Marco Polo - Laurence Bergreen
In September 1298, the rival Italian republics of Genoa and Venice fought a fierce sea battle at Curzola off the rocky coast of southern Dalmatia. Against the odds the Venetians, led by Admiral Andrea Dandolo,…
Get the most out of your CGP GCSE AQA Geography Knowledge Organiser (9781789087215) with this matching Knowledge Retriever! It''s really simple to use: once you''ve learnt a topic from the Knowledge Organiser, look it up in this Knowledge Retriever and test your memory by filling in as much info as you can.To make sure you know everything off by heart, and to check the bits you''re finding trickier, we''ve included a second, tougher test to have a go at. Once you think you know your stuff, try the mixed practice quizzes at the end of each topic to really put your understanding to the test!
In September 1298, the rival Italian republics of Genoa and Venice fought a fierce sea battle at Curzola off the rocky coast of southern Dalmatia. Against the odds the Venetians, led by Admiral Andrea Dandolo,…
Winner of the 2022 Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics Capitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability – and left us ill-prepared for life in…
Part of the seven titles in Thames & Hudsons' "Photofile" series that features the best works of some of the world's greatest photographers, together with critical introductions and a bibliographies.
How do you bring a statue to life? Tim and Zoe think they know. If only Jason would help and someone didn’t keep looking at them like flies in a web. Juicy, wriggly, yummy– Enough,…
The Blood Mirror is the action-packed fourth novel in the Lightbringer series by international bestseller Brent Weeks. The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four - and those are falling before the White King''s armies.Gavin Guille,…
Celebrate the power and majesty of the sun with The Solstice Yearbook.The sun powers all life on earth and as we travel through a year its strength grows and diminishes, creating our seasons and impacting…
Picture a generous bowl filled to the brim with steaming hot broth.Its perfect surface intricately patterned with tiny droplets of oil; the flavour enhanced with algae, miso, dried fungi and fish sauce. Thin and springy…
Gaining insight into our deeper selves through the use of divination tools to help decide future actions has preoccupied mankind since ancient times. In Europe, cards which became known as Tarot have been used to…