Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries including suggestions for discussion & analysis. In addition numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging & encourage students to explore the play's dramatic qualities. Antigone is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation & Drama. Useful features include full synopsis of the play commentary alongside translation for easy reference & a comprehensive introduction to the Greek Theatre. Antigone is aimed primarily at A-level & undergraduate students in the UK & college students in North America. ...

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries including suggestions for discussion & analysis. In addition numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging & encourage students to explore the plays dramatic qualities. Oedipus Tyrannus is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation & Drama. Useful features include full synopsis of the play commentary alongside translation for easy reference & a comprehensive introduction to the Greek Theatre. Oedipus Tyrannus is aimed primarily at A-level & undergraduate students in the UK & college students in North America. ...

An icon of World War I aerial combat the Sopwith Camel was a superb dogfighter in the hands of a pilot who could master its ...

Responsible for destroying 1294 enemy aircraft between June 1917 & November 1918 the Camel was the most successful fighting scout employed by either side in terms of the sheer number of victories that it scored. The Camel was renowned for its sensitivity & need for skill & experience & casualties amongst pilots undergoing training on the type were very high. More than 5490 examples were constructed & this work covers its combat use on the Western Front in Palestine on the Italian front in the Home Defence role in the UK & in Russia. ...

The Sopwith Pup was the forerunner of the hugely successful Sopwith Camel which duly became the most successful fighter of World War I. The first proper British fighting scout the first Pups
- the Royal Naval Air Service
- arrived on the Western Front in 1916. Although regarded as a 'nice' aeroplane to fly pilots who used it in combat gained much success during the first half of 1917. The Royal Flying Corps also used the Pup from January 1917 onwards with the final combats with the machine occurring in December of that year. This book describes the combat careers of the successful Pup aces how they flew & how they fought.

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Dr John Dee has destroyed Paris in his mission to find Nicholas Flamel & Sophie & Josh Newman. The two missing pages of the book of Abraham the Mage are still with them & the Dark Elders need them for the Final Summoning. They will not rest until they are in power & the human race has been destroyed. Nicholas Flamel knows he must protect Josh & Sophie & the pages from the Dark Elders. For this he must rely on Clarent
- the sister sword to Excalibur
- & the sword's evil power makes it nearly impossible to use without darkness seeping into the soul of whoever wields it. What will be the price to pay for the twins to remain protected & the Dark Elders to be defeated?

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As Witch Child ends so Sorceress begins. Alison Ellman is still searching for information about Mary Newbury; she has a diary & some scattered information about other people in Mary's life but Mary has disappeared into the forests & Alison has no way of following her. But when she meets Agnes Herne Alison encounters the person who is going to tell her all about Mary's life after she leaves Beulah. Agnes is a descendant of Mary's & has a special skill which allows her to be in touch with Mary in the spirit world. & Mary has a story to tell. A story of love & friendship sadness & loss. A story that takes her across the New World in an epic search for a home. We fell under the spell of Mary in Witch Child & now at last we find out what happened to her after her ill-fated time in Beulah. Just as Mary's story has to be told to Agnes it has to be read by us for it is passionate compelling & utterly wonderful. ...

In this fourth book of The Malloreon Garion & his companions continue their desperate search for Zandramas the child of dark & abductor of Garions baby son Geran. Led by the orb from Mallorea to the island of Melcena they discover the place where the sardion once rested & also find Senji a self-taught wizard whose undamaged copy of the Ashabine oracles carries a message for Garion from the evil god Torak. As Zandramass intention to fulfil the Dark Destiny becomes clear Garion & his friends know that they must travel to Kell. There they will discover from the Malloreon Gospels the truth of their ultimate destination The Place Which Is No More. But the friends are not alone in their search as the prophecies of Cyradis the Seeress of Kell begin to be fulfilled. THUS CONTINUES BOOK FOUR OF THE MALLOREON ...

Book 4 of The Malloreon" the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by one of the godfathers of the tradition. Discover the epic stories that inspired generations of fantasy writers
- from Raymond Feists " The Riftwar Cycle" to George R. R. Martins "A Game of Thrones". " The Dark Destiny" will soon become clear... The Ashabine oracles have been found. They carry a message from the evil god Torak who Garion once destroyed
- one that spells the end of all he thought he knew. A great battle of demons & men looms. The forces of good must ready themselves for attack from all sides. A war that is impossible to win
- & that they cannot afford to lose."


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This pocket-sized full-colour guide is designed for holidaymakers who want to get off the beaten track. It describes excursions to Pompei Vesuvius & other famous sites in the area as well as suggestions for countryside picnics. But the largest part of the book is devoted to walks & there are unique walk-planner diagrams for the 72 different walking routes. Sorrento Amalfi & Capri are wonderful areas for walkers with inland areas linked to the coastal resorts of the Neapolitan Riviera by ancient footpaths & mule trails. These take you almost from your hotel doorstep up into the lemon groves
- or you can just take a bus up into the hills & walk back down to your hotel! The flowers are a constant delight
- from broom & rosemary in March to freesias & cistus in May. In autumn the woods are carpeted with cyclamen. Most of the paths described can be followed easily by people who do not claim to be regular walkers though committed hikers will like them too. The book also has timetables for local transport fold-out touring maps & a free on-line update service.

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