Childhood
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
Childhood looks at the very different ways in which children have lived at times in the past and in some places still today. In the early 1800s one in five children died before the age of one. In the past only wealthy children went to school. Even today many millions of children can't go to school.
Dr Plonk: Making the Film
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
Actor Paul Blackwell's personal and lively account of making a silent movie with the adventurous film-director Rolf de Heer. Paul describes the film-making process from the initial idea to opening night. Along the way we meet the crew and learn what they do.
Fish Farming
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
There are more than six billion people in the world to feed. Fish are an important food source but many kinds of seafood are becoming scarce. This book looks in detail at one solution: fish farming. From egg stripping to fertilisation, hatching trays to small fry, feeding, fish tanks to sea pens and the ...Show more
Germs: They Make You Sick!
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
When Dr Ignaz Semmelweis suggested that doctors wash their hands before operating on patients, senior medical doctors at the time laughed and he lost his job. Can you imagine that? Find out about different kind of germs - killer germs of the past, defeating germs with immunisation and new germs that are ...Show more
Postcards from Nepal
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
This is a book about a country, a trek and a remarkable friendship. Experience the chaos of Nepal's capital city, Kathmandu. Learn about the geography, religious festivals and poverty of this fascinating country and its people. Follow Mike Steer's remarkable journey up into the highest mountains of the ...Show more
The Long Road to Safety by CORFE ELIZABETH
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
This book tells the story of Abang Othow. It tells of her memories of childhood in Sudan, how she survived war and homelessness and how she courageously created a future full of promise in a new country. The Long Road to Safety will give you an insight into the extraordinary hardship of life as a refuge ...Show more
What We Know About the Sun
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
This book traces our understanding of the sun from ancient times to modern solar space missions.
Why Don't Polar Bears Live in the Desert?
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
Do you fancy living in a freezer? Me neither. But polar bears are perfectly at home in freezing temperatures. They couldn't survive in a hot desert. Why? This book explains how animals share their living space with other animals and plants that live under the same conditions.
Writing and Recording Rock
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Category: Purple Non-Fiction
'You are standing in front of thousands of screaming fans. The spotlight follows you as you strut across the stage. You are playing a wild guitar riff...The crowd is going crazy...' This book tells you how to start a rock band. It gives practical tips on song writing, rehearsing, performing and recordin ...Show more
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