Stap in boeiende verhalen die zich afspelen tegen diverse historische achtergronden en locaties. Elke aflevering biedt een unieke reis door de tijd en dompelt lezers onder in de bijzondere sfeer van vervlogen tijdperken. Deze serie biedt een intieme kijk op de levens en ervaringen van mensen uit verschillende culturen en leeftijden. Het is een ideale keuze voor geschiedenisliefhebbers en liefhebbers van meeslepende verhalen.
Introduces the Globe theatre, built in London in 1599 and used for the original performances of many of Shakespeare's plays. Explains what it was like to work in the theatre, and to be part of the audience. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary
Take an incredible tour through a Samurai Castle. Explore its relevance to the people who built it and the lives that they led. Stunning cut-away illustrations help lead the reader through the often complex historical period. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal educational text.
Describes life in renaissance Florence, with information on social life and customs, buildings, war with other towns and daily living. Includes a chronology of Florence's history. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
Step inside a Viking town and discover for yourself what it was like to live and work in this bustling centre of long-distance trade. Admire the well-built houses before joining the town's defenders as they fight off an attack by rivals from across the sea. This is a superbly-illustrated look at the daily lives of different types of Vikings. Astounding architectural acheivements are explained and explored with full-colour cutaway illustrations. Pinpoint enlargements focus on the day to day lives of the people, looking at how they ate, dressed, entertained themselves and sometimes fought. Illustrations of artifacts and paintings from the era help to support the main text by providing proof which explains how we know what we know. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index make these titles ideal educational texts. Each one features a sturdy flexi-bound cover with gold foiling.
"Step inside the country house of a wealthy Roman family in the first century AD. AS villa is more than a home: it's a farm and a factory as well, producing meat, grain, olive oil and wine. See how the master, his family and their slaves lived and worked through the course of a year in the Italian countryside."--Back cover.
Take an incredible tour through a World War Two Submarine. Explore its relevance to the people who built it and the lives that they led. Stunning cut-away illustrations help lead the reader through the often complex historical periods. Written in a clear, concise style. Contents, glossary, and index.
Take an incredible tour through a medieval monastery and discover what happened within its cloistered walls. This is a full-colour illustrated guide to all aspects of medieval monasteries, their construction, the lives of the monks and nuns who lived in them, and the various monastic orders and the disciplines they followed. Superb cutaway illustrations and pinpoint enlargements accompany the text. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index enhance the book's educational value.
Text and cutaway illustrations depict the construction of a medieval cathedral and describe what life was like both working and worshipping there. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Take an incredible tour through an ancient Egyptian pyramid. Step inside an ancient Egyptian building site where one of mankind's most spectacular creations is slowly taking shape. Discover how the Egyptians constructed these vast buildings with such incredible precision, without using wheels, machines or iron tools. Their aim: to preserve their pharaoh not just from tomb robbers, but from death itself. Superb cutaway illustrations and pinpoint enlargements accompany the text. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index enhance the book's educational value.