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Books > Children's & Educational > Humanities > History
Discover all the foul facts about the history of the Emerald Isle
with history's most horrible headlines: Irish edition. The master
of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to Ireland.
From why wax models were captured and made prisoners of war and
which warriors went to battle naked to how to make yourself
invisible. It's all in Horrible Histories: Ireland: fully
illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories - with
all the horribly hilarious bits included with a fresh take on the
classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new the
perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read
Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for
generations with books, TV, stage show, magazines, games and 2019's
brilliantly funny Horrible Histories: the Movie - Rotten Romans.
Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot.
Read all about it!
Discover what caused the American Revolution in this stimulating
nonfiction book. With its easy-to-read text and vivid images,
readers are sure to be engaged as they learn about problems
colonists faced, including the Stamp Act, the Townshend Act, and
Intolerable Acts. The fascinating facts and intriguing sidebars
further explore the reasoning behind such documents as the First
Continental Congress, Declaration of Rights and Grievances, Thomas
Paine's Common Sense, and the Declaration of Independence. To aid
in better understanding of the content and vocabulary, a useful
table of contents and glossary are provided.
'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English
Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated
to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are
filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes,
characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much
more.
It s the 1800s, and you are a child from a poor family. You have to
go to work to keep from starving. Will you: Work as a pauper
apprentice in an English factory? Emigrate from Ireland in order to
work in the New England cloth mills? Make your living on the
streets of New York City selling newspapers? Everything in this
book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The
choices you make could lead you to opportunity, to wealth, to
poverty, or even to death."
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