New Releases by Simon Adams

A collection of sixteen essays by Simon Adams on Elizabethan history, centring around Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

20TH CENTURY HISTORY MAKERS is an important new series of biographies aimed at introducing older children to the most important historical figures of the 20th century. Through lively, straightforward text and both black and white and colour photographs, young readers can find out about the events of the subjects'' lives and how they impacted - for both good and evil - on the world at large. Throughout the books, boxes, panels and maps help out the running text, highlighting important events, concepts and key facts. This combination of narrative and feature provides information essential to the understanding of the subject, and really gives a sense of time and place.

Informatie in woord en beeld over de geschiedenis en de cultuur van deze volkeren.

A travel guide that focuses on the major sights of New York and includes color photographs, listings, and key facts.

The weather affects us all and can change suddenly and dramatically wherever you are in the world - up a mountain, out at sea or in a city centre. This introduction to the weather, seasons and climate covers topics from rain, snow and fog, to forecasting and the climate in crisis. It also features illustrations of types of cloud, climatic zones and the water cycles and dramatic facts about storms typhoons, twisters and giant hailstones.

Informatie in woord en beeld. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

A travel guide that focuses on the major sights of London and includes color photographs, listings, and key facts.

Met behulp van veel gekleurde illustraties worden in korte hoofdstukken de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen in de Tweede Wereldoorlog beschreven. Vanaf ca. 12 jaar.

A revised visual guide to the people and great events of the 20th Century. It opens with a new section which looks at children''s recollections of the 20th Century and their hopes for the future. Events covered include the sinking of the Titanic, the first man on the moon and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. There is also a section which looks at life in the 21st Century and space exploration.

La légende de ce transatlantique depuis sa construction jusqu''à son naufrage dans la nuit du 14 au 15 avril 1912.

This thoroughly revised new edition of Geoffrey Parker''s classic text incorporates the latest research about this central episode of early modern history. `Judicious, lively, enlightening.'' - Times Literary Supplement