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1) Ghost Note
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Sometimes a mystery is just a beginning . . .Roland, a young drummer in a fledgling band, about to break big. His sister, Christine, brutally murdered. A canoeing accident half-a-world away. And the five million dollars that bind them together tighter than the Rolling Stones.Will Roland find the answers he seeks as his journey takes him from the English Lake District into an American wilderness? Or will he, too, never make it home?
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This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it is as vibrant and relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago. It includes sections on Latin in the movies, US state mottoes and place names, and also some choice snippets from real Latin poetry from Catullus, Horace and Virgil, with evocative translations. It contains a fascinating section on the Roman emperors...
3) Ancient Rome
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1990
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Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome. Photographs of real artefacts and detailed illustrations will help...
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2013
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It's Clementine Brown's birthday, and Mr. and Mrs. Brown have given her a nurse's outfit and a first-aid kit -- just what she wanted! There is no shortage of emergencies that need her attention (and her liberal use of bandages): Mr. Brown's stubbed toe, Mrs. Brown's headache, even Wellington the dog's tender paw. But her brother, Tommy, is a different matter. Even though he keeps crashing into things, he insists that he doesn't need a nurse. Clementine...
6) Mr. Scruff
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2019.
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"Everyone knows that owners and their dogs belong together in a unique way. Polly belongs to Molly, Eric belongs to Derek, Berry belongs to Terry. But poor Mr. Scruff, alone in the rescue shelter, doesn't belong to anyone. Then a boy named Jim walks in, and they seem to get along. Jim and Mr. Scruff don't look anything alike, and their names certainly don't rhyme, but they may end up belonging to each other just the same. From author-illustrator Simon...
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Arsene Wenger, the most successful manager in the history of Arsenal Club, hailed from a rural French town where football was a popular pastime. The magnanimous growth of a small-town boy to the manager of a leading English club is indeed a fabulous transformation one could ever crave for. Arsene Wenger's endurance, sacrifice, and passion made him the most sought-after manager in the soccer world. Le Professeur aka Arsene Wenger's life story reflects...
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Excavations carried out from 1984-1985 at Ditches in Gloucestershire identified a large, late Iron Age enclosure which contained a remarkably early Roman villa. This long awaited excavation report reinterprets this evidence in the light of more recent studies of the late Iron Age-Roman transition. It extends our understanding of the Ditches-Bagendon-Cirencester oppida complex, and corroborates the latest thinking on the nature of Romanisation. New...