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  • WHY CHILDREN NEED JOY
    BEN KINGSTON-HUGHES
    This transformative book looks at one of the most undervalued aspects of childhood, joy. Using the latest neuroscience and biochemistry this book shows that joy, far from being an abstract concept, is one of the key motivators for every aspect of learning and development throughout childhood and something we ignore at our peril. The book gives concrete strategies for increasing...

    $787.92

  • CONFLICT AND CHANGE IN CAMBODIA
    BEN KIERNAN / CAROLINE HUGHES
    In the thirty years after the Second World War, Cambodia witnessed the reassertion of colonial power, the spread of nationalism, the birth and growth of a communist party, the achievement of independence, the stifling reform during the decade of peace, the rise of an armed domestic insurgency, the encroachment of an international war, massive bombardment and civilian casualties...

    $1,320.00

  • IN PURSUIT OF THE ESSEX
    BEN HUGHES
    On 26 October 1812, during the war between Britain and the United States, the frigate USS Essex set sail on the most remarkable voyage in the early history of the US navy. After rounding Cape Horn, she proceeded to systematically destroy the British South Seas whaling fleet. When news reached the Royal Navys South American station at Rio de Janeiro, HMS Phoebe was sent off in p...

    $299.00

  • A VERY UNUSUAL JOURNEY INTO PLAY
    BEN KINGSTON-HUGHES
    Why do children need play?   Play has the very real power to transform children’s lives. It has a unique and profound impact on the neurological, emotional and physical development and wellbeing of children - from therapeutic play and overcoming anxiety, to positive behaviour, mental health and even life expectancy. This book brings together two hot topics - play and neuroscien...

    $787.92

  • THE BRITISH INVASION OF THE RIVER PLATE, 1806–1807
    BEN HUGHES
    In 1806 a British expeditionary force captured Buenos Aires. Over the next eighteen months, Britain was sucked into a costly campaign on the far side of the world. The Spaniards were humbled on the battlefield and Montevideo was taken by storm, but the campaign ended in disaster when 6000 redcoats and riflemen surrendered following a bloody battle in the streets of the Argentin...

    $299.00