Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past

Travel down the Nile and into the heart of an ancient tomb with young Neferu, who is training to mummify a great pharaoh.

It's the year 1492, the height of the Aztec Empire, and Ten Vulture is learning to become a priest-and a deadly warrior.

A freak sandstorm seals you inside a pyramid in the desert!

Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms-including music.

Abbie was afraid.

Kate stared at the rickety wooden bridge.

A freak sandstorm seals you inside a pyramid in the desert!

It's 1718 and the world goes dark for Jamie Flynn, who's been snatched from the docks to join Blackbeard's crew of the fearsome pirates.

At the age of five, Takeshi joins the other youngsters in a samurai's castle to train as a noble fighter.

Travel down the Nile and into the heart of an ancient tomb with young Neferu, who is training to mummify a great pharaoh.

It's the year 1492, the height of the Aztec Empire, and Ten Vulture is learning to become a priest-and a deadly warrior.

Gorillas can be pretty big, but just wait until you see Gigantopithecus.

The ocean is filled with giant, strange, and scary creatures such as whales, octopuses, and sharks-but the prehistoric megalodon was powerful enough to crush a killer whale.

Did you know that dinosaurs weren't the only prehistoric beasts on Earth?

What if elephants were as small as dogs?

Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms-including music.

You might be a fan of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

When basketball fans hear the words Final Four, they probably think of the buzzer-beaters, Cinderella stories, and bracket-busters that have thrilled people for years.

With lyrical text and thought-provoking photography, Their Great Gift explores the experiences of immigrants in the twenty-first century, focusing on the lives of children.

In 1846, the eighty-seven members of the Donner Party left Illinois to begin a new life in California.

In 1607, settlers from England established the Jamestown colony in North America.

In August 2005, a massive hurricane hit New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast.

On January 12, 1888, a sudden blizzard barreled across Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakota Territory.

On October 8, 1871, a fierce fire broke out in the bustling city of Chicago.

In the mid-1840s, potato blight ruined the crops of impoverished farmers across Ireland.

How quickly can you name 50 American heroes?

In order to advance their various causes and concerns, these groups hire individuals or firms called lobbyists to work on their behalf to influence the decisions of state and federal lawmakers.

Anyone who has ever participated in a demonstration, gone to a rally, or even written a term paper on a subject remotely ';un-American,' you may have been watched.

Jules Archer begins with laws that opened up Americapublic lands and homesteadingand continues with banking, the Bill of Rights, subversion and sedition, foreign policy.

Is resistance un-American?

Winners and Losers is a timeless exploration of a subject relevant to todays youth that will inspire young readers to get involved.

Benito Mussolini was a man of many contradictions but with one driving ambition: to rule Italy and restore it to the power and splendor of the ancient Roman Empire, with himself as the new Caesar.

Early in life, Joseph Stalin became convinced of the inevitability of social revolution.

Whether you're a diehard fan or new to the sport, prepare to be BOWLED OVER by this fun-filled book of stories, facts and stats from the world of cricket.

Power, politics and pirates collide in the first book in the Isles of Storm and Sorrow trilogy.

An exquisitely illustrated history of the women's suffrage movement, created by the New York Times-bestselling David Roberts and introduced by BBC presenter Lauren Laverne.

Complex, passionate, brilliant, flawed?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.