Educational: Humanities and social sciences, general

Discover 25 women who shattered the glass ceiling, each in their own way.

Discover 25 women who challenged the status quo and fought for what they believed in.

This book about the European Union describes what the EU is and what it does, its history, EU laws, EU parliament, the single market and currency, and more.

Form an orderly queue!

How does democracy fit in with British values?

This book answers all the questions that you want to know about Christmas and the traditions that we have in Britain: why we sing carols, why we send cards, why we eat turkey or goose, why we have crackers, why Father Christmas comes and so much more.

Where do people live in the UK?

Why wasn't the grasshopper preparing for winter like the industrious ants were?

Geothermal energy makes use of the energy already present within the earth.

Hydropower makes use of the energy in flowing water.

Solar energy harnesses the power of the sun.

Wind energy harnesses the power of the wind.

Who gets paid to pop giant pimples?

Where can you get paid to deal with bugs, bacteria and animal waste?

Would you want to be a maggot farmer?

Where can you get paid to deal with pet food, fish guts and organ meat?

Here's to the heroes who keep our world clean.

A lot of people have to get dirty in order to keep our water clean.

Meghan Markle joined the royal family when she married Prince Harry.

The bubonic plague is a disease spread by fleas that live on rats.

Malaria is spread by infected mosquitoes.

Text and photographs take readers on a visit to the zoo including descriptions of the things, people, and animals found there.

Text and photographs take readers on a visit to the library, including descriptions of the things and people found there.

Text and photographs take readers on a visit to the farm, including descriptions of the things, people, and animals found there.

Text and photographs take readers on a visit to the doctor's office, including descriptions of the things and people found there.

Learn all about British Police Officers - how they help us, what they do, how they serve the community and much more.

Learn all about British Firefighters - how they help us, what they do, how they serve the community and much more.

Learn all about British Ambulance and Air crew - how they help us, what they do, how they serve the community and much more.

Learn all about British Lifeboat crew - how they help us, what they do, how they serve the community and much more.

Johannes Gutenberg wasn't just an inventor.

Marie Curie wasn't just a scientist.

In January 2017, the controversial businessman Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States.

Throughout our history, different peoples have invaded and settled in Brtain.

Throughout our history, different peoples have invaded and settled in Brtain.

Who are the greatest British men and women ever to have graced our lands?

Why do humans look like they do?

Explore the history of World War I, from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly.

Explore the history of the bubonic plague, from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly.

Explore the history of the Holocaust, from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly.

Explore the history of World War II, from causes and effects to what made this period of history so deadly.

From Africa to North America to Europe, take a tour of our world's continents.

Maps bring the real world into miniature and help us to understand the cities, roads and landforms around us.

A series of photos taken from space more than 20 years ago revealed thousands of unknown galaxies in a tiny patch of "e;empty"e; space.

To the untrained eye, Photo 51 was simply a grainy black and white image of dark marks scattered in a rough cross shape.

Weighing as much as a small car, a rover named Curiosity rolls quietly around Mars.

On the night of April 14, 1912, as it made its first voyage, the luxury steamship Titanic struck an iceberg.

What is a referendum?

Did you know that Antarctica is really a desert?

People all around the world practice special traditions.

There are many different types of islands throughout the world.