Terry Deary

Rick Riordan

A brilliant Percy Jackson mini adventure plus Horrible Histories Groovy Greeks - a winning combo for World Book Day!The goddess Persephone has summoned Percy, Thalia and Nico to the Underworld in order to retrieve Hades' powerful sword before it falls into the wrong hands. Easier said than done in a world full of evil daimons, ghosts and ghouls. Not to mention Iapetos - brother of the powerful Titan lord, Kronos. This time the young demigods are really up against it - will Percy manage to return the sword before it's too late?Flip the book over for lots more ancient Greek fun with Terry Deary's brilliant Groovy Greeks:It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why some groovy Greek girls ran about naked pretending to be bears? Who had the world's first flushing toilet? Why dedicated doctors tasted their patients' ear wax? Discover all the foul facts about the Groovy Greeks - all the gore and more!

Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades

The Terrible Tudors

The Woeful Second World War presents the dire details of a war that affected almost everyone - from old men joining the Dad's Army to the 12 year olds defending Berlin to the bitter end. Find out who made a meal of maggots, or which soldiers were so smelly their enemies could sniff them out.

The Woeful Second World War

Peter Hepplewhite

History with the nasty bits left in. Awful information about phabulous Pharoahs, mean mummies, revolting recipes for 3000 year old sweets, and more. History has never been so horrible! For 9-12 year olds.

The Awesome Egyptians

Martin Brown

The Vile Victorians

Find out about powerful priests, weird warriors, and the cunning Conquistadors, in this book which provides the foulest facts about Motecuhzoma, Cuahtemoc and other Angry Aztecs whose idea of fun was ripping out human hearts. Part of a series of books about history with the nasty bits left in!

The Angry Aztecs

The details of the dreadful war that affected everyone, from peace-loving protesters to the suffering soldiers. There are ropey rhymes and sad songs, rotten rules and sinister superstitions. Here is the horror and the hardships of World War I, which lasted for four years.

The Frightful First World War

The Vicious Vikings

A humorous look at life in Ancient Greece.

The Groovy Greeks

The Slimy Stuarts tells the foul, funny and fascinating facts about life for everyone in Stuart times, from gibbering James I to suffering schoolchildren and cunning criminals.

The Slimy Stuarts

When their clever ruse is exposed, Sam and his mother, swindlers who are selling "miracle" cures to the people of Eden City, find an unlikely ally in Zeus who, in return for rescuing them from an angry mob, needs their help in settling a score with the monsters of Greek mythology.

The Fire Thief Fights Back

Details everyday life in the Middle Ages, including gruesome information about the Black Death, superstitions, and the "miserable" monks.

The Measly Middle Ages

Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated books published in the United Kingdom and now from 2007 officially by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The series has proved exceptionally successful in commercial terms. The books are written by Terry D... more »eary and illustrated by Martin Brown and Philip Reeve.

The Blitzed Brits

To escape the gods' revenge, Prometheus travels through time to a murky metropolis called Eden City. There he befriends a motley assortment of comic characters and learns what humans have done with his gift of fire.

Flight of the Fire Thief

Read on for incredible information on nasty Neanderthals, awesome archaeologists and curious cave paintings. Find out about the truth of Stonehenge and what suffering scientists do with Stone Age poo.

The Savage Stone Age

Takes you back for another look at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects, who just could not help losing their heads. Read on for information about the good times and the gory from the great goose fairs to the painful punishments and trickery of the ruthless royal family.

Even More Terrible Tudors

A humorous account of life and social conditions in Georgian England. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

The Gorgeous Georgians

Terrifying tales of rebellions and revolutions from the earliest days of horrible history to the pitiful present day. Read on for information about nobbled nobles, loathsome lords, weary workers and furious farmers and discover how to plan your own rowdy revolution.

Rowdy Revolutions

The nasty bits at your fingertips! Discover the truth behind the pointy hats and black cats, and other idiotic ideas about witchcraft, and brace yourself for foul facts about the evil executions the poor people suffered. Want to know: \* which magic word was used to zap zits? \* why people were paid to prick a witch? \* the terrible torture inflicted by a turca? Everything you need to know about Witches \- all the gore and more!

Witches

This title contains fascinating facts about Bill the Conquerer and his bully boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the Crusades. There are tales of limb-chopping, terribly tortured saints and you can find out what really happened in 1066.

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