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Red-legs Greaves has been a slave, a pirate, and a rich sugar planter. Now he's a prisoner. And next morning, he'll be dead - hanged by the neck for piracy! His only friend is a slave girl called Lou. Can Lou do anything to save Red-legs? It would take a miracle...

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A thrilling adventure based on a real life legend. When a sister and two brothers move into remote Croglin Grange, the sister is attached by a vampire and starts showing signs of having 'walked'... Ages: 8-12yrs.

A reissue of this dyslexia friendly comedy of hare-brained schemes and clever wisecracks, about a 'pirate' crew who set sail across their local park pond in a homemade boat. Ages: 7+.

These are stories from the Home Front of WWII, brought to life in Terry Deary style, with excitement and humour infused throughout these historical events. Ages: 7+

Stories of the Second World War on the Home Front from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. A story of the old soldiers who made up the Home Guard, and the young people who helped them. The Home Guard of a small town need supplies but the local factory owner won't help. So they decide to use unconventional methods...

Takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of London, exposing all its scurrilous secrets. Ages: 8+

Questo libro è imbottito di inverosimili verità sulla rivoltante storia romana, dalle origini orripilanti di Romolo e Remo fino alla catastrofica caduta per mano di barbari brutali. E nel mezzo, imperatori impossibili, schiavi scontenti, tremendi tribuni, giochi grotteschi, ricette rivoltanti, nefasti nemici e violenti vulcani. La storia non è mai stata così brutta! Età di lettura: da 10 anni.

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430 BC. Darius, orphaned by the plague in Athens, joins his Uncle Alcmaeon, a Spartan army general. The ruthless Spartans think him worthless until his uncle falls sick and only Darius can find a cure. Now a hero, his uncle offers Spartan opulence but Darius finds the brutal Sparta too much and wants to return to Athens.

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213 BC. The great inventor Archimedes has just one problem. His clumsy servant, Lydia. But when the Romans besiege Syracuse, and the Greeks turn to Archimedes for help, it is she who comes up with the answers. Of course Archimedes is a lion in the eyes of the folk of Syracuse. He takes all the credit, but that's life for a Greek girl slave.

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A new Viking story in the series from Deary, author of the "Horrible Histories" books. Blends Norse mythology with historical fact. Ages: 7+

AD 113. As Pliny's household prepares for a feast, Pliny tells his young serving boy the tale of a terrifying ghost that haunted a garden. But there's no truth in ghost stories ... or is there?

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A village in Germany, 1227. Sir Ulrich decides to show all the other knights in the land that they should be fighting for love. He will challenge any knight in the name of Venus, goddess of love. And he will fight them wearing a dress!