Download or read book The Mummy Snatcher of Memphis written by Natasha Narayan and published by Quercus Children's Books. This book was released on 2011-11-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kit Salter and her friends peek at a famed mummy in a museum chamber, they are shocked to discover rattles and moans coming from the box . . . Inside is an Egyptian stowaway, determined to return a looted scarab and save his village. When the mummy is stolen too, the ensuing adventures puts the children fast on the heels of a villainous East End mob, and right into the heart of the Western Desert. But as the story climaxes in a temple, the villains and Kit find they have underestimated a stronger force - the terrible power of ancient Egypt . . . A fabulous first book in an exciting series set during the Age of Empire. Book Two, The Maharajah's Monkey, is set in India. Book Three, The Book of Bones is set in China. In each story the children will battle to outwit their arch rivals: the ghastly Baker Brothers, collectors linked with slavery and opium running.
Download or read book The Mummy Snatcher of Memphis written by Natasha Narayan and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kit Salter and her friends peek at a famed mummy in a museum chamber, they are shocked to discover rattles and moans coming from the box . . . Inside is an Egyptian stowaway, determined to return a looted scarab and save his village. When the mummy is stolen too, the ensuing adventures puts the children fast on the heels of a villainous East End mob, and right into the heart of the Western Desert. But as the story climaxes in a temple, the villains and Kit find they have underestimated a stronger force--the terrible power of ancient Egypt . . . A fabulous first book in an exciting series set during the Age of Empire.
Download or read book The Mummy Snatcher of Memphis written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Maharajah s Monkey written by Natasha Narayan and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark secrets at the maharajah's palace... Lost treasure and a bear attack in the Himalayas . . . And a naughty Indian monkey, filled with an ancient evil . . . When world-famous Explorer Gustav Champlon disappears just before a trip to India to find lost treasure, Kit Salter is determined to discover why. Tiny footprints in Gustav's room put her on the trail of a naughty Indian monkey. Before long she and her friends are aboard a steamer to India, on a quest to find the monkey and save Champlon. Welcomed into the palace of the boy Maharajah, a fabulous adventure ensues: Tiger hunts, court intrigue and a mountain expedition to find the lost paradise of Shambala . . .
Download or read book Mummies and Murder XBooks Strange written by N. B. Grace and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did the mummy come from? What happened to the person that became the mummy? Find out all this and more! a High-interest topics, real stories, engaging design and astonishing photos are the building blocks of the XBooks, a new series of books designed to engage and motivate reluctant and enthusiastic readers alike. With topics based in science, history, and social studies, these action-packed books will help students unlock the power and pleasure of reading... and always ask for more! When a mummy is discovered in Denmark, museum experts are brought in to determine the body's origin. With many clues and facts, scientists try to discover why this ancient man was murdered.
Download or read book Small Change for Stuart written by Lissa Evans and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stuart Horten -- ten years old and small for his age -- moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his friends. And then he meets his new next-door neighbours, the unbearable Kingley triplets, and things get even worse. But in Beeton begins the strangest adventure of Stuart's life as he is swept up in quest to find his great-uncle's lost workshop -- a workshop stuffed with trickery and magic. There are clues to follow and puzzles to solve, but what starts as fun ends up as danger, and Stuart begins to realise that he can't finish the task by himself ..."--Dust jacket. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Download or read book A Boy Called MOUSE written by Penny Dolan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first book for middle school readers by the author of Little Troll finds young Mouse's privileged and carefree life shattered by his relocation at the hands of the villainous Mr. Button to grim Murstone Hall school, where Mouse receives help from an eclectic cast of characters while struggling to return to his family. Reprint.
Download or read book Arrowsmith written by Sinclair Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Queen Must Die written by K. A. S. Quinn and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first entry in a magical, thrilling, time-traveling adventure trilogy This is the story of Katie Berger-Jones-Burg. One minute, she's under the bed of her New York apartment, and the next she's in Buckingham Palace, at the height of Queen Victoria's reign—a dangerous place to be. The Royal Family is in mortal peril. In the secret passages of the palace, a plot is afoot. Suspicious figures huddle in the gaslit streets of London. And Katie is not the only time-traveler in the city.
Download or read book Sketches New and Old written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magic Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds written by Daniel Ogden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity.
Download or read book Arrowsmith written by Sinclair Lewis and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 1925 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1925; Sinclair Lewis declined to accept it. The story of the career of a man of science.
Download or read book A Fete Worse Than Death written by Dolores Gordon-Smith and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1922 and Jack Haldean, young crime writer and former Royal Flying Corps pilot, is enjoying the local fete on a beautiful summer's day in rural Sussex. But then Jack's fellow officer, Jeremy Boscombe, is found dead in the fortune teller's tent and later the same day Boscombe's shady friend, Reggie Morton, is murdered in the village pub. Jack's search for the truth will lead him back to the Battle of the Somme and an act of terrible betrayal.
Download or read book Wild Talents written by Charles Fort and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wild Talents" captures Charles Fort at his finest, most thought provoking, and wittiest. Containing accounts of-among numerous other bizarre topics-strange coincidences, vampires, werewolves, talking dogs, poltergeist activity, teleportation, witchcraft, vanishing people, spontaneous human combustion, and the escapades of the 'mad bats of Trinidad, ' the book is essential reading for anyone wanting to learn about the early years of research into the myriad mysteries of this world and beyond.
Download or read book The Book of Bones written by Natasha Narayan and published by Quercus Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kit Salter and her friends Rachel, Waldo and Isaac tumble into another adventure when their coach is hijacked on the wilds of Dartmoor. Their arch enemies, the Baker Brothers, are behind the kidnapping. They force the children into a perilous voyage to China in search of a secret martial arts manual.
Download or read book When a Dragon Moves In written by Jodi Moore and published by Flashlight Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a beautiful day at the beach, a young boy brings his bucket, shovel, and imagination, and builds a perfect sand castle. Right away, a dragon moves in. The boy decides to befriend his dragon and they spend time roaming the shore, flying a kite, braving the waves, defying bullies, and roasting marshmallows—all while Dad is busy sunbathing and Mom is engrossed in her book. Unfortunately, no one believes the boy when he tries to share the news of this magnificent creature. That's when the mischief begins, and the dragon becomes a force to be reckoned with. While adults will recognize the naughty antics as a ploy for attention, children will dissolve into giggles as the dragon devours every last sandwich, blows bubbles in the lemonade, and leaves claw prints in the brownies. Maybe the dragon really is running amok on the beach, or maybe it's a little boy's imagination that is running wild.
Download or read book The Book of Bones written by Natasha Narayan and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kit Salter and her friends Rachel, Waldo and Isaac tumble into another adventure when their coach is hijacked on the wilds of Dartmoor. Their arch enemies, the Baker Brothers, are behind the kidnapping. They force the children into a perilous voyage to China in search of a secret martial arts manual. From bustling Shanghai, their journey takes them to the hidden heart of Imperial China--Peking's Forbidden City. En route they battle opium smugglers, pirates and kung-fu fighters, before a climactic encounter with the mysterious Wooden Men, giant killers armed with lethal powers and a dastardly will of their own. Will Kit and her friends survive the danger and mysteries of China and win back their freedom? Find out in this twisting, thrilling adventure.
