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Ghost Stories
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| NZ$ 27.00 each |
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| Author: Susan Hill |
| Published by: Longman |
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A collection of chilling complete ghost stories. Stories include: Phillipa Pearce, The Shadow-Cage; Richard Middleton, On the Brighton Road; John Gordon, If She Bends, She Breaks; A.S.Byatt, The July Ghost, H G Wells, The Red Room; George Mackay Brown, Andrina; Helen Cresswell A Kind of Swan Song; Sorche Nic Leodhas, The Man Who Didn't Believe in Ghosts; Lance Salway, The Darkness Under the Stairs; Vivien Alcock The Sea Bride. Paperback 176pp
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Asterix Omnibus #3 : Asterix the Gladiator, Asterix and the Banquet, Asterix and Cleopatra
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| Author: Rene Goscinny & Albert Uderzo |
| Published by: Orion |
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In this fabulous collector's edition of Asterix, books four, five and six are collected in one volume for the first time ever. In Asterix The Gladiator, the Romans capture Cacofonix as a gift for Caesar who plans to throw him to the lions. To rescue their bard, Asterix and Obelix have to become gladiators. In Asterix and the Banquet, the Romans build a barricade around the village. So Asterix and Obelix demonstrate their resistance by going on a journey around the entire country, collecting local specialities on the way. Asterix, Obelix and co visit Egypt in Asterix and Cleopatra, where they are entranced by the Sphinx, the pyramids and Cleopatra's nose.
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Asterix Omnibus #4 : Asterix and the Magic Carpet, Asterix and the Secret weapon, Asterix and Obelix All at Sea
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| Author: Rene Goscinny & Albert Uderzo |
| Published by: Orion |
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In this fabulous collector's edition of Asterix, books 28, 29 and 30 are collected in one volume for the first time ever. In Asterix and the Magic Carpet, Cacofonix's awful singing voice comes to rescue of the lovely Princess Orinjade, who is about to be sacrificed by the guru Hoodunnit. In Asterix and the Secret Weapon, Caesar has unleashed a troop of female legionaries, relying on the chivalrous Gauls not to fight women. But Asterix and co have a trick up their sleeve - Bravura, the female bard. In Asterix and Obelix All At Sea, Obelix is first turned to stone and then reverts to childhood as punishment for drinking the druid Getafix's magic potions. In search of a cure for him, Asterix and friends sail to the wonderful continent of Atlantis, ruled by its high priest Absolutlifabulos.
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Crystal Doors
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| Author: Rebecca Moesta |
| Published by: Virago Press Ltd |
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The thrilling conclusion to Kevin Anderson and Rebecca Moesta's Crystal Door's trilogy finds cousins Gwen and Vic and their three friends forging the magical Ring of Might and defending all of the worlds beyond the crystal doors in their final battle with the dark sage, Azric. When their friend Sharif is called back home by his father, the Sultan, Gwen, Vic and their friends travel to the flying city of Irrakesh. When they return, they find that the Sultan is dying, with Sharif the next in line to be Sultan. Soon he will have to choose between duty and destiny, but before he can do so, Irrakesh is attacked and the city is taken hostage by dark wizards evil army. In their previous battles, they faced Azric by land and sea, now they take to the skies for the climactic showdown with the evil wizard and all of his dark forces.
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Explore the Parthenon
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| Author: Ian Jenkins |
| Published by: British Museum Press |
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The Parthenon in Athens is the most famous Greek temple in the world and an icon of Ancient Greek art. It was built to house a colossal statue of the goddess Athena, and the temple itself was decorated with sculptures and reliefs of the most magnificent quality. These sculptures are now on display in London and Athens, and are admired by thousands of visitors each year. This book explores in detail these lovely carvings, with the aid of new detailed digital photography. Who are the people, animals, and gods and goddesses shown on the frieze and what are they doing? Why were they shown on a temple? How were the sculptures made, and how did the carvers give such an amazing illusion of ranks of horsemen, chariots and people in carvings only a few centimetres deep? Ian Jenkins, a world expert on Ancient Greek sculpture, describes and explains these wonderful sculptures in a vivid and simple way for children, and puts them in the context of
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