Children's / Teenage general interest: Adventurers & outlaws

  • How Does Chocolate Taste on Everest?

    £9.99

    Have you ever wondered what the buzz of the rainforest sounds like on a trek through the Amazon? Or how it would feel to experience the biting cold as you voyage across Antarctica? Or how about how chocolate would taste on Mount Everest? Don’t get too comfortable. This isn’t the type of book you can snuggle up with under the covers. Not even close! You’re off on the expedition of a lifetime to experience the sights, sounds, smells, feelings and tastes of the world’s most extreme places.

  • Ghosts

    £10.99

    A bump in the night, the crack of floorboards and the uneasy coldness of a room – signs we might attribute to a ghostly presence. Whether ghosts are the souls of the dead, windows in time or interdimensional beings, cultures through the ages have always been fascinated by their creepy haunts and eerie appearances. This is a perfect introduction to the spooky world of ghosts!

  • There Was a Roman in Your Garden

    £8.99

    It’s your lucky day! You’ve stumbled across an ancient treasure chest in your garden that was buried thousands of years ago by a child living in ancient Rome. And the chest is packed with 20 strange and curious items that tell us so much about their life.

  • Robin Hood

    £7.99

    A gender-swapped retelling of the world-famous Robin Hood folktale, from award-winning star illustrator Bethan Woollvin.

  • The Secret Lives of Women Spies

    £8.99

    Charlotte Philby’s grandfather was the most infamous spy in history. Inspired to find out more about his world, Charlotte discovered that there were many stories of courage and secrets and daring. And so many were about women. There were a host of incredible true tales involving female spies: from dare-devil skiers delivering top-secret information, to clever codebreakers taking down the world’s biggest criminals, to brave undercover agents fighting alongside the French Resistance. Written as imagined letters and news articles, there are stories from Edith Cavell, Elizebeth Friedman, Noor Inayat Khan and many more.

  • The Unexplained: UFOs

    £10.99

    Mysterious lights in the sky. Alien abductions. Government cover-ups. Dedicated ufologists have spent years documenting unexplained phenomena from flying saucers to extraterrestrial life. Uncover the history of UFOs in this illustrated guide, which separates the science fiction from the facts.The mysterious history of flying saucers is explored in-depth, from potential alien visitors as far back as Stonehenge to UFO cults and the secrets of Area 51. Adam Allsuch Boardman details in his signature graphic style the aircraft and artefacts associated with the search for the truth about UFOs.

  • How to Be an Eco Explorer

    £14.99

    This gorgeously illustrated book invites you on an eco adventure through 10 important ecosystems, with fascinating nature facts and planet-saving activities.

  • The World’s First Human Cannonball

    £10.99

    Ever wondered what it would be like to be an Incan runner, carrying messages across the ancient Andes at lightning speed? Or perhaps a jester, keeping the royal courts in stitches with your hilarious antics? What about a stage farter? A poo collector? A body double? All these jobs are yours for the taking in history’s line-up of the world’s oddest jobs. In this book, you’ll encounter a colourful cast of characters who embraced the quirkiest of professions, including the legendary Harry Houdini who defied the laws of nature with his mind-bending magic tricks; Bessie Coleman, the first African-American stunt-pilot; Marie Tussaud who fled the French Revolution and came to London to create wax sculptures; Zazel, a Victorian daredevil who became the first human cannonball; and the amazing story of Samuel Sorensen Adams, inventor of many of the most famous joke shop gags.

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