Mark Bergin Books

Awfully Ancient! takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the most awful, disgusting or blood-curdling periods throughout history...

Each title transports the reader back in time by giving detailed information on the aspects of life during a particular historical period.

Easy-to-follow instructions show readers how to create life-like comic book characters.

Awfully Ancient! takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the most awful, disgusting or blood-curdling periods throughout history...

Learn how to draw a variety of trees from around the world. Includes background detail on each tree. The How to Draw series takes a highly visual and practical approach to drawing. Each title features step-by-step instructions for every project. Duotone line drawings illustrate each step.

Learn how to draw a variety of dinosaurs, from the fearsome Tyrannosaurus to the giant sauropods, as well as the flying and marine reptiles that lived at the same time.

You wouldn't want to live without bacteria! Though most of them are too small to be seen with the naked eye, bacteria are everywhere. They appeared on Earth more than 3 billion years before the first dinosaurs. Some bacteria cause deadly diseases, but many of them are helpful to us. They fertilise the soil by breaking down dead material, and they are an essential ingredient in many foods. Bacteria in our own bodies are a vital part of the digestive process

Step inside the Colosseum at Rome around AD80 and discover for yourself the technological wonders, the vicious weapons, the thrills and the dangers of a great Roman arena. Find out why this incredible feat of architecture was built, who paid for it and where the money came from. And then gasp at the the Gladiators who fought for their lives in the ancient Roman Colosseum and made it so lucrative for those in charge of this ruthless business. Astounding architectural achievements are explained and explored with full-colour cutaway illustrations. Pinpoint enlargements focus on the day to day lives of the people, looking at how they ate, dressed, entertained themselves and sometimes fought. Illustrations of artefacts and paintings from the era help to support the main text by providing explanations of how we know what we know. Informative captions, maps, a complete glossary and an index make these titles ideal educational texts.

An exploration of how the face of battle changed over four centuries, as the methods of the Middle Ages gave way to the introduction of firearms and mechanized warfare.

"Make your own pebble projects, from a ballerina to a turtle. Basic shapes and techniques to get you started. Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions from each fantastic pebble project."--Back cover.