AuthorNick Arnold
NarratorPaul Vates
Duration4h 5m
CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, History
Key StageKS2
PublisherInhouse
VersionUnabridged
Ever wanted to know... Why it's dangerous to follow ducks into tombs? How to expose a cannibal using fossilised poo? Why the burrowing bunny is a threat? It's all in 'Totally Awesome Archaeology'!
Author: Livia Bitton-Jackson
Author Livia Bitton-Jackson
Narrator Christine Williams
Duration 6h 37m
Imagine being a thirteen-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family-life itself. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. You can no longer attend school, have possessions, talk to your neighbors. One day your family has to leave your house behind and move into a crowded ghetto, where you lo...
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Author: Leon Leyson
Author Leon Leyson
Narrator Danny Burstein
Duration 4h 14m
Even in the darkest of times - especially in the darkest of times - there is room for strength and bravery. A remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindlers list. Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to...
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Horrible Science: Fatal Forces
Author: Nick Arnold
Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Ian Collington
Duration 3h 12m
Learn about the scientists who discovered "Smashing Speed", "Gruesome Gravity", and "Facts about Friction". Tons of interesting facts about the forces of nature are packed into this latest instlament in the Horrible Science series.
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Horrible Science: Terrible Time
Author: Nick Arnold
Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 2h 54m
Want some really horrible science? It's about time! Go time-travelling with this icky book and discover all the terrible time facts you've been waiting ages to find out. What happens if you go too close to a black hole? How do flies tell the time? Why do the years zoom past faster as you get older? Find out who was killed for changing the calendar....
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Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Author Kenneth C. Davis
Narrator Macleod Andrews
Duration 4h 40m
With 2018 marking the 100th anniversary of the worst disease outbreak in modern history, the story of the Spanish flu is more relevant today than ever. This dramatic narrative, told through the stories and voices of the people caught in the deadly maelstrom, explores how this vast, global epidemic was intertwined with the horrors of World War I-and...
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
Author: Phillip Hoose
Author Phillip Hoose
Narrator Phillip Hoose
Duration 4h 51m
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill...
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Author: Pam Pollack
Author Pam Pollack
Narrator Karyn O'Bryant
Duration 56m
Joan of Arc was born in a small French village during the worst period of the Hundred Years' War. For generations, France had been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visions telling her to join forces with the King of France. By the time she was a teenager, she was leading troops into battle in the name of her country....
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The Horrible Science of Everything
Author: Nick Arnold
Author Nick Arnold
Narrator Greg Patmore
Duration 3h 13m
Bored of biology classes? Totally fed up of physics? Couldn't care less about chemistry? Hmmmm. Dare you discover. Why you're breathing in dinosaur burps? What poos in your bed 20 times a day? What happens when you drop a rabbit through the centre of the earth? If you're sick to death of science, you need THIS BOOK! From the dizzy science of daydre...
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Author: Kadir Nelson
Author Kadir Nelson
Narrator Debbie Allen
Duration 1h 38m
Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soul is the winner of numerous awards, including the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor, and the recipient of five starred reviews. The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. This is the story of the men, women, and children who toiled in the...
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Author: Albert Marrin
Author Albert Marrin
Narrator Jim Frangione
Duration 5h 45m
From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic-and the chances for another worldwide pandemic.In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a hig...
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