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It is Halloween, when young Dan Morgan is introduced to the magical world of his Grandmother. At the Moon and Broom he meets Lionel, a young wizard with neon blue hair and his friend Edgar, a giant bat with a fondness for muffins. With a little help from Mandrake, a sleek black cat with lavender eyes, they set out to prevent the Moonstone unleashing its evil curse on the Souls of Light.

Guided by tween "ghostorian" Virgil, readers will discover fascinating facts about calamitous events throughout history as they explore castles, palaces and dungeons and those infamous figures associated with each. For instance, did you know that many castles were made out of wood painted...

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

BnF collection ebooks - "Dans le pays que nous parcourions, il règne une fécondité merveilleuse. Les hommes y sont rares. Le silence stagne autour de formidables marécages ; la Bête, libre de croître, s'est multipliée sur les terres et dans les eaux ; les oiseaux remplissent jusqu'aux...

BnF collection ebooks - "Le samedi soir, les hommes de Tavesco se réunissent pour parler, jouer et boire, dans les deux cabarets du village. Ils ne connaissent guère qu'une seule boisson, un vin opaque, au goût fort et au bouquet presque nul, dont tous ceux qui l'ont pratiqué gardent un souvenir...

This handsome archive depicts richly detailed armor and weaponry dating from the early ninth century to the mid-1700s. Adapted from decorative ornamentation on burial monuments and manuscripts, hundreds of finely executed images depict authentic shields, swords, crossbows, helmets, and ornate suits of body armor for knights and their steeds. 100 black-and-white plates.

It is June 1884, a grey period for both the weather and Sherlock Holmes’ mood. A lack of compelling cases has left him bored and close once again to the dull embrace of the needle. Less than a month earlier, however, he had astonished Inspector Lestrade and everyone around him by solving no less...

Groupware is a technology designed to help people working in groups to communicate their ideas more easily. While traditional technologies such as the telephone qualify as groupware, the term is usually used to refer to a specific class of technologies that rely on modern computer networks, such as...

Immunology at a Glance provides a user-friendly overview of the body’s defence mechanisms. Ideal from day one of a medical, biomedical or life science course, the text begins with a basic overview of both adaptive and innate immunity, before progressing to applied immunological concepts, which look...

Chariots and Other Wheeled Vehicles in Italy before the Roman Empire presents evidence for transport by wheeled vehicle in Italy before the Roman Imperial period, the beginning of which is often thought to be marked by Augustuss conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. The study begins with a glossary of technical...

A venerable resource for more than a century, Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar is still regarded by students and teachers as the finest Latin reference grammar available. Concise, comprehensive, and well organized, it is unrivaled in depth and clarity, placing a wealth of advice on usage, vocabulary,...

Nothing confuses Christian ethics quite like the Old Testament. Some faithful readers struggle through its pages and conclude that they must obey its moral laws but may disregard its ceremonial and civil laws. Others abandon its teaching altogether in favor of a strictly New Testament ethic. Neither...

We cannot know Jesus without knowing his story. Today the debate over who Jesus is rages on. Has the Bible bound Christians to a narrow and mistaken notion of Jesus? Should we listen to other gospels, other sayings of Jesus, that enlarge and correct a mistaken story? Is the real Jesus entangled in...