Nella's Unicorn Rescue is a jacketed picture book based on Nickelodeon's new animated preschool series that centers on an unconventional heroine who goes on marvelous quests to show the world that there's more than one way to be a princess . . .or a knight. Created by Christine Ricci (curriculum con[...]

The Maori people of New Zealand were experienced field engineers and it was common practice to protect villages with surrounding entrenchments and wooden palisades, known as pas. However, it was not until 1845, with the first fighting between the Maori and the British, that it became clear just how [...]

Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical teaching notes are included at t[...]

The second volume of the crusades trilogy from bestelling Swedish author Jan Guillou. THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR follows Arn's adventures in the Holy Land, where he discovers that the infidel Saracens aren't as brutish and uncivilised as he had been led to believe, and that in fact there is another, darker [...]

Book two of the classic ELENIUM trilogy. The quest for the jewel of life continues. Time is running out for the poisoned Queen Ehlana. If she is to be saved Sparhawk must find the only cure - a powerful artefact called the Bhelliom - before it's too late. But finding the rose-shaped sapphire is no s[...]

A century before A GAME OF THRONES, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros...A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne there was Dunk and Egg. A young,[...]

There may not be a more fascinating a historical period than the late fourteenth century in Europe. The Hundred Years' War ravaged the continent, yet gallantry, chivalry, and literary brilliance flourished in the courts of England and elsewhere. It was a world in transition, soon to be replaced by t[...]

"A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination."-- "Los Angeles Times" "A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination." "--Los[...]

Only a threat to her life could have made strong-willed Lady Alisoun hire Sir David of Radcliffe to protect her castle. Although he had once been a hero and master swordsman, the good life had been a little too good to the lord, and his warrior skills were as rusty as an old suit of armor. But he ne[...]

Imprisoned in her own bedchamber by a neighboring lord who is determined to gain control of both her and her wealth, Lady Elizabeth Hutton devises a dangerous strategy to save herself and her people, unaware that Sir John Russell, the man to whom she has been betrothed since childhood, is riding to [...]

A tribute to famous romantic scenes from fifty classic movies pairs nostalgic stills with memorable lines of dialogue, in a fan's collection that highlights kisses from such films as Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, and Titanic. 75,000 first printing.[...]