History

With the end of the Second World War, a new world was born. The peace agreements that brought the conflict to an end implemented decisions that not only shaped the second half of the 20th century, but continue to affect our world today and impact on its future. In this remarkable history, the for...

This series looks at the key events of a particular decade, examining their causes and their consequences. Each book includes eyewitness accounts and excerpts from news reports of the time. Each spread gives references to help children find information from other books or the Internet.

With few TVs, children made their own entertainment, which included playing conkers, building dens and go-karts, climbing trees and re-enacting fights from the latest cinema blockbuster. Food was, for many years, still rationed and bought from the local corner shop. Much has changed for children ...

'1964' is a living history of one of the most pivotal years in the twentieth century. In Britain, a new Labour government promised to bring the 'white heat of technology'. The Beatles and Rolling Stones cemented their grip on the charts, while the introduction of BBC Two ended the two-channel mon...

The pop world accelerated and broke through the sound barrier in 1966. In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas slow-cooking since the late '50s reached boiling point. In the worlds of pop, pop art, fashion and radical politics, the 'Sixties' hit their Modernist peak. A ...

Each title in this series looks at the key dates that helped shape history during a particular decade in the 20th century. As well as describing landmark events, the books examine their causes and consequences and include contemporary newspaper reports and eyewitness accounts.

Each title in this series looks at the key dates that helped shape history during a particular decade in the 20th century. As well as describing landmark events, the books examine their causes and consequences and include contemporary newspaper reports and eyewitness accounts.

This series looks, in chronological order, at key dates of a particular decade, examining key events, their causes and consequences.

1917 saw one of the most dramatic revolutions in world history when the workers of Russia united to throw out their tsar and aristocracy, and formed the first communist state. A century later, this work reflects on the reasons for this revolution, key people, events and its legacy. Illustrated wi...

'Sapiens' showed us where we came from. 'Homo Deus' looked to the future. '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of ter...