Charting the development of maths around the world from Babylon to Bletchley Park, this book explores big questions like these

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Details: This is the perfect introduction for those who have a lingering fear of maths. If you think that maths is difficult,
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Addio is a young noblemouse looking for a mental-maths adventure.  Help him as he joins Subtracto, Multiplus & Diviso, the Mathsketeers, as they team up to protect the mouse king. Follow the trail of maths puzzles using addition, subtraction, multiplication & division, to defeat their feline nemesis, Count Catulus. It's up to the reader to join the adventure, follow the narrative & work out the answer to each fiendish problem.  There are lots of mental-maths activities that will test children's numeracy skills, answers to fill in, as well as helpful tips & tricks to learn along the way. Maths content
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- Introduction to simple addition, subtraction, multiplication & division, gradually increasing in scope & difficulty
- Partitioning numbers, adding & subtracting money, tricky three-digit sums, fractions
- Multiplication tables, division practice, inverse operations, arrays & much more Get ready for a swashbuckling maths adventure. Product Information:  •†ISBN...



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The Mathsketeers are embroiled in a tricky Multiplication Mystery.  They've been summoned to London, where the city's 'watchmice' are worried about a gang of cats that are up to no good. Help the swashbuckling mice as they follow the trail of multiplication & times-tables maths puzzles. It's up to the reader to join the adventure. From the Isle of Dogs & the Queen's House in Greenwich to the Mouses of Parliament, follow the narrative & work out the answer to each fiendish problem.  There are lots of multiplication & times-tables activities that will test children's numeracy skills, answers to fill in, as well as helpful tips & tricks to learn along the way. Maths content
Includes::
- Introduction to simple multiplication & times tables, gradually increasing in scope & difficulty
- Multiplying money & trickier numbers, introducing primes & more Get ready for a swashbuckling maths adventure. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781780557465 •†Author:   John Bigwood •†Publi...


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2047 & its been 14 years since Jacob Gabriel descended into the Mayan Netherworld, while his twin brother opted to remain behind turning from their chosen path. Still running from the forces that hunt his bloodline, Immanuel Gabriel believing his actions proved his role in the Mayan prophecy to be nothing but an ancient myth. But now he will realize his mistake. The prophecy begins to repeat itself & mankind once again faces annihilation. Immanuel soon learns that there was only ever one person with the power to end the cycle of destruction: himself. This book has 594 pages & is 17.7cm x 11.2cm x 3.5cm ...

After sacrificing himself to preserve the human race, Michael Gabriel is imprisoned in a torturous, purgatory-like dimension in the Mayan netherworld. The Mayan prophecy states that the Hero Twins
- Michael's sons Jacob & Immanuel, born to his wife Dominique the year after his entrapment
- must travel to the Mayan realm in their twentieth year to free & resurrect him. Yet it also carries a warning. Born on the same day as the twins is a dark force that threatens their destiny. This, the Abomination
- the female yin to their yang
- represents evil in its purest form, & will not yield until they succumb to its temptation.



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Michael Gabriel is imprisoned in a torturous, purgatory-like dimension in the Mayan Netherworld, after he sacrificed himself to preserve the human race. The Mayan Prophecy states the Hero twins
- Michael's sons Jacob & Immanuel, born to his wife Dominique the year after his entrapment
- must now travel to the Mayan realm in their 20th year to free their father. But the prophecy also carries a warning. Born on the same day as the twins is a dark force that threatens their destiny. This, the Abomination
- the female yin to their yang
- represents evil in its purest form, & will not yield until they succumb to its temptation. This book has 676 pages & is 17.7cm x 11.2cm x 3.5cm



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None of the great Victorian novels is more vivid & readable than The Mayor of Casterbridge. Set in the heart of Hardy's Wessex, the 'partly real, partly dream country' he founded on his native Dorset, it charts the rise & self-induced downfall of a single 'man of character'. The fast-moving & ingeniously contrived narrative is Shakespearian in its tragic force, & features some of the author's most striking episodes & brilliant passages of description. ...

After selling his wife & daughter in a drunken stupor, Michael Henchard is left with a guilty conscience in place of his family.

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This is the classic tale of Michael Henchard, drunk on rum at a country fair, Henchard sells his wife for 5 guineas. Once sober & overcome with guilt, he vows not to drink again. When Mrs Henchard seeks out her husband in Casterbridge, years later, she finds him both wealthy & the Mayor. Accompanied by Elizabeth-Jane, whom Henchard presumes to be his own daughter, his family is restored to him, while he should be happy, beneath the surface the same impetuousness & temper are smouldering. When his wife dies, fate steps in cruelly, & Michael's final degradation & ruin are set in motion. This audiobook has 3 CDs & a runtime of 210 mins ...