Reference works (Children's&YA) books

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Presents information on building vocabulary, including meanings of common prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms,...  Read More >>

Where were the first cities built? How did the Egyptians live? How was the Roman Empire created, and destroyed?...  Read More >>

What was the Renaissance? How did Tudor monarchs make themselves powerful? How big was the Ottoman Empire? The Early...  Read More >>

After a lifetime spent tunnelling through the hidden roots of backyard gardens, Wally teaches kids about the amazing...  Read More >>

The timeless stories of the anicent Greek and Roman myths have become an integral and indispensable part of the...  Read More >>

Mathematical concepts are explained in this illustrated set, along with an historical overview of the field. It...  Read More >>

This text provides teenagers with a source where they can discover fascinating and entertaining facts about the...  Read More >>

This reference illustrates the importance of scientific and mathematical principles through their use in everyday...  Read More >>

Bringing together a wide range of information about the animal world. In addition to covering biological concepts,...  Read More >>

Combines under the one cover two reference works for secondary school students, 'The Australian Schoolmate File...  Read More >>

How was the Second World War fought and won? What was the Cold War? How are advances in science changing our world?...  Read More >>

How did the French Revolution start? How did industialisation spread in Europe? What and where was the Boxer Rebellion?...  Read More >>

How did the Vikings live? How big was the Mongol Empire? Where did the Black Death come from? The Medieval World...  Read More >>

This work shows how to use popular children's literature to build reading, writing, and cognitive skills in an inquiry-based...  Read More >>

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This ten-volume encyclopaedia provides non-technical information on 600 scientific theories, life forms, inventions,...  Read More >>

Provides approximately thirty full or excerpted speeches, diary entries, novels, poems, correspondence, and artwork...  Read More >>

This resource presents comprehensive coverage of the World War I period. World War I: Almanac contains 12 chapters...  Read More >>

From the backyard to the local bank, rock hounds can identify common rocks wherever they go with this rocking illustrated...  Read More >>

This reference explores popular music and musicians of the 1990s. It features: discographies of artists' main works;...  Read More >>

This is a substantial collection of some ninety poems from the early sixties to the present day. Versions of many...  Read More >>