With so much at stake and so much already lost, why did World War I end with a whimper--an arrangement between two weary opponents to suspend hostilities? After more than four years of desperate fighting, with victories sometimes measured in feet and inches, why did the Allies reject the option of a[...]

For Henry and his big dog, Mudge, the first day of May means bright balloons, potato sack races, cake, and even a pinata. It's Henry's birthday, and for these two best friends, it's the best day of all. "Rylant and Stevenson continue to give beginning readers . . . stories of love and friendship."--[...]

What's the perfect pet for a careful cousin?
In Henry and Mudge's twentieth adventure, Henry wants to find the perfect pet for his cousin Annie. Annie needs a pet that's soft and dry and doesn't fly -- one that's quiet and careful, just like Annie. What could that be?[...]

"Birds of East Africa" is the first comprehensive field guide to this spectacular birding region--and one of the best to any region in the world. Covering all resident, migrant, and vagrant birds of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, this small and compact guide describes and illustrates [...]

"1914-1918", David Stevenson's history of the First World War, has been acclaimed as the definitive one-volume account of the conflict. In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions o[...]

* A sympathetic and critical study of one of the enduring stars of popular music: a global superstar. * This culturally sensitive re-reading of the life, image and music of David Bowie offers a detailed understanding of his importance to modern times.[...]

What do we mean by a city, beyond a built-up area with a sizeable population? This book examines the social meanings of cities - as places of work, leisure, night-life, danger, creativity, etc. - to contribute to understand how our lives are changing as more than half of the world's population now l[...]

What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite thelong history of the institution and its widespread use around theglobe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of thebiblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement ofAfricans in America, particularly the Unite[...]

The 1930s home presented an exciting new way of living for the generation that moved out to the suburbs. Young couples who had previously rented accommodation in urban centres found themselves able to afford new-build homes with hot running water, a bathroom indoors and even aerials for the wireless[...]