For a century and a half Preston was the archetypal Lancashire cotton town, with mills and terraced houses for the workers. Charles Dickens used Preston as the darkest face of Victorian industry in his novel Hard Times . This book tells the complete story of Preston's development from earliest times onwards.

TreeTops Non-fiction are part of a structured reading programme for juniors from Oxford Reading Tree, Stages 9-16. The high-interest subject matter they cover will motivate all children to read - especially boys. They are ideal for guided reading. They are available in mixed packs of six books or class packs of 36 books.

TreeTops Non-fiction are part of a structured reading programme for juniors from Oxford Reading Tree, Stages 9-16. The high-interest subject matter they cover will motivate all children to read - especially boys. They are ideal for guided reading. They are available in mixed packs of six books or class packs of 36 books.

Whether you're a patent examiner, patent attorney, commercial patent searcher, patent liaison, IP librarian, law professor, or competitive intelligence analyst, this guide features a range of approaches to patent searching that can be useful to you regardless of your technical expertise or role in the intellectual property community.

A reader on Level three. Once the villagers had been able to collect their water from the stream that ran through the village. Now the stream is so polluted they have to go to a standpipe some way away. Kofi is doing a water project at school, and wants to find out why the stream is polluted.

Offers a pictorial history of Leyland through a series of photographs and images, including historical captions.

This reader on level two, contains a story about Manu's beetles followed by a fact file of information and activities, all based on a particular environmental theme.

A reader on Level four. Senegal is greedy for success so he doesn't follow the rules. He fishes with nets that have small holes in them, so that even the little fish are caught. Senegal even cuts the nets of the old fisherman, Doura. But Senegal himself gets caught in the end.

This book is part of the TreeTops Non-Fiction series which are full of fascinating facts and have been produced with stunning artwork and photography in a lively and modern design sure to attract all young readers. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same Oxford Reading Tree stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-t

Airstram trailers have been turning heads on the highways since they first started caravanning across America in the 1930s but their history has never been told. Here it is in equal parts travelogue, cultural history, and biography of Airstream's inventor.

Ammianus Marcellinus, Greek by birth but writing in Latin c. AD 390, was the last great Roman historian. His writings are an indispensable basis for our knowledge of the late Roman world.