Книги автора Terry Deary
Название: France
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2011
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With butcherings and beheadings galore, this title tells the history of France. It includes a cast of curious kings, quirky queens and evil emperors. It helps young horrible historians discover which king thought he was made of glass, why French bread was once made from broken tiles and bricks, and which queen used a budgie as her burglar alarm.
Название: Horrible Christmas
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2011
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From the dark days when the Puritans tried to abolish Christmas, to Christmas in the trenches when the British and Germans traded bullets for footballs, this title supplies Christmas facts the readers wanted to know.
Название: Safe Cracking for Students
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2010
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The school where scoundrels save the day. Wildpool's filthy rich are delighted — with a new bank in town, at last their money will be safe from thieving hands. But they haven't banked on the wit, skill and genius of the Crime Academy students, who are preparing for the greatest bank robbery of all time. More «Master Crook's Crime Academy» adventures available such as: «Burglary for Beginners», «Robbery for Rascals», and «Classes in Kidnapping».
Название: The Horrible History of the World
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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The nasty bits at your fingertips! The Horrible History of the World presents the foul but fascinating story of humans from brain-nibbling Neanderthals to terrified teenage soldiers in the twentieth century. Want to know: Why Alexander the Great banned beards? What smelly sport was played by samurai warriors? Who tried to bump off her enemies with a cake made with poisoned bath-water? It's all you ever need to know about the wicked world — all the gore and more!
Название: The Groovy Greeks
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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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 parents' ear wax? Discover all the foul facts about the Groovy Greeks — all the gore and more.
Название: Awesome: Activity Book
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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»The Awesome Activity Book» is stuffed with killer quizzes, gruesome games and amazing mazes to bring the awful Egyptians, groovy Greeks and incredible Incas to life. Want to: paint the inside of a pharaoh's tomb; learn how to compete in the odd Olympic games; and play the Incan initiation game? With over 200 re-usable stickers, the «Awesome Activity Book» will keep you (and your mummy) wrapped up for hours!
Жанр: A&C Black
Год: 2003
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Old, ailing Elizabeth I is on the throne – but a rebellion to overthrow her is being plotted by the dashing Earl of Essex. One of the rallying points for the uprising will be the Globe Theatre. When the Queen learns of the plan, the plotters are defeated, and she throws Master Shakespeare's theatre company into the most putrid prison in the land. Can James, a boy actor, and the bard himself think of a way to earn the Queen's forgiveness — and be freed?
Название: The Maid, the Witch and the Cruel Queen
Жанр: A&C Black
Год: 2003
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The day Queen Mary Tudor – or ‘Bloody Mary’, as she’s called, because she has anyone who doesn’t go to church burned – came to town was the most terrifying day of young Meg’s life. Everyone wants to impress Her Majesty, and what better way to show their devotion than by burning a witch themselves. But “the witch”, Old Nan is more clever and cunning than the townspeople and in the end, she isn’t the one who sparks the ferocious temper of the frightful Queen...
Жанр: A&C Black
Год: 2003
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King Henry VII is already mean and he's ruthless and very angry. When a young boy called Lambert Simnel announces that he, not Henry, should be the king of England. But he is no match for the powerful king. And no one is more surprised than Lambert to hear what his extraordinary punishment will be...
Название: The Pirate Captain
Жанр: A&C Black
Год: 2011
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The North Atlantic, 1726 Captain Fly is the greatest pirate to sail the seven seas — or so he says. But his captives Jed and Arthur think he's a bad-tempered bully. Now Captain Fly has ordered his prisoners to work for him as pirates, or he'll kill them! It's time to stop the cruel captain for good... A fantastic story blending pirate legend with historical fact and Terry Deary's vividly imagined characters!
Название: The Frightful First World War
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
Название: Barmy British Empire
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2008
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: • How a war started when a Brit insisted on sitting on a stool? • Who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls? • Why a Brit soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe? Discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire — all the gore and more!
Название: The Blitzed Brits
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What really happened in Dad's Army? How to make a rude noise with a gas mask? Why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty? Discover all the foul facts about the Blitzed Brits — all the gore and more!
Название: The Cut-Throat Celts
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2008
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Want to know: • Why weird Celt warriors fought with no clothes on? • How to preserve your enemy’s brain? • Why the Celts laughed at funerals? Discover all the foul facts about the Cut-throat Celts – all the gore and more!
Название: Dublin
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2008
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From the blood-dripping battle of Clontarf to the risings and rebellions of the twentieth century, Dublin has had a painful past. Discover the terrible truth about this great Irish city. Whose head was put in a pot and pickled? Which Irish King led his men into battle – from his bath? Complete with frightful fold-out map.
Название: Edinburgh
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2005
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Terry Deary reveals the foul and fierce history of Scotland's great capital. Featuring tales of the cursed castle and details of a whole host of historical horrors that happened on the High Street, Edinburgh comes complete with a fold-out map of the city's horrible highlights.
Название: The Gorgeous Georgians
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
Название: The Measly Middle Ages
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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Want to know: • A genuine jester's joke? • Why chickens had their bottoms shaved? • What ten-year-old treacle was used for? Discover all the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages — all the gore and more!
Название: Oxford
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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This book has everything you could need to plot your path to the past. Using the frightful fold-out map of the city you can take a punt past corpse-ridden Christchurch and go skeleton-spotting at the cruel and crumbling castle. You can trust Horrible Histories to make sightseeing fun!
Название: The Slimy Stuarts
Жанр: Scholastic
Год: 2007
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The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
