For most ancient Egyptians, life on earth was short. But death was not an end; it was merely the entering of a new phase of being. They believed that the afterlife was a real place, but various obstacles & judgements had to be overcome to reach it. This book reveals what the ancient Egyptians believed lay between life & the afterlife. ...

Can a case be solved in just three days?

Roger Parnell is a rich, good-looking young man, living in the plushest suburb

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He swore never to kill again. Then he came home to Spencerville. After twenty-five years of working in the shadowy world of espionage Keith Landry is on his way home. Driving along the highway, humming a few bars of ' Homeward Bound', the years of service he has given the US government are fast becoming a distant memory. He is safe. He is alone. & life has never felt sweeter as the signs for hometown Spencerville come into view. Keith Landry has promised himself no more violence, no more death. But a chance meeting with childhood sweetheart Annie Baxter makes it a promise he cannot keep. As passion is rekindled between them, jealousy flares. for Annie is married to a violent & sadistic bully: the man who runs Spencerville, Sheriff Baxter. & he won't tolerate any man near his wife. Especially Keith Landry. ' An intense, absorbing, suspenseful read.. . a thriller that transcends the genre WASHINGTON POST read the book during a rough flight & did not feel the bumps. You cannot ask more than that the mortality of the characters keeps your mind off your own mortality' IRISH INDEPENDENT. ...

When Lovejoy witnesses a car crash that turns out to be a murder
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Royal jubilees, towering pyramids, face painting, & jewelry making? The sky's the limit when you spend the day in ancient Egypt! Picture this: You get out of bed &, as you go to brush your teeth, you suddenly realize that you've traveled back in time over 4, 500 years to ancient Egypt. ...

Parades, gladiator games, tunic weaving, & coin making! Anything can happen when you spend the day in ancient Rome! Find out what life was like almost two thousand years ago during the height of the Roman Empire. As Rome celebrates its annual Games, you'll spend the day with a family, just back from their own summer vacation. ...

Offers an introduction of the concepts of currency & exchange
- what money is how it is used, & how it can be earned & spent around
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Henry Cimoli & Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until

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Map of Scotland's Speyside Way, a 66 mile walk which follows the River Spey from Aviemore to Buckie & can be linked to the Dava Way & Moray Coast Trail. This booklet is included with the Cicerone guidebook to the trail, & shows the full route on Ordnance Survey 1:25, 000 maps. ...

' Does cricket make money in order to exist, or does it exist in order to make money?' In the last three years, cricket has changed more completely than in the preceding three decades, revolutionised by a racy new format, Twenty 20, & a glamorous new competition, the Indian Premier League. How did India come to run world cricket? How did clubs owned by billionaires & Bollywood stars begin to shove international competition aside? How did money unite players & divide administrators, amid allegations of massive corruption? Gideon Haigh has followed cricket's biggest story since Kerry Packer's ' World Series' from the beginning: Sphere of Influence is the result. This insightful collection brings the struggle to save cricket's soul into sharp & disturbing focus. ...