Revolusi: Indonesia and the birth of the modern world

Praise for revolusi Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eyewitness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative, written with remarkable historical clarity and filled with tragedy and passion. A landmark history, Revolusi cements Indonesia’s struggle for independence as one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century and entire…

Don't say that Willy Nilly!

Willy Nilly is off to the shop to buy a cabbage. “Yuk!” he says. “Don’t say that, Willy Nilly!” says his mum. So Willy Nilly tries very hard to always say the right thing but somehow he always says it just at the wrong moment. “Don’t say that, Willy Nilly!” he’s told. Will Willy Nilly ever get it right?

What it was like to be an ancient maya

Largely forgotten for centuries, the ancient Maya were incredible. Their cities across Central and South America featured astonishing pyramids and palaces, while they were also successful farmers and highly creative artists. The Maya were the first people in the Americas to learn how to read and write, and they invented things like rubber, chocolate and chewing gum. They had a deep understandin…

Living Things

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9780751649147

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29 p. ; ill. ; 25 cm

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Let's Explore Science

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570 EVA l

The story of William Wallace

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9781902407067

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29 p. ; ill. ; 17 cm

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Elmer and the lost teddy

Baby Elephant cannot get to sleep when he loses his teddy bear, so Elmer sets out to find it

Disability praxis: the body as a site of struggle

The rise of the extreme right globally, the crisis of capitalism and the withdrawal of all but the most punitive arms of the state are having a disastrous impact on disabled people’s lives. Bob Williams-Findlay offers an account of the transformative potential of disability praxis and how it relates to disabled politics and activism. He addresses different sites of struggle, showing how di…

The day moon and earth had an argument

Sometimes we have to travel a few billion miles to find our way home.

The disconnect

Could you last six whole weeks without your phone? Six weeks without sharing photos, without group messages, without being kept in the social‑media loop? An eccentric entrepreneur has challenged Esther’s year group to do just that, and the winners will walk away with £1,000. For Esther, whose dad and sister live thousands of miles away in New York, the prize might be her only chance …

What it was like to be a viking

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9781800902121

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104 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm

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