The eagerly anticipated sequel to the global bestseller The Passage soon to be an epic drama on Fox from writer Elizabeth Heldens & executive producer Ridley Scott THE TWELVEDeath-row prisoners with nightmare pasts & no future THE TWELVEUntil they were selected for a secret experiment THE TWELVETo create something more than human THE TWELVENow they are the future & humanity's worst nightmare has begun THE TWELVEThe epic sequel to THE PASSAGE ...

An essential primary source on Roman history Suetonius' The Twelve Caesars is a fascinating achievement of scholarship covering a critical period in the Empire This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Latin by Robert Graves author of I Claudius revised with an introduction & notes by James B Rives As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives & used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers & private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar & Augustus to the decline into depravity & civil war under Nero & the recovery that came with his successors A masterpiece of observation anecdote & detailed physical description The Twelve Caesars presents us with a gallery of vividly drawn
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- individuals James B Rives has sensitively updated Robert Graves's now classic translation reinstating Latin terms & updating vocabulary while retaining the liveliness of the original This edition contains a new chronology further reading glossaries maps notes & an introduction discussing Suetonius' life & works Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was probably born in AD69
- the famous 'year of the four Emperors' From the letters of Suetonius' close friend Pliny the Younger we learn that he practiced briefly at the bar avoided political life & became chief secretary to the Emperor Hadrian (AD117-38) Suetonius seems to have lived to a good age & probably died around the year AD140 If you enjoyed The Twelve Caesars you might like Tacitus's The Annals of Imperial Rome also available in Penguin Classics' Suetonius in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend reflects not only them but ourselves half-tempted creatures whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel & the monster within' Gore Vidal


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Anna Wright has rapidly developed a following across the UK for her print collage work & paintings following in the footsteps of Emma Bridgewater Tricia Guild & Liberty as she takes her designs across stationery & homeware She is now embarking on her third picture book for children Anna brings humour beauty & sophistication to this perennially popular Christmas hymn with her signature style Exquisitely rendered in pen ink watercolour & collage The twelve days of Christmas are beautifully & playfully reimagined for today's readership
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My dearest darling- That partridge in that lovely little pear tree! What an enchanting romantic poetic present! Bless you & thank you Your deeply loving Emily Everyone knows the ' Twelve Days of Christmas' but not as rewritten by John Julius Norwich in this delightful correspondence which records the daily thank-you letters from one increasingly bemused young lady to her unseen admirer & who but Quentin Blake could exploit the full comic possibilities of this hilarious debacle as first birds then maids & finally the full percussion section of the Liverpool Philharmonic bring mayhem to the calm of an English country Christmas? ...

Introduce children to the traditional song The Twelve Days of Christmas in this beautiful new book featuring illustrations by Britta Teckentrup The peep-through pages reveal each new Christmas gift creating a stunning layered effect A perfect gift for your true love! ...

' After reading this I wanted to read it all over again'
- Zoe Sugg aka Zoella This glorious new collaboration from the New York
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The big day has almost arrived & one little puppy is very excited about his first EVER Christmas But with three drooling Dalmatians six sausage-snaffling Scotties & every dog in town helping out the festive season is a shambles! Will everything be ready in time for Christmas Day? Children will love picking their favourite dogs & spotting the puppy in busy scenes This hilarious picture book is a great way to introduce children to Christmas traditions ' Just the thing for dog lovers this charming picture book gives the old Christmas favourite a canine makeover & great fun it is too' Love Reading ' Festive scenes adorn every page & there's plenty here to help children build up anticipation But with all these dogs on the scene will anything get done? Great fun with vibrant illustrations by Marisa Morea' Parents in Touch ...

Bursting with imagination THE TWELVE LIVES OF SAMUEL HAWLEY by Hannah Tinti has been described as ' One part Quentin Tarantino one part Scheherazade' (Ann Patchett) & will appeal to fans of the Coen Brothers' True Grit or Emma Cline's The Girls Hero Villain Father After years spent living on the run Samuel Hawley & his daughter Loo finally settle in Olympus Massachusetts Hawley takes up fishing while Loo struggles with friendship & first love & tries to piece together the puzzle surrounding her mother's death Haunting them both are the twelve scars Hawley carries on his body from twelve bullets in his criminal past
- a past that is about to spill over into Loo's present with explosive consequences
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The ancient Greek myths as you've never read them before! The classic stories of The Twelve Tasks of Heracles & Arion & the Dolphins are re-told here in master storyteller Marcia Williams' inimitable comic style These splendid adaptations have easy-to-read accessible text & brilliantly witty illustrations making them a perfect introduction to the classic legends of adventure & endeavour! Ideal for newly-confident readers
- the classics have never looked so good!
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A spookily prescient espionage thriller from one of the masters of the genre What if the Soviet Union gained control over the US Presidencys IS agent James Mackay fears that this may already be happening when he realises the newly elected president's press secretary is a former communist radical with links to the KGB When the witnesses who support his suspicions are systematically eliminated Mac Kay must race against time to prove that the President-Elect is not his own man before Inauguration Day & avoid a national catastrophe' When I say Ted Allbeury knows where the bodies are buried I mean it literally'
- Len Deighton author of The Ipcress File
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