Collection: Junior Non-Fiction History

We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear -- and it's a true story. Have you ever wondered how we got here? From hunting mammot...

"We admire the ancient wonders today, but somebody had to build them. No heavy machinery, no semitrucks, no cement mixers. How was it even possible to build such wonders as pyramids and temples in ancient times? Each one was unique, its beauty and magnificence lauded by the greatest poets and wri...

How did people in the Middle Ages ... Build cathedrals? Steer sailing ships? Make better iron? Gind the corn they grew? Through an exciting combination of fascinating facts and fun narrative, award-winning author Richard Platt examine how people in history overcame the challenge of technology.

Romans examines aspects of technology in ancient Rome, including concrete, road building, weapons, domes and arches. How They Made Things Work looks at how people in history advanced their societies by pushing the boundaries of technology.

Dar is a teenager who lived around 15,000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic era (late stone age). Dar will show us how he hunted, trapped, sheltered, played and lived in the distant past.

Olaf Wildbeard was a young Viking warrior and the son of a local Jarl (earl). We will discover from Olaf's words how the Vikings explored the world, how they trained for battle, their fantastic traditions that have flowed down through the centuries to their epic victories across Europe.

Ten Vulture was destined from babyhood to serve as a priest. At the age of 15 he leaves his family for the great city of Tenochtitlan, to be schooled for years as a follower of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent. The ways of life and stories of some of history's most fascinating groups. Told as ...

Neferu is embarking on the trip of a lifetime - not only down the Nile but right inside a temple to learn the secrets of embalming and the downright yucky job of cleaning out a dead body, before assisting at the entombment of Ramesses and his treasures in a secret burial chamber deep inside a pyr...

Almost from the start the European colonisers ignored the rights of the original inhabitants of Australia. The indigenous peoples' tenure came from a land where property was only for the rich - here it was theirs for the taking. Indigenous resistance failed to stop Europeans securing the finest g...