Juliet: 627 books

A convincing new study of the Glastonbury legends which suggests that the Shroud may have come to England as the "Grail"Shedding new light on the Grail stories and the arrival of Christianity to Somerset, this book illustrates important links between Glastonbury and the Celtic settlement...

Candle Bible for Kids is the perfect starting point for children. Now toddlers have an edition designed just for them, with simple text and bright art. The Candle Bible for Kids Toddler Edition provides a great overview of Bible stories in bite-sized chunks little kids can understand

You know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how they traveled from far away to offer their gifts at the manger-cradle in Bethlehem.  But have you ever heard the story of the Fourth Wise Man, who also saw the star rising and set out to follow it, yet did not arrive with the other...

Barker tells the dramatic story of the thirty years when England ruled France at the point of a sword. Henry V’s second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would place the crown of France on an English head. The appearance of a visionary peasant girl, Joan of Arc, was able to halt the English advance, but not for long.

A treasure of wonderful Prayers written for children. Candle Prayers for Toddlers is the perfect introduction to prayer for all occasions. Bringing prayer and talking to God to life in the heart of every child.

This history of the QARANC records the role that nursing has played in the army from the 17th century until the present day. The author describes the rise of the early army nursing organizations and the genesis of QARANC. Her picture of Florence Nightingale is revealing in that it puts aside the conventional...

Giddy sugarplum or calculating bitch? Pretty Konstanze aroused strong feelings among her contemporaries. Her in-law's loathed her. Mozart's friends, more than forty years after his death, remained eager to gossip about her "failures" as wife to the world's first superstar. Maturing from...

Angleterre, 1088 Fille d’un riche marchand proche de la Couronne, lady Rhoese d’York voit sa vie basculer quand Guillaume le Conquérant envahit l’Angleterre et détrône le roi saxon Harold pour imposer le joug normand. Très vite, en effet, afin d’avoir la mainmise sur les terres...

Angleterre, 1812 Faute d'avoir rencontré l'homme idéal, Caterina Chester, une jeune aristocrate au caractère bien trempé, éconduit tous ses soupirants. Un caprice inacceptable aux yeux de son père qui, respectueux des conventions, entend bien marier sa fille aînée avant la cadette. Or, cette...

Thrown into freezing Southern Ocean waters on a stormy, moonless night as a boy Chas from Tas survived and was fated to live a life of adventure as a renegade at sea. Swearing never to take an ordinary job, it’s a promise he has kept, voyaging more miles than to the moon one and a half times and...

Students become experts and innovators through Concept-Based teaching Innovators don’t invent without understanding how the world works. With this foundation, they apply conceptual understanding to solve problems. We want students to not only retain ideas, but relate them to other things...

According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. The first Olympics were held in 776 BCE and continued to be played every four years for nearly 1200 years. In 393 CE, the Roman emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, abolished the Games because...

You'd better stand up for this bit of news. Sitting can wreak havoc on your health, and not just in the form of minor aches and pains. Recent studies show that too much sitting contributes to a host of diseases—from obesity and diabetes to cancer and depression. The typical seated office...

Taking Parenting Public makes a compelling case that parenting has become dangerously undervalued in America today. It calls for a new investment—both personal and public—into the work of raising children and argues that we are all 'stockholders' in the next generation. With a foreword by Sylvia...