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Author: Charles Veley Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 184
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Two ruthless organisations. Two continents. One spectacular Season Two Finale. Sherlock and Lucy must defeat two ruthless organisations, on two continents, in this 'Season Two Finale' of the Sherlock and Lucy series. Their clever archenemy, the evil Lord Sonneborne, will fight them to the bitter end. But the Baker Street team is equally determined. Their own lives, and the life of Lucy's mother, are at stake, in a struggle to change the future of the British Empire. Who will prevail? A fun and fast-paced take on a classic Sherlock who-done-it, complete with thrilling twists, hairpin turns, and an ending that will keep readers guessing to the very last page. Christmas on the Nile stays faithful to the spirit of the original series, but offers new characters and a fresh take on the beloved classics.
Author: Charles Veley Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 184
Book Description
Two ruthless organisations. Two continents. One spectacular Season Two Finale. Sherlock and Lucy must defeat two ruthless organisations, on two continents, in this 'Season Two Finale' of the Sherlock and Lucy series. Their clever archenemy, the evil Lord Sonneborne, will fight them to the bitter end. But the Baker Street team is equally determined. Their own lives, and the life of Lucy's mother, are at stake, in a struggle to change the future of the British Empire. Who will prevail? A fun and fast-paced take on a classic Sherlock who-done-it, complete with thrilling twists, hairpin turns, and an ending that will keep readers guessing to the very last page. Christmas on the Nile stays faithful to the spirit of the original series, but offers new characters and a fresh take on the beloved classics.
Author: Harco Willems Publisher: transcript Verlag ISBN: 383943615X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 371
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Although Herodot's dictum that "Egypt is a gift of the Nile" is proverbial, there has been only scant attention to the way the river impacted on ancient Egyptian society. Egyptologists frequently focus on the textual and iconographic record, whereas archaeologists and earth scientists approach the issue from the perspective of natural sciences. The contributions in this volume bridge this gap by analyzing the river both as a natural and as a cultural phenomenon. Adopting an approach of cultural ecology, it addresses issues like ancient land use, administration and taxation, irrigation, and religious concepts.
Author: Anthony Sattin Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1446474399 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 322
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In the winter of 1849, Florence Nightingale was an unknown 29-year-old - beautiful, well-born and deeply unhappy. After clashing with her parents over her refusal to marry, she had been offered a lifeline by family friends who suggested a trip to Egypt, a country which she had always longed to visit. By an extraordinary coincidence, taking the same boat from Alexandria was an unpublished French writer, Gustave Flaubert. Like Nightingale, he was at the crossroads in his life that was to lead to future acclaim and literary triumph. Egypt for him represented escape and freedom as well as inspiration. But as a wealthy young man travelling with male friends, he had access to an altogether different Egpyt: where Nightingale sought out temples and dispensaries, Flaubert visited brothels and harems. In this beguiling book, Anthony Sattin takes a key moment in the lives of two extraordinary figures on the brink of international fame, and provides a fascinating insight into the early days of travel to one of the greatest tourist destinations on the planet.
Author: Anna Elliott Publisher: ISBN: 9781737350507 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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A mysterious death. A string of bizarre clues. And a killer who will stop at nothing to protect an unearthly secret.London, 1900--As dawn breaks on a cold day in February, Holmes summons Lucy to the Royal Observatory to help investigate a mysterious and macabre incident. Emmett Frazier, an observatory employee, has been found dead under very strange circumstances, indeed. The young man appears to have been dropped straight from the sky. Peculiar prints have been found on the lawn, and a high-ranking witness has reported seeing a green glow. Is London the site of a real War of the Worlds-style invasion?The otherworldly incident has occurred on the very day of the annual Funder's dinner, held each year on the anniversary of the day a suicide bomber killed himself on the Observatory lawn. Is it coincidence, or something more?Meanwhile, Jack has received disturbing news: a fellow police officer has been killed, and there are no leads and no suspects. Convinced that something deeply nefarious is going on, he sets out to investigate.Every new revelation in the unusual Observatory case takes the Baker Street team deeper into a strange and secretive new world. When one of their own ends up in peril, they must work at light speed to find a killer and stage a rescue.Will their stellar sleuthing skills be enough to save the day? Can Jack crack his own case, without making himself a target?A fun and fast-paced take on a classic Sherlock who-done-it, complete with thrilling twists and turns, expert sleuthing, and a captivating original mystery. Murder at the Royal Observatory stays faithful to the spirit of the beloved original series, and incorporates fascinating real-life historical events, pop culture references, and influential figures from late Victorian era-London.
Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 338545834X Category : Languages : en Pages : 481
Author: Scholastique Mukasonga Publisher: Archipelago ISBN: 0914671049 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 213
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Friendship, deceit, fear, and persecution at an elite boarding school for young women in Rwanda, fifteen years before the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi . . . “Mukasonga’s masterpiece” (Julian Lucas, NYRB) Scholastique Mukasonga drops us into an elite Catholic boarding school for young women perched on the edge of the Nile. Parents send their daughters to Our Lady of the Nile to be molded into respectable citizens and to escape the dangers of the outside world. Fifteen years prior to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, we watch as these girls try on their parents’ preconceptions and attitudes, transforming the lycée into a microcosm of the country’s mounting racial tensions and violence. In the midst of the interminable rainy season, everything unfolds behind the closed doors of the school: friendship, curiosity, fear, deceit, prejudice, and persecution. With masterful prose that is at once subtle and penetrating, Mukasonga captures a society hurtling towards horror.
Author: Bianca Turetsky Publisher: Poppy ISBN: 031622491X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 163
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Walk, talk, and dress like an Egyptian. When Louise Lambert tries on a lavender Grecian gown during a visit to the mysterious Traveling Fashionista Vintage Sale, she feels a familiar tug and falls back in time, arriving at the dusty base of an enormous pyramid. She has landed in ancient Egypt...or has she? It turns out that Louise is on the legendary Old Hollywood film set of Cleopatra, but her time there is short-lived. Rummaging through the wardrobe tent, Louise gets her hands on a pearl necklace that dates back to 51 BC, and she suddenly finds herself whisked away once more, this time to the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt. Gold and jewels shimmer in the Egyptian sunlight, but poisonous snakes and dangerous enemies also roam the palace halls. Louise quickly learns that life as a handmaiden to Queen Cleopatra is much more treacherous--and fashionable--than she ever could have imagined.
Author: Beverley Naidoo Publisher: ISBN: 9781910328569 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Beautifully retold by the award-winning author Beverley Naidoo, this earliest-known version of Cinderella is brought to life for the modern-day reader. Rhodopis is a Greek girl who is sold into slavery by bandits and taken to Egypt. Along the way she becomes friends with the storyteller Aesop and a host of playful animals. Her master gives her a pair of beautiful rose-red slippers, making three other servants jealous. But when Horus, the falcon, sweeps in to steal her slipper, Rhodopis has little idea that this act will lead her to the King of Egypt. The first in our 'One Story, Many Voices' series, this ancient story of Cinderella finds its echo in fairy tales all over the world.
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