Author: Mark Roland Langdale
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1788034945
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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An entertaining book full of humour, science and history

Author: Mark Roland Langdale
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1788037715
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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An entertaining book full of humour, science and history Children can learn in a fun way about history with more time travellers than you can throw a Flux-capacitor at! The story starts in a gentlemen’s club in London in 2061 and follows the main character, Benjamin Digby Esq. He relives his days as a ‘quantum’ scientist at the Crick institute in London in 2021 by telling his circle of friends his extraordinary tale about travelling in time. He travels back to the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 Victorian England where he meets Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Benjamin’s aim is to pick up inventors and scientists for his Time Travellers’ Club: Einstein, Da Vinci, Brunel. He gets more than he bargained for when he gets chased through time and space and encounters Leonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli. There are more twists and turns in this than time itself – expect the unexpected! The Time Travellers Club is Mark’s fourth Matador children’s book, and will appeal to science fiction lovers and fans of his former books

Author: Ian Mortimer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643138820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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A vivid and immersive history of Georgian England that gives its reader a firsthand experience of life as it was truly lived during the era of Jane Austen, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the Duke of Wellington. This is the age of Jane Austen and the Romantic poets; the paintings of John Constable and the gardens of Humphry Repton; the sartorial elegance of Beau Brummell and the poetic licence of Lord Byron; Britain's military triumphs at Trafalgar and Waterloo; the threat of revolution and the Peterloo massacre. In the latest volume of his celebrated series of Time Traveler's Guides, Ian Mortimer turns to what is arguably the most-loved period in British history: the Regency, or Georgian England. A time of exuberance, thrills, frills and unchecked bad behavior, it was perhaps the last age of true freedom before the arrival of the stifling world of Victorian morality. At the same time, it was a period of transition that reflected unprecedented social, economic, and political change. And like all periods in history, it was an age of many contradictions—where Beethoven's thundering Fifth Symphony could premier in the same year that saw Jane Austen craft the delicate sensitivities of Persuasion. Once more, Ian Mortimer takes us on a thrilling journey to the past, revealing what people ate, drank, and wore; where they shopped and how they amused themselves; what they believed in, and what they were afraid of. Conveying the sights, sound,s and smells of the Regency period, this is history at its most exciting, physical, visceral—the past not as something to be studied but as lived experience.

Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156029438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564

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A Magical love story that is as sad as it is joyous.

Author: Elyse Kishimoto
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994089717
Category : Missing persons
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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It is true that time travellers can have extraordinary adventures, but this tends to be the exception and not the rule. For the most part, time travellers hardly ever have any adventures at all. But this is not entirely by choice. A wrong word uttered, a thought interrupted, even an insect accidentally squashed--the tiniest alteration to the past might set in motion a chain reaction, unleashing a tidal wave of change, the results of which could be catastrophic. Louisa Sparks is thrown into a world of chaos and adventure when she finds an unusual timepiece in the pocket of her grandfather's old coat. With the press of a button, she is suddenly transported through time. Soon after, she receives an invitation to join the strange fraternity of The Dining and Social Club for Time Travellers. But her adventures have only just begun! Time travellers are going missing, and Louisa may be the only one who can save them.

Author: Fiona Sterling
Publisher: RWG Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Join Alex Carter, a curious teenager with a passion for history, as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure with the Time Travelers’ Club. Guided by the enigmatic Professor Hawthorne, Alex and his friends journey through time, uncovering the secrets of ancient Egypt, medieval Europe, and a futuristic city. Along the way, they face thrilling challenges, uncover hidden treasures, and fight for justice and freedom. From the grandeur of the pyramids to the bustling markets of medieval villages, and the advanced technology of a future metropolis, their adventures are filled with wonder and excitement. As they navigate the complexities of time travel, they learn valuable lessons about courage, teamwork, and the importance of standing up for what is right. The past, present, and future are waiting to be explored, and the Time Travelers’ Club is ready to uncover the secrets of history and shape a brighter future.

Author: James Wyllie
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782831320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Not many of us can claim to have dipped our handkerchiefs in Charles I's blood after his execution, or to have watched Vesuvius erupt, but that's about to change... Wyllie, Acton & Goldblatt's Time Travel Handbook offers eighteen exceptional trips to the past, transporting you back to the greatest spectacles in history. We offer the chance to join Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and to march on Versailles with the revolutionary women of Paris. You can sail with Captain Cook to Tahiti and Australia, and spend time at Xanadu with Marco Polo and Kubla Khan. Or, closer to the present, you might accompany Charlie Parker at the birth of bebop or The Beatles in Hamburg, and take part in the VE Day celebrations in London or the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The notable authors and time travel agents, Wyllie, Acton & Goldblatt are your guide to these and other unmissable events, charting the action as it will unfold, and advising on local customs, and what to wear, eat and drink, for the most authentic of experiences. Forget museums, forget history books - the only way to do history is to live it.

Author: Linda Buckley-Archer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781416915256
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Ignored by his father and sent to Derbyshire for the weekend, twelve-year-old Peter and his new friend, Kate, are accidentally transported back in time to 1763 England where they are befriended by a reformed cutpurse. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.

Author: John Boyd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140048759
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Author: Rob David
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526121506
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299

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The Arctic region has been the subject of much popular writing. This book considers nineteenth-century representations of the Arctic, and draws upon an extensive range of evidence that will allow the 'widest connections' to emerge from a 'cross-disciplinary analysis' using different methodologies and subject matter. It positions the Arctic alongside more thoroughly investigated theatres of Victorian enterprise. In the nineteenth century, most images were in the form of paintings, travel narratives, lectures given by the explorers themselves and photographs. The book explores key themes in Arctic images which impacted on subsequent representations through text, painting and photography. For much of the nineteenth century, national and regional geographical societies promoted exploration, and rewarded heroic endeavor. The book discusses images of the Arctic which originated in the activities of the geographical societies. The Times provided very low-key reporting of Arctic expeditions, as evidenced by its coverage of the missions of Sir John Franklin and James Clark Ross. However, the illustrated weekly became one of the main sources of popular representations of the Arctic. The book looks at the exhibitions of Arctic peoples, Arctic exploration and Arctic fauna in Britain. Late nineteenth-century exhibitions which featured the Arctic were essentially nostalgic in tone. The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures, published in 1900, drew on adult representations of the Arctic and will have confirmed and reinforced children's perceptions of the region. Text books, board games and novels helped to keep the subject alive among the young.