In this follow-up to "The Pig Scrolls," the fate of the ancient Greek world is again in the hooves of Gryllus the Pig, who is on the search for Circe so she can reverse her curse and return him to human form.
Welcome to a comical quest full of nonstop action and oddly familiar characters, from an oversensitive, lyre-strumming poet to the sinister, snappily dressed Epicurus; from chimeras and Stymphalian birds to the testy gods and goddesses themselves. With its abundant appropriation of Greek history and myth and its galloping humor perfectly pitched ...
An omnibus edition of three titles from the SCIENCE ACTIVITIES series: SCIENCE AND YOUR BODY, SCIENCE WITH BATTERIES and SCIENCE WITH WEATHER. Illustrated throughout in full colour.
Welcome to a comical quest full of nonstop action and oddly familiar characters, from an oversensitive, lyre-strumming poet to the sinister, snappily dressed Epicurus; from chimeras and Stymphalian birds to the testy gods and goddesses themselves. With its abundant appropriation of Greek history and myth and its galloping humor perfectly pitched ...
Bug Muldoon is the best (and cheapest) private investigator in the whole Garden. When a few earwigs come strolling into his office with a case, Bug thinks it's an ordinary missing earwig case. But the facts don't add up, and the ants are acting strangely. It's up to Bugs to set things straight. Illustrations.
This groundbreaking book addresses issues of the keenest interest to anthropologists, specialists on Africa, and those concerned with international aid and development. Drawing on extensive research among Luo people in western Kenya and abroad over many years, Parker Shipton provides an insightful general ethnography. In particular, he focuses ...
This fascinating interdisciplinary book is about land, belonging, and the mortgage - and how people of different cultural backgrounds understand them in Africa. Drawing on years of ethnographic observation, Parker Shipton discusses how people in Africa's interior feel about their attachment to family, to clan land, and to ancestral graves on the ...
Giz decides to search for the truth when Skink, a monkey new to the Enclosure, challenges the old wisdom. Together they set out to find the answer to the Big Question: "What's it like out there...out in the land of humans?"
-- Basic scientific principles are explained with the aid of fun experiments and activities -- All experiments use everyday household equipment -- Simple text and illustrations enable children to use the books by themselves
A simple text and colour illustrations explain aspects of the weather through a range of simple experiments using ordinary household equipment. Illustrated throughout in colour, a new title in the USBORNE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES series. Available in paperback priced 2.50, ISBN 0 7460 1421 X.
A gripping story about the Man Who Was Hate - Victor Grundy. He has been chosen to awaken the Sleeper, who is going to bring destruction to the world. To fulfil his destiny Victor is transformed from a man into a terrifying basilisk. The only two people who can stop him are Danny and Hope, two teenagers who are trapped in the same apartment ...
On the night of 14 April, 1912, the ship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. It was on its first voyage across the Atlantic and many people died. But what really happened? Why did the ship hit an iceberg? Why didn't another ship save the passengers? Although the disaster happened over 80 years ago, there are still people who can remember it and it ...
The New Reading 360 series is designed to provide a solid literary foundation for infants and build on previous literacy knowledge for juniors. Readers help to develop literacy skills and build up confidence.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1939, 1938, 1935
Description: Five volumes from the 1930s from the Oriental Institute on the Megiddo excavations in Palestine. All in original cloth (water systems is same style but card covers) all very clean except Tombs has grubby cloth covers. All privately owned with no names or markings. read more
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