The history of man-made flight for children growing in reading confidence From Da Vinci to the Wright Brothers find out how people dreamed of taking to the sky in complex flying machines before inventions such as hot-air balloons airships helicopters & of course aeroplanes made it all possible Usborne Young Reading has been developed with reading experts from Roehampton University ...

A lively & engaging history of the beautiful game Tells the story of football from its beginnings in the Roman Army to the modern day premiership including how both American Football & Rugby were born Usborne Young Reading has been developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University ...

Johanna Spyri's Heidi is beautifully retold following the exploits of the orphaned girl sent to live in the Alps with her grumpy grandfather Part of Series 2 of the Usborne Young Reading Programme specially written for readers growing in confidence with clear engaging text & stunning original illustrations Developed in conjunction with reading experts from Roehampton University ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play For more than two thousand years India has been a massive component in world history But what are the country&s origins & how did it come to be what it is today? These are just two of the questions that Michael Wood tries to answer during his quest across the country Actors Michael Wood Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 2010 Screen Widescreen 1781 Languages English Duration 5 hours & 30 minutes (approx) ...

Neil Hegarty's bestselling history of Ireland is a story crowded with the drama of complex characters shifting allegiances & changing identities 416 pages Hegarty Neil ...

When the young Arthur pulls the embedded sword from the stone his future as the King of England is foretold This imaginative retelling of the classic legends recounts the story of Arthur's formation of the Knights of the Round Table his securing of the enchanted sword Excalibur his wooing of the Lady Guinevere & many other beloved Arthurian tales ...

The world first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by JRR Tolkien which tells the powerful story of a doomed young man who is sold into slavery & who swears revenge on the magician who killed his father Kullervo son of Kalervo is perhaps the darkest & most tragic of all JRR Tolkien's characters Hapless Kullervo' as Tolkien called him is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers & a tragic destiny Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo who killed his father kidnapped his mother & who tries three times to kill him when still a boy Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister Wanona & guarded by the magical powers of the black dog Musti When Kullervo is sold into slavery he swears revenge on the magician but he will learn that even at the point of vengeance there is no escape from the cruellest of fates Tolkien wrote that The Story of Kullervo was the germ of my attempt to write legends of my own' & was a major matter in the legends of the First Age'; his Kullervo was the ancestor of Turin Turambar tragic incestuous hero of The Silmarillion In addition to being a powerful story in its own right The Story of Kullervo
- published here for the first time with the author's drafts notes & lecture-essays on its source-work The Kalevala is a foundation stone in the structure of Tolkien's invented world
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The world first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by JRR Tolkien which tells the powerful story of a doomed young man who is sold into slavery & who swears revenge on the magician who killed his father Kullervo son of Kalervo is perhaps the darkest & most tragic of all JRR Tolkien's characters Hapless Kullervo' as Tolkien called him is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers & a tragic destiny Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo who killed his father kidnapped his mother & who tries three times to kill him when still a boy Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister Wanona & guarded by the magical powers of the black dog Musti When Kullervo is sold into slavery he swears revenge on the magician but he will learn that even at the point of vengeance there is no escape from the cruellest of fates Tolkien wrote that The Story of Kullervo was the germ of my attempt to write legends of my own' & was a major matter in the legends of the First Age'; his Kullervo was the ancestor of Turin Turambar tragic incestuous hero of The Silmarillion In addition to being a powerful story in its own right The Story of Kullervo
- published here for the first time with the author's drafts notes & lecture-essays on its source-work The Kalevala is a foundation stone in the structure of Tolkien's invented world
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this book is a magical journey through life from the beginnings of time to the birth of a child & the adventure that we take on our way to the grave & beyond to the starsit is a celebration of being human & all of the beautiful things that is in betweenif you like books that are aboutwhy we are herehow we are madebabies shedding their baby legs & growing their child legsthe innocence of childhoodthe warmth of papas backteen lifebody harethe first kissfalling in lovebeing alonethe gift of a feathertales of witchessaturday nightsmonday morningsthe mystery of old peoples earlobesdeathghostsand the meaning of lifethen this book is for youbecause inside of this book there is all of those things & after reading about 5 pages of it you will be the main expert of human life & there will be nothing in this world that you will not know love from your friend chris (simpsons artist) xox ...

At first nothing lived on Earth It was a noisy hot scary place Choking gas exploded from volcanoes & oceans of lava bubbled around the globe Then in the deep dark ocean something amazing happened This is an exciting & dramatic story about how life began & developed on Planet Earth written especially for younger children The authors explain how the first living cell was created & how the cells multiply & create jellyfish & worms & then fish with bendy necks which drag themselves out of the water into swampy forests They tell the story of the biggest creatures that have ever walked on land
- the dinosaurs Long after that hairy creatures who have babies not eggs take over stand on two legs & spread around the world some of them living through cataclysmic events such as ice ages & volcanic eruptions Everyone living today is related to these survivors With delightful illustrations including lots of detail & humour all carefully researched & checked this book shows the development of life on Earth in a truly accessible & simple way CLICK HERE to download Teachers' Notes specially written by the authors Catherine Barr & Steve Williams to assist teachers & librarians in the promotion & teaching of The Story of Lifein schools & to help foster a love of good books literature & reading in children
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