Best Selling Humanities Books

Margaret Mahy’s fantastic history of New Zealand has been revised and updated to include recent events such as the Christchurch earthquakes and the economic recession. “ … Look for New Zealand on the map. There is the North Island like some long-necked creature leaping up and away, trying to esc...

The Great Wall is the best known structure that the ancient Chinese built. But the ancient Chinese were also great inventors. Learn how the ancient Chinese struggled through periods of cruel leadership while making great advances in science, art, and medicine.

History has never been hairier.Did you know that kings AND queens wore fake beards in Ancient Egypt? Or that hair was used in medicine at the height of the Incan Empire? Or that Queen Elizabeth I had more than 80 wigs in various shades of red? Kathleen Krull and Peter Malone start at the dawn of his...

True story of the Kiwi war horses of the First World War. The jet-black mare galloped wildly across the scorching white sands, the guns and shells exploding around her with a deafening roar. Her master spurred her on, his legs tightly gripping her heaving sides. With foam-flecked lips and ears laid ...

This series allows you to explore the past through the eyes of a child. Discover what it was like to to go to school, play and grow up during some of the most exciting periods of history. Children in History: Vikings offers a look at how Norse children lived through the use of images, artefacts and ...

As a young adult, you will face crucial questions about identity, education, marriage, career, God's will, and much more. Some of the most dramatic and permanent changes in life will occur during the "critical decade"--those ten years between 16 and 26. Are you prepared to make the right choices? Yo...

This title offers a clear and informative account of how the Second World War began, the infamous battles and the conclusion and aftermath of the war. It is illustrated with maps, evocative archive photographs and illustrations. It includes descriptions of the most famous events including Pearl Harb...

"DK Eyewitness Viking" is an extraordinary guide to the legendary Scandinavian Vikings. Amazing colour photographs offer your child a unique 'eyewitness' view of these incredible explorers, warriors, merchants and pirates. From the magnificent ships Vikings were buried in to the places Viking trader...

-- Paperback versions of some of our most requested primary-level nonfiction make small group work exciting.-- Big Books are perfect for story time, reading aloud, or shared reading, both in the classroom and in the library media center.-- Each book provides the appropriate nonfiction features -- a ...