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Fifteen year old Nikki got more than he bargained for when
traveling abroad with his parents and his private tutor in Cairo,
Egypt. Little did he suspect that while he and his tutor Amanda
Tilson, and his older Scottish friend Ian, where exploring the
great ruins of Egypt that they would find themselves on an
adventure of a lifetime searching for the supposed treasure of
Queen Hatshepsut. Amanda lead by the mystical appearance and
guiding voice of a young Egyptian Princess from centuries past,
soon finds clues that speak of the enormous treasure. By joining
the golden clues together, they are transported back through time
soon after the mysterious disappearance of the Pharaoh herself.
Could they find more clues that would take them back to their own
time or would they be stuck in the year 1458 B.C. forever? Would
survive the evil intentions of the Magi to destroy them? Could they
use the clues to find the hidden treasure of the forgotten Pharaoh?
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By turns thrilling, dramatic and touching, this is the story of Henry the Eighth and Catherine of Aragon's divorce as you've never heard it before - from the eyes of their daughter, Princess Mary.
More than anything Mary just wants her family to stay together; for her mother and her father - and for her - to all be in the same place at once. But when her father announces that his marriage to her mother was void and by turns that Mary doesn't really count as his child, she realises things will never be as she hoped.
Things only get worse when her father marries again. Separated from her mother and forced to work as a servant for her new sister, Mary must dig deep to find the strength to stand up against those who wish to bring her down. Despite what anyone says, she will always be a princess. She has the blood of a princess and she is ready to fight for what is rightfully hers.
He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and
mine are the same. One of the masterpieces of classic literature,
Wuthering Heights is a both the story of a wild, obsessive love and
a terrible revenge. Catherine and Heathcliff's, a foundling adopted
by Catherine's father, passionate but doomed love forms the core of
this extraordinary tale. Catherine's brother Hindley's hatred and
humiliation of Heathcliff leads to tragedy when Catherine marries
another and Heathcliff returns newly wealthy to enact his revenge
on all who wronged him.
Shirley Temple did a lot to make Rebecca famous when she won the
world's heart in the movie we all remember. But the story is more
than Temple, the film, or our memory of it: this is the tale of the
little showgirl who, sent to the country to live with prim and
proper relatives, is forbidden to do anything, well, showy.
But Rebecca has other ideas, of course, and you know she'll win
over the hearts and minds of everyone who'll see her show. . .
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Certainly she won over Jack London. In 1904 he wrote to Wiggin
herself: "May I thank you for Rebecca. . . ? I would have quested
the wide world over to make her mine, only I was born too long ago
and she was born but yesterday.... Why could she not have been my
daughter? Why couldn't it have been I who bought the three hundred
cakes of soap? Why, O, why?" And Mark Twain, too: he described
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" as "beautiful and warm and
satisfying."
This is the story of a sixteen-year-old boy who finds his way to
the beginning of manhood during a great and memorable adventure in
the world of nature. Geordie Sutton was more interested in the
wildlife of the prairie slough and along the Iowa River than he was
in following his father's footsteps into the practice of law. His
world stretched comfortably from quiet, tree-lined streets with
well-spaced houses to clandestine adventures on the river. But the
turn of the century was still not far behind, and not even the
impact of Darwin could persuade Geordie's father than a career in
natural science was anything more than an excuse to loaf in the
outdoors. Questioning his own right to choose a life of which his
father disapproved, Geordie joined an expedition to Laysan Island,
an atoll in the Pacific, where five species of oceanic birds unique
to that island were threatened with extinction. There, among
colonies of albatross, miller birds, shearwaters, honey eaters and
teal, finch and little flightless rails, as well as seals, huge
turtles, and most surprisingly of all, rabbits which the expedition
had come to kill, Geordie learned that life is full of cruelty as
well as beauty, and that no man can stand aside from involvement
with both these forces. A Certain Island is Robert Murphy's fourth
novel, a story of a classic adolescent conflict set against a
background of true natural adventure.
This heart-warming story is about Bella, a 13-year-old girl in
Tampa, Florida, in the 1930s. Her grandfather is a "lector" at a
cigar factory, which means he reads fiction, newspapers, and union
news to the workers as they roll cigars. Being a "lector" is an
important role in their Cuban American immigrant community. But the
hard times of the Depression mean that Bella must go to work in the
factory. Her hope of getting the education a "lector" needs seems
impossible.
ONE MOMENT CAN CHANGE A LIFE FOREVER. 'An exceptional read' The
Sunday Times 'Vital glimmers of hope enlighten this profoundly
poignant book' Guardian A powerful and heart-breaking novel about
three childhood friends living during the Second World War whose
fates are closely intertwined, even when their lives take very
different courses. Inspired by a true story, this is the perfect
read for fans of The Book Thief and Anne Frank's The Diary of a
Young Girl. Vienna, 1936. Elsa, Leo and Max have always been best
friends, a special team of three. Then the Nazis come. As a growing
darkness descends around them, Leo and Elsa run for their lives,
taking two very different paths across Europe. And Max, once their
closest friend, now becomes the enemy as he is drawn into the
Hitler Youth. Will the friends ever find their way back to each
other? Will they want to? Inspired by a true story, WHEN THE WORLD
WAS OURS is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is
heartbreaking, and shows how the bonds of love, family and
friendship allow glimmers of hope to flourish, even in the most
hopeless of times. Three friends. Two sides. One memory.
As well as being gripping adventures, Caroline Lawrence's
bestselling novels are packed with facts about ancient Roman life.
This quiz book includes over 500 questions based on the following
six titles: The Enemies of Jupiter, The Gladiators from Capua, The
Colossus of Rhodes, The Fugitive from Corinth, The Sirens of
Surrentum and The Charioteer of Delphi. Plus ...quizzes about Roman
Entertainment, Rules and Rituals, Architecture, Medicine, Love and
Marriage, and picture puzzles to solve. For all Roman Mysteries
fans, and anyone fascinated to know what life in first-century Rome
was really like.
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