Collection: Young Adult Non Fiction (Academy Use Only)

The release from prison of Nelson Mandela was seen on TV by many people all over the world. This volume in the Dates with History series provides a detailed analysis of the events and repercussions of that very special day.

From YouTube superstar, TV presenter, model and fact-obsessive over-sharer Jim Chapman comes a hilarious user's guide to the universe. In '147 Things', Jim takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the best bits of everything, from the mind-blowing to the ridiculous. As with his videos, no subject is of...

Here is an intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature as we know it.

The First World War holds a unique place in the nation's history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation's hearts. To mark the centenary of the First World War in 2014, the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, has engaged the most eminent poets of the present to choose the writing from t...