The "British History Series" tells the story of the people and changing landscape of Britain. It aims to bring people and events to life and set them in a historical context. This title explores modern Britain, readers can find out, amongst other things, how Britain lost her empire, why there were two World Wars, what the abdication crisis was about, and when Britain joined the EU.
After fifteen fearsome years on the page, Horrible Histories are coming to the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact - of course. Twelve classic Horrible Histories are being reissued with a tie-in cover. In Gorgeous Georgians readers can discover the full story: Gangs who made a living selling dead bodies. Husbands who sold their wives at auction. Doctors who cured toothache with squash…
At Arthur's garage sale, Binky finds out why honesty is the best policy.
I work at the supermarket. whats my job?
Wingnut's hamsters is missing! Jigsaw and his partner, Mila, are on the case. They are searching for clues and piecing together the mystery. This is a job for Jigsaw Jones, Private Eye.
The United States has received a message from distant planet Tyrra: Will you meet with us? The President wants to send someone who is friendly, but also someone brave, adventurous, and clever - who better than Stanley Lambchop? The whole Lambchop family bundles into the Star Scout spaceship with Stanley as Chief Pilot to voyage to the farr-off Tyrra. But do the Tyrrans simply want a friendly me…
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. Any doctor will agree that people are not flat. They are born around and stay that way their whole lives. But not Stanley Lambchop! He has been flat once before, after a bulletin board fell on him. When his brother made him round again by blowing him up with a hose, Stanley thought he was through with flatness forever. And then one ordinary morning, Stanle…