Life during the Industrial Revolution

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0276421264

Collation

160 p. ; photos

Series Title

Journeys into the past

Call Number

909.81 TAM l

Kings & queens of the British Isles

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

00766589x

Collation

208 p. ; ill. ; photos

Series Title

-

Call Number

R 941.0099 CUS k

The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickelby

Features characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers and his family, to the delightful Mrs Nickleby, taking in the eccentric Crummles and his travelling players, the Mantalinis, the Kenwigs, and many more.

Cut-throat Celts

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9781407104263

Collation

139 p. ; ill.

Series Title

Horrible Histories

Call Number

936.202 DEA c

The terrible tudors

History with the nasty bits left in. Grizzly details of Tudor life from horrendous beheadings to mysterious murders and cruel kings and queens. History has never been so horrible!

The rotten Romans

All the foul facts about the Rotten Romans are ready to uncover, including what Roman soldiers wore under their kilts and how ancient Britons got their hair nice and spiky.

The stormin' Normans

Awful information about Bill the Conqueror and his bully-boys at the Battle of Hastings and the Crusades. Includes top tips on how to avoid a poisonous plot and more.

Dark knights and dingy castles

This horrible history takes you charging back in time to days of chivalry, when knights clanked about in Armour waving weapons, peasants cleaned up the mess afterwards, and everyone lived in dark, dingy, horrible homes. Find out about dreadful dungeons, ghastly ghosts, and the famous Saint George.

Vile Victorians

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780439944045

Collation

141 p. ; ill.

Series Title

Horrible Histories

Call Number

941.081 DEA v

Sir Jamie Oliver: The biography

Jamie rose from humble pastry chef to television star by catching the eye of producers during a documentary about the River Café, where he was working at the time. His onscreen charisma meant he featured heavily in the finished documentary; the offers came flooding in, and so The Naked Chef was born. The program was a huge success, with an initmate and fresh approach to the television chef. J…

Rod: The autobiography

Rod Stewart was born the working-class son of a Scottish plumber in North London. Rod started out in the early 1960s, playing the clubs on London's R&B scene, before his distinctively raspy voice caught the ear of the iconic front man Long John Baldry, who approached him while busking one night on a railway platform. This book tells his story.

Britain, 1625-1642: The failure of absolutism?

Provides a focused look at key events in British history during 1625-1642 and enables students to gain a greater understanding of the period and evaluate the key issues.

Britain, 1906-1951

Provides a focused look at key events in Britain from 1906-1951 and enables students to gain a greater understanding of the period and evaluate the key issues.

Eye of the needle

A ruthless spy trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day falls in love and must make a choice between love and country.

My brief history: Stephen Hawking

Recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his postwar London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Writing with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of ALS at age 21. Tracing his progress as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onward through numerous i…

She rises

Louise Fletcher, a young dairy maid on an eighteenth-century Essex farm, has long been warned of the lure of the sea - after all, it stole away her father and brother. But when she is offered work as a maid in the naval port of Harwich, she leaps at the chance to see more of the world. Fifteen-year-old Luke has been press ganged and sent to sea on board the warship Essex. Aching for the girl he…

The complete guide to birds of Britain & Europe

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978074558628

Collation

320 p. ; photo

Series Title

-

Call Number

R 598 STE c

Vicious vikings and the measly middle ages

Originally published as two separate volumes: The vicious Vikings, 1994. The measly Middle Ages, 1996. ; Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin Brown.

horrible history of Britain and Ireland / Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin…

Another lavish production for Xmas - this time the Wicked History of Britain in full colour. Re-using material from the entire series (approx 70%), Terry weaves together a tale of rottenness, rioting and revolution to give readers a one-stop shop of horror. The histories of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are retold in one volume, complete with new material from Terry and Martin.

Garden flowers

Suitable for enthusiasts keen to discover the flora in their own back gardens, this guide features full-colour illustrations of over 100 different species.

Amazing grace : the story of William Wilberforce and his fight to end slave t…

Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce won in 1807, a…

The secret garden

Edition

1st

ISBN/ISSN

9781853261046

Collation

300 p.

Series Title

-

Call Number

F BUR s

We bought a zoo

Benjamin Mee.