The third title in Gary Northfield`s exciting, action-packed & hysterically funny series brimming with entertaining Roman & Egyptian facts. After being shipwrecked on the shores of Egypt & mistaken for a Horse God, Julius can`t believe his luck! Soon he & his bedraggled friends will be living it up in the city of Alexandria; preened & pampered like gods. Then a fancy boat procession will take them down the River Nile to Giza where, of course, a lavish party will be thrown in Julius`s honour
- as well as getting the obligatory tour of the Pyramids. BUT it is this very tour that seems to signal the end to their glorious fortunes in Egypt. On a visit to the Tomb of Cleopatra, Felix is unable to resist a rather lovely looking treasure for his rock collection... He pockets the jewel & immediately a curse falls upon the group. & so the ridiculous adventure begins where Julius fights for his life as the Egyptians come to unravel the truth & realize that he is not quite what they thought he was...
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The third title in Gary Northfield`s exciting, action-packed & hysterically funny series brimming with entertaining Roman & Egyptian facts. After being shipwrecked on the shores of Egypt & mistaken for a Horse God, Julius can`t believe his luck! Soon he & his bedraggled friends will be living it up in the city of Alexandria; preened & pampered like gods. Then a fancy boat procession will take them down the River Nile to Memphis where a lavish party will be thrown in Julius`s honour
- as well as an obligatory tour of the Pyramids. BUT it is this very tour that seems to signal the end to their glorious fortunes in Egypt. On a visit to the Tomb of Cleopatra, Felix is unable to resist a rather lovely looking treasure for his rock collection... He pockets the jewel & immediately a curse falls upon the group. & so the ridiculous adventure begins where Julius fights for his life as the Egyptians come to unravel the truth & realize that he is not quite what they thought he was...
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The outbreak of the First World War was `a drama never surpassed`. One hundred years later, the characters still seem larger than life: Archduke Franz Ferdin&, brooding heir to the Habsburg throne; the fanatical Bosnian Serb assassins who plot to murder him; Conrad & Berchtold, the Austrians who exploit the outrage; Kaiser Wilhelm & Bethmann Hollweg, backing up the Austrians; Sazonov, Russian Foreign Minister, trying to live down a reputation for cowardice; Poincare & Paleologue, two French statesmen who urge on the Russians; & not least Winston Churchill, who, alone among Cabinet officials in London, perceives the seriousness of the situation in time to take action. July 1914 tells the story of Europe`s countdown to war through the eyes of these men, between the bloody opening act on 28 June 1914 & Britain`s final plunge on 4 August, which turned a European conflict into a world war. The outbreak of war was no accident of fate. Individual statesmen, pursuing real objectives, conjured up the conflict
- in some cases by conscious intention. While some sought honourably to defuse tensions, others all but oozed with malice as they rigged the decks for war. Dramatic, inevitably tense & almost forensically observed, Sean Mc Meekin`s unique book retells the story of that cataclysmic month, making clear as never before who was responsible for the catastrophe. You will never think the same way again about the origins of the First World War.
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Nadine Gordimer’s “ July’s People” is once again another searing insight into the heart of South Africa, & proving why she is on of the most respected authors not just in her native South Africa, but the world over too. The book was written in 1981, more than ten years before the end of apartheid. For years, it has been what is called a ‘deteriorating situation’. Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds: the members of the Smales family – liberal whites – are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his native village. What happens to the Smales’ & to July gives the reader an unflinching look into the terrifying, tacit understandings & misunderstandings between blacks & whites. Apartheid may be over, but the works of people like Gordimer help to emphasise why it should never be allowed to happen again. ...

A funny story...all about the importance of tidying up. Johnny thinks that his room has its own special style. But his mum thinks his room is...a MESS! Johnny doesn't care...until all the chas attracts the terrible Jumblebum Beast. Will Johnny end up in the Jumblebum's tum
- or can his secret plan save the day?
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Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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About this map: Centred on the Rara Lake & Jumla. About the series: Maps designed specifically for the trekker, presenting the topography by line drawings of mountain ridges, with main peaks & passes shown with their height above sea level. The maps also show rivers & settlements & clearly indicate trekking routes. On the reverse are descriptions of suggested routes & other information about the area. ...

Kids are fascinated by the amazing power of earthquakes
- one of nature`s most dramatic displays. Colorful illustrations & kid-friendly
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Jump in & get up close to honey bees to learn all about what they are, how hard they work, & the important tasks they perform during their life cycle. Adorable illustrations & kid-friendly text make complex science fun & easy to underst&. Every Jump Into Science book ends with a hands-on experiment to fully engage readers & extra material to stimulate further learning. ...

”REVELATORY.” (DAILY TELEGRAPH). David Litvinoff (1928-75) was `one of the great mythic characters of `60s London`
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