well as art from non western cultures.

Wild Reads: Dinosaurs

This marvelous book about dinosaurs covers a wide range of topics, from a day in the life of a brachiosaurus 200 million years ago to the dinosaur detectives who are making new and exciting discoveries about dinosaurs...

Wild Reads: Sharks

From a chapter all about the famous great white shark to the lesser known goblin shark, this book covers a wide range of topics. Learn all about the many different species and what makes the shark so special. Find out...

Wild Reads: Whales

With a wide variety of whale species covered, you can learn about all kinds of whales, from the minke to the bottlenosed or beluga whales to name but a few. Packed with interesting information, did you know that the...

Wild Reads: Bees

This brilliant book about bees covers a wide range of topics, from a chapter about how honey is made to the exciting story of one princess bee`s journey through life. Packed with facts and illustrations, find out why...

Wild Reads: Elephants

This marvellous book about elephants covers a wide range of topics. Chapter 1 tells the heart rending story of a family of elephants from the baby elephant protected by its mother to the grandmother elephant who is...

Wild Reads: Wolves

This wonderful book about wolves covers a wide range of topics. Follow the story of a wolf pack and how they stick together to live and hunt. Learn about the amazing skills that the grey wolf has to survive, from its...

Wild Reads: Big Cats

This brilliant book about big cats covers a wide range of topics, from a chapter about the solitary jaguar to a pride of lions on a hunt. Packed with facts and illustrations, find out which big cats love the water,...