A Short History of the Twentieth Century

Geoffrey Blainey

Takes us on an incredible global journey through a tempestuous hundred years and brings to vivid life many of the events that marked the 20th century: two world wars, the rise and fall of communist states, the worst economic slump, the decline of European monarchies ane empires, the ascent of the first ...

John Patrick Norman McHennessy, the Boy who was Always Late

John Burningham

Everyday, John Patrick sets off along the road to school, and although he hurries, strange and improbable happenings repeatedly make him late. To make things worse, his teacher never believes his story....