Titans of History - The Giants Who Made Our World
Titans of History - The Giants Who Made Our World
NEW EDITION – FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTE...

100 Women Who Made History - Remarkable Women Who Shaped Our World
100 Women Who Made History - Remarkable Women Who Shape...
Celebrating the fantastic females who changed history, this ...

The Book that Made Your World - How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization
The Book that Made Your World - How the Bible Created t...
Understand where we came from.Whether you’re an avid studen...

The Anzac Girls - The Extraordinary Story of Our World War I Nurses
The Anzac Girls - The Extraordinary Story of Our World ...
By the end of the Great War, forty-five Australian and New Z...

The Men Who Made the SAS - The History of the Long Range Desert Group
The Men Who Made the SAS - The History of the Long Rang...
Established in June 1940, the Long Range Desert Group was th...

The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees
The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees
An exuberant tale of craftsmanship for nature lovers and rug...

Iron Ambition - Lessons I've Learned from the Man Who Made Me a Champion
Iron Ambition - Lessons I've Learned from the Man Who M...
The key to Mike Tyson’s unprecedented success in the ring a...

Victoria - The Woman who Made the Modern World
Victoria - The Woman who Made the Modern World
The extraordinary story of the world’s most influential, in...

Flak - True Stories from the Men who Flew in World War Two
Flak - True Stories from the Men who Flew in World War ...
Michael Veitch’s life-long obsession with the aircraft of t...

Victoria - The Woman Who Made the Modern World
Victoria - The Woman Who Made the Modern World
The much-admired, critically-praised and bestselling biograp...

The Plantagenets - The Kings Who Made England
The Plantagenets - The Kings Who Made England
This brilliant new book explores the lives of eight generati...

Granite Mountain - The First-Hand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
Granite Mountain - The First-Hand Account of a Tragic W...
Originally published as My lost brothers: the untold story b...

Titans Of History - The Giants Who Made Our World

The Man Who Climbs Trees

‘A book of heart-stopping bravery and endurance’ — Helen Macdonald ‘A great read – incredible adventures and a dramatic new perspective’ — Chris Packham ‘(A) delightful, endlessly fascinating book’ — Daily Mail BOOK OF THE WEEK This is the story of a professional British tree climber, cameraman and adventurer, who has made a career out of travelling the world, filming wildlife for the ...

The Better Angels of Our Nature - A History of Violence and Humanity

‘The most inspiring book I’ve ever read’ Bill Gates, 2017 ’A brilliant, mind-altering book … Everyone should read this astonishing book’ Guardian ’Will change the way you see the world’ Daily Mail Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 Wasn’t the twentieth century the most violent in history? In his extraordinary, epic book Steven Pinker shows us that this is wrong, telling...

The Camel Who Crossed Australia

Third in Jackie French’s Animal Stars series, featuring the animals who contributed to history’s most famous events. the story of the famous Burke and Wills expedition … as it has never been told before the humans called him ‘Bell Sing’, but to the other camels he is known as ‘He Who Spits Further than the Wind’. transported from the mountains and deserts of the ‘Northwest Frontier’ (p...

Something in the Blood - The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula

An “essential examination” (New York Times Book Review), this revelatory biography exhumes the haunted origins of the man behind the immortal myth. In this “sumptuous” (Publishers Weekly) portrait of the man who birthed an undying cultural icon, David J. Skal “pulls back the curtain to reveal the author who dreamed up this vampire” (Time). “A fascinating character whose own anxieties and ...

The Man Who Was Thursday

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton ’“A man’s brain is a bomb,” he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with violence. “My brain feels like a bomb, night and day. It must expand! It must expand! A man’s brain must expand, if it breaks up the universe”’ In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Sym...

Our World - Our OFFICIAL autobiography

Celebrate Little Mix’s first UK number-one album – Glory Days – by reading the full story of the girls’ astonishing rise to pop super stardom. Our World is full of exclusive photos and inspirational stories about Jade, Perrie, Jesy and Leigh-Anne’s unique friendship. Little Mix are the UK’s most successful girl band. They first found fame – and each other – on The X Factor in 2011. Five y...

Masterminds & Wingmen - Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules o...

Books for a Better Life Award Winner Here is a landmark book that reveals the way boys think and that shows parents, educators and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common yet difficult challenges — by the bestselling author who changed our conception of adolescent girls. Do you constantly struggle to pull information from your son, student, or athlete, only to encounter ...

Unreasonable Hope - Finding Faith in the God Who Brings Purpose to Your Pain

“Where was God when – How could God allow – Why” These are the questions that flood our hearts and minds when the unimaginable happens. When things go horribly wrong and the world seems to be unraveling, how do you believe in God’s goodness How do you cling to hope Chad Veach directs readers away from cliche Sunday-School answers that fail to offer real comfort or faith-building insights. In...

The Girl Who Rode the Wind

An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day. When Lola’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her family’s history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Loretta’s nickname was `The Daredevil’ due to her fe...

Farewell to the Horse - The Final Century of Our Relationship

THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ’A beautiful and thoughtful exploration of the role of the horse in creating our world’ James Rebanks ’Scintillating, exhilarating … you have never read a book like it … a new way of considering history’ Observer The relationship between horses and humans is an ancient, profound and complex one. For millennia horses provided the strength and spee...

Dingo - The Dog Who Conquered a Continent

Jackie French’s critically acclaimed and best-selling ANIMAL STARS series looks at history through the eyes of an animal. Ages: 9-13 All of Australia’s dingoes may be descended from one south-east Asian ‘rubbish dog’ who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. this is a story about the first dingo. It is also the story of Loa, who heads off across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves ma...

Farewell to the Horse - The Final Century of Our Relationship

THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ’A beautiful and thoughtful exploration of the role of the horse in creating our world’ James Rebanks ’Scintillating, exhilarating … you have never read a book like it … a new way of considering history’ Observer The relationship between horses and humans is an ancient, profound and complex one. For millennia horses provided the strength and...

Awakening the Heroes Within - Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find Ourselvesand Transform Our World

AWAKENING THE HEROES WITHIN“The heroic quest is about saying ‘yes’ to yourself and in so doing, becoming more fully alive and more effective in the world…The quest is replete with dangers and pitfalls, but it offers great rewards: the capacity to be successful in the world, knowledge of the mysteries of the human soul, and the opportunity to find and express your unique gifts in the world”.In...

The Girl Who Rode the Wind

An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day.When Lola’s grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her family’s history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Loretta’s nickname was `The Daredevil’ due to her fear...

The Boy Who Set Sail on a Questionable Quest

Princess Lois has been kidnapped by Anatoly the Handsome, who wants to marry her. Cue ‘damsel in distress’ to be rescued by none other than our own heroic Blart. He sets out on the good ship The Golden Pig with Olaf the innocent – who believes what everyone says all the time – and Kupverstich the Strange – an explorer-come-scientist whose ingenious explanations for the natural world have one ...

The Boy Who Cried Vampire - A Graphic Novel

In Transylvania, a boy cries… vampire! Young Ion is bored by life in the village. So to spice things up, the imaginative prankster runs false vampire drills, much to the annoyance of the villagers. But one night, a shadow passes by Ion’s window. This time it’s no joke. It’s a REAL vampire! Have all of Ion’s fibs come back to bite him, or can the boy find a way out of this batty situation? In ...

The Boy Who Fell To Earth

Meet Merlin. He’s Lucy’s bright, beautiful son – who just happens to be autistic. Since Merlin’s father left them in the lurch, Lucy has made Merlin the centre of her world. Struggling with the joys and tribulations of raising her adorable yet challenging child (if only Merlin came with operating instructions), Lucy doesn’t have room for any other man in her life. By the time Merlin turns ten...

Rad American Women A-Z - Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

“This is not a book. This is a guest list for a party of my heroes. Thank you for inviting us.”—Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events books Like all A-Z books, this one illustrates the alphabet-but instead of “A is for Apple”, A is for Angela-as in Angela Davis, the iconic political activist. B is for Billie Jean King, who shattered the glass ceiling of sports; C is for Ca...

The Man Who Listens to Horses

Monty Roberts is a real-life horse whisperer-an American original whose gentle Join-Up® training method reveals the depth of communication possible between man and animal. He can take a wild, high-strung horse who has never before been handled and persuade that horse to accept a bridle, saddle, and rider in thirty minutes. His powers may seem like magic, but his amazing “horse sense” is based o...

The Boy Who Knew Everything

Conrad Harrington III doesn’t want to be a super genius; he just wants to live a normal life. But his father is the newly elected president of the United States, so he knows being normal isn’t really an option. When suspicious disasters suddenly start happening all over the globe, his best friend, Piper McCloud, knows the world needs Conrad’s gifts – and that all of the exceptional children ne...

The Man Who Was Thursday - Green Popular Penguins

G.K. Chesterton’s 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a detective story filled with poetry and politics. Gabriel Syme is a poet and a police detective. Lucian Gregory is a poet and a bomb-throwing anarchist. Syme infiltrates a secret meeting of anarchists and becomes ‘Thursday’, one of the seven members of the Central Anarchist Council. He soon learns, ho...