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The Woeful Second World War (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories
If you ever hear old folk moaning on about the world today, just remind them how woeful things were in the Second World War. Readers can discover why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty, what really happened in Dad's Army and how to make a rude noise with a gas mask. History with the ...Show more
The Woeful Second World War: Horrible Histories by Terry Deary
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Horrible Histories S.
"The Woeful Second World War" presents the dire details of a war that affected almost everyone - from old men joining the Dad's Army to the 12 year olds defending Berlin to the bitter end. Find out who made a meal of maggots, or which soldiers were so smelly their enemies could sniff them out.
This is a Horrible Book of Foul Facts (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Horrible Histories
This is a Horrible Book of Foul Facts serves up all the dreadful details of horrible history you'll ever need to know - from rotten Roman graffiti to terrible teacher tortures and rude royal nicknames, the foul facts are all inside. Want to know: the crushing details about execution by elephant? How to ...Show more
Top 50 Villains (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories
TOP 50 VILLAINS is packed full of foul facts and loathsome lists all about vile villains. From gangs of gangsters to maniacs who massacre, meet the biggest baddies in history and discover how they schemed and terrified their way to the top. Find out who made flutes from the bones of his victims, who esc ...Show more
Tower of Terror: A Terrible Tudor Adventure by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories Gory Stories
Simon Tuttle and his Pa are tricksters struggling to make a living on the Tudor streets. When disaster strikes Simon must fend for himself, even if it means committing treason. But can he pull of his Pa's carefully concocted plan and should he trust his mysterious new accomplice?
USA (Horrible Histories Special) by Terry Deary
Category: Reference | Series: Horrible Histories
The history of the USA as only Terry Deary can tell it – filled with mean and nasty bits! From cruel Columbus’s first cross-Atlantic cruise, to the first savage settlers, to the wicked Wild West and beyond. Includes chapters on everything from potty presidents to the very uncivil war and with a cast of ...Show more
Up in the Air by Terry Deary; Martin Brown (Illustrator)
Category: Education | Series: Horrible Histories Ser.
Discover all the foul facts about the history of air travel with history's most horrible headlines: in-flight edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to the skies. From the Chinese prisoners who were sent up on kites and the brave but foolish failures who jumped fr ...Show more
Vicious Vikings (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Horrible Histories
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why some vicious Vikings had names like Fat-thighs, Oaf and Stinking? How to build a vicious Viking longboat? Which vicious Viking god dressed up as a woman? Discover all the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings - all the gore and more.
Vicious Vikings (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Horrible Histories
All the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings are ready to uncover, including including Viking Gods in wedding dresses, corpses on trial and Death by booby-trapped statues. Refreshed with a fantastic new design for 2016, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Te ...Show more
Vicious Vikings (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories
Sail back to a vicious time with fearsome seafaring Viking warriors with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings, including Viking gods in wedding dresses, corpses on trial and Death by booby-trapped statues. With a bold, acces ...Show more
Vicious Vikings (Horrible Histories 25th Anniversary Edition) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Horrible Histories
Sail back to a vicious time with fearsome seafaring Viking warriors with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings, including Viking gods in wedding dresses, corpses on trial and Death by booby-trapped statues. With a bold, acces ...Show more
Vicious Vikings & Measly Middle Ages (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories
This book features history with twice the nasty bits...and in an incredible new edition! Readers can learn what life was really like in the Measly Middle Ages - in days of old when knights were bold, women wore tall pointy hats, and the peasants truly were revolting. In "Vicious Vikings", readers get al ...Show more