Renowned historian Max Hastings recreates one of the most thrilling events of World War II: Operation Pedestal, the British action to save its troops from starvation on Malta--an action-packed tale of courage, fortitude, loss, and triumph against all odds.

4) The groovy Greeks

Author

Deary, Terry

Series

Horrible histories

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

Description

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Apparently the ancient Greeks were a rather groovy bunch. The boys didn't start school until they were seven, and girls didn't have to go at all. But it wasn't always so jolly. Readers can discover why girls ran about naked pretending to be bears, who had the world's first flushing toilet and why dedicated doctors tasted their patients' ear wax! History with the nasty bits left in! 2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.

5) Animales menos vistos: fantásticas criaturas de las que nunca se habla

Author

Brown, Martin

Publisher

Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

Español

Description

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Find out all about the amazing animals you need to know but never get to see, from the numbat to the zorilla, and everything in between.

6) Atlas of forgotten places: journey to abandoned destinations from around the globe

Author

Elborough, Travis

Series

Unexpected Atlases

Publisher

White Lion Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Description

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Explore the places that time forgot. Abandoned, mysterious, sleeping monuments around the world have been relegated to the margins of history, pushed off the map and out of sight. From ancient ruins and crumbling castles to more recent relics - an art deco New York subway station, a Soviet ghost town in the Arctic Circle, a flooded Thai mall teeming with aquatic life - Travis Elborough takes you on a journey into these strange, overlooked and disappearing...

7) Atlas of vanishing places: the lost worlds as they were and as they are today

Author

Elborough, Travis

Publisher

White Lion Publishing

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Description

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"Maps offer us a chance to see not just how our world appears today, but how it once looked. But what about the places that are no longer mapped? Cities forgotten under the dust of newly settled land? Rivers and seas whose changing shape has shifted the landscape around them? Or even places that have seemingly vanished completely, leaving no trace behind? Travis Elborough takes you on a voyage to all corners of the world in search of the lost, disappearing...

8) Atlas of the unexpected: haphazard discoveries, chance places and unimaginable destinations

Author

Elborough, Travis

Publisher

White Lion Publishing, an imprint of The Quarto Group

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

Description

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In 45 beautiful, unique maps and with evocative photography, Atlas of the Unexpected is a journey to far-off lands, obscure discoveries and unimaginable locations. From the fortuitous discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls by a stray goat, to the wonderfully bizarre beginnings that led to the aptly named Just Enough Room Island and even the royal romance that led shipwrecked lovers to discover Madeira, Travis Elborough takes you on a voyage to some...

9) The wicked history of the world: history with the nasty bits left in!

Author

Deary, Terry

Publisher

Scholastic Nonfiction

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated, humorous introduction to world history with a emphasis on violence and villains.

10) Moulin Rouge!

Language

English

Formats

Blu-ray, DVD

Description

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Christian (McGregor), an idealistic and impoverished young writer who, newly arrived in Montmartre, is haphazardly inducted into a circle of young bohemians led by Toulouse-Lautrec. A comedy of mistaken identities ensues, quickly enmeshing the young poet in a love triangle involving the unobtainable and consumptive Satine (Kidman), queen courtesan of the Moulin Rouge, and the foppish Duke of Roxbury, his villainous rival for her affections.

11) Learning {re}imagined: how the connected society is transforming learning

Author

Brown-Martin, Graham

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Description

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"Learning Reimagined takes its readers on a journey in search of innovation in the way we learn and teach. Filled with case studies and interviews, the book invites the reader to join the author as he travels the world to investigate the challenges that today's educators face. Illustrated throughout with outstanding colour photography by leading photojournalist Newsha Tavakolian, the book is unafraid to ask the most vital questions about the purpose...

12) Moulin Rouge!

Publisher

20th Century Fox

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

Description

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Christian, an idealistic and impoverished young writer who, newly arrived in Montmartre, is haphazardly inducted into a circle of young bohemians led by Toulouse-Lautrec. A comedy of mistaken identities ensues, quickly enmeshing the young poet in a love triangle involving the unobtainable and consumptive Satine, queen courtesan of the Moulin Rouge, and the foppish Duke of Roxbury, his villainous rival for her affections.