For generations people the world over have been intrigued by the magic of the h&-built motor cars created by the worlds most skilled craftsmen & women. Their workmanship & world-class engineering made Rolls-Royce the benchmark for quality & excellence. The supreme accolade for other products was to be described as the Rolls-Royce of... Ironically the company that became the symbol of privilege & luxury was founded by a self-taught engineer Frederick Henry Royce son of a Lincolnshire farmer who started working at age 10 to help his widowed mother make ends meet. Obsessed with perfection in every task he proclaimed that nothing is ever right or good enough yet he produced the finest motor cars the world had ever seen. Owners range from royalty & billionaires to Hollywood stars & the just plain rich. They shared one aim
- to own the very best.
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Roma" is the story of the ancient city of Rome from its mythic beginnings as a campsite along a trade route to its emergence as the centre of the most extensive powerful empire in the ancient world. Beginning with the prehistory days when Roma was a way station among seven hills for traders & merchants & the founding of the city itself by Romulus & Remus critically acclaimed historical novelist Steven Saylor tells the epic saga of a city & its people its rise to prominence among the city-states of the area & ultimately dominance over the entire ancient Western world. From the tragedy of Coriolanus to the Punic Wars & the invasion by Hannibal the triumph & murder of Julius Caesar & the rise & decline of the Roman Republic & the beginnings of Imperial Rome Saylor's breathtaking novel brings to vivid life the most famous city of the ancient world. " Roma" is Saylor's finest achievement an epic in the truest sense of the word." ...

This title contains three new editions in the popular Discovery" series. Visually exciting & highly informative each book presents its subject in a fun & accessible way. Internet links offer a fascinating selection of recommended web sites
- with sound animation & video clips & much more which provide additional information for projects & homework."
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The book clearly explains & illustrates the mechanics of how Roman commanders
- at every level
- drew up & committed their different

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Like every other school in the country Davys class are working on the Romans. Everyone is to do a piece of work based on the visit they made to a Roman fort & the best will get a prize at the Roman Feast planned by the school. Davys problem is that bossy Molly from next door keeps stealing his ideas. That is until Davey draws inspiration from Julius Sneezer the Roman soldier. A funny & insightful story from the popular prize winning author of The Demon Headmaster. ...

Objects made from metal glass baked clay jet & shale bone antler & ivory & of stone
- the small finds discovered on archaeological
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Building & architecture flourished throughtout the Roman Empire. The Romans discovered new techniques to solve problems but also to impress the world. They built aqueducts to bring water into their cities & towns grand baths for cleansing & socialising & elaborate villas for the cream of their society. In this book scientist & archaeologist Tony Rook takes the reader through Roman building techniques. He explores the structures that were found throughout the Roman Empire including roads bridges & aqueducts as well as the Romans answer to under-floor heating
- the hypocaust
- & vaults domes tiles & pipes. Lavishly illustrated with stunning photographs & the authors own detailed line drawings Roman Building techniques looks at Roman innovations practices & materials in a thorough yet readable way.

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Accessible to archaeological experts & students alike PJ Caseys Roman Coinage in Britain" is a fascinating investigation of the Roman Empires economic presence in Britain. Drawing from a wealth of archaeological sources this book places Roman coinage in its rightful economic & political context to better understand the chronology & lives of those who used it. Boasting over a hundred images of exquisitely preserved coins many of them life-sized Caseys study is a must for coin collectors amateur archaeologists & anyone with an interest in ancient Roman Britain." ...

After one billion pounds eight managers in eight years that 'ghost' goal defeat at Anfield in 2005 a penalty shoot-out defeat in the Moscow final against Manchester United in 2008 & a scandalous refereeing performance against Barcelona in the semi-final a year later owner Roman Abramovich got his hands on the trophy he craved in Munich. After eight years in charge Abramovich's dream of owning the best team in Europe has finally been realised. As Didier Drogba was handed the trophy for the first time at the presentation in Munich he handed it straight to the guy at the end looking as though he had gate-crashed the party. But this was no ordinary fan on the periphery. This was the guy whose billions helped create the Champions League winners. Legendary football columnist Harry Harris follows Chelsea's remarkable progress through the 2011-12 tournament & the incredible finish that saw them dispose of the 2011 winners Barcelona & Bayern Munich on their own grounds. ...

First in an exciting series charting Romes bloody road to empire Recounts the desperate struggles for survival of the young Roman republic Describes how & why Roman Armies eventually beat their Etruscan Samnite Celtic & other neighbours to dominate all of Italy Discover how the Roman legion fared in its first battles against Hellenistic pike phalanxes & war elephants. For who is so worthless or indolent as not to wish to know by what means...the Romans have succeeded in subjecting nearly the whole inhabited world to their sole government- a thing unique in history? Or who again is there so passionately devoted to other spectacles or studies as to regard anything as of greater moment than the acquisition of this knowledge.POLYBIUS" ...