Who were the people of ancient Rome? Where did they go to wash? Who were their gods and goddesses? What was life like for a Roman slave? Find the answers, and much more, in this brilliant book, packed with photographs, clear illustrations, simple step-by-step text and links to websites with video clips and fun activities.
When a special exhibition of terracotta warriors comes to town, Ming and his mother goes to see them at the museum. To remember this exciting event, Ming's mother buys him a little figurine of a General to keep in his room at home. But at midnight, Ming wakes up and finds the General figurine is alive and he has a copper carriage ready to take Ming to his home in Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Tomb in…
A brutally moving work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of …
A father turns a car trip with his squabbling children into a thrilling space voyage. As they travel farther from home, they look back at the history of Planet Earth and the conflict that has taken place there since time began. Can this cosmic viewpoint show his children how to sit peacefully alongside each other and, ultimately, how to sit in the world today? Through this extraordinary expl…
This witty and insightful book gathers together all the facts, figures and formulae we only half-remember from school, and is guaranteed to have you exclaiming, 'I used to know that!'