Download or read book Wicked Warriors Evil Emperors written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine you're made king at the age of twelve. You have plenty of enemies. You have a million soldiers armed with all kinds of awesome weapons, you have tons of gold and a network of spies. What would you do with all that power? It happened to a real boy, who made himself China's first emperor. He was brilliant and brutal. His legend, and the stories of his wicked warriors, have lived on for thousands of years. You might call him evil, but when empires are at stake, people do incredible things.
Download or read book Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors written by Alison Lloyd and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine you're made king at the age of twelve. You have plenty of enemies. You have a million soldiers armed with all kinds of awesome weapons, you have tons of gold and a network of spies. What would you do with all that power? It happened to a real boy, who made himself China's first emperor. He was brilliant and brutal. His legend, and the stories of his wicked warriors, have lived on for thousands of years. You might call him evil, but when empires are at stake, people do incredible things.
Download or read book A Fortunate Life written by A B Facey and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1985-07-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable story of an 'ordinary' man. Bert Facey's childhood ended when he was eight years old. That was when his grandmother had to send him away to work for his keep. Bert grew up tough in the vast, wild outback of Western Australia. He lived to eighty-seven, and wrote down his extraordinary story for his grandchildren. In spite of its difficulties and sufferings, he always believed he had had 'a fortunate life'. A classic in Australian writing, A Fortunate Life has been specially adapted for young readers.
Download or read book Battle of the Jade Horse written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In China's wild north-west, a mob of bandits challenge the Emperor's rule. At stake are hundreds of priceless war horses and the rule of the mighty Chinese empire. Even best friends Hu and Ren find themselves on opposite sides, torn apart by family loyalties. Ren and Hu must make terrible choices that could destroy them all . . . Or can they overcome all odds and find a way to bring peace? By the author of Year of the Tiger.
Download or read book The Year of the Tiger written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oh the edge of the Han Empire, the Great Wall is crumbling. And, on the other side, China's enemies are gathering strength. In the shadow of the wall, two very different boys - Hu and Ren - are thrown together, hoping to win an archery contest. But in the year of the Tiger trouble stalks them ... When everything goes wrong, can Hu and Ren work together to save the town and the empire from destruction? A thrilling story - full of action and adventure - set during one of the most fascinating and dramatic periods in history.
Download or read book Raising Readers written by Megan Daley and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some kids refuse to read, others won’t stop – not even at the dinner table! Either way, many parents question the best way to support their child’s literacy journey. When can you start reading to your child? How do you find that special book to inspire a reluctant reader? What can you do to keep your tween reading into their adolescent years? Award-winning teacher librarian Megan Daley, the passionate voice behind the Children’s Books Daily blog, has the answers to all these questions and more. She unpacks her twenty years of experience into this personable and accessible guide, enhanced with up-to-date research and firsthand accounts from well-known Australian children’s authors. It also contains practical tips, such as suggested reading lists and instructions on how to run book-themed activities.Raising Readers is a must-have resource for parents and educators to help the children in their lives fall in love with books.
Download or read book Do You Dare Fighting Bones written by Sofie Laguna and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting Bones is the convict-era adventure in this series of exciting, action-packed Australian stories for boys aged 8 to 12. Irish brothers Danny and Declan Sheehan are inmates at Tasmania's Point Puer prison for convict boys in 1836. When tragedy strikes and the prison bully is on the rampage, escape is their only chance to survive... But will they dare? It's an adventure in history. Do you dare?
Download or read book Evil Roman Emperors written by Phillip Barlag and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nero fiddled while Rome burned. As catchy as that aphorism is, it’s sadly untrue, even if it has a nice ring to it. The one thing Nero is well-known for is the one thing he actually didn’t do. But fear not, the truth of his life, his rule and what he did with unrestrained power, is plenty weird, salacious and horrifying. And he is not alone. Roman history, from the very foundation of the city, is replete with people and stories that shock our modern sensibilities. Evil Roman Emperors puts the worst of Rome’s rulers in one place and offers a review of their lives and a historical context for what made them into what they became. It concludes by ranking them, counting down to the worst ruler in Rome’s long history. Lucius Tarquinius Suburbus called peace conferences with warring states, only to slaughter foreign leaders; Commodus sold offices of the empire to the highest bidder; Caligula demanded to be worshipped as a god, and marched troops all the way to the ocean simply to collect seashells as “proof” of their conquest; even the Roman Senate itself was made up of oppressors, exploiters, and murderers of all stripes. Author Phillip Barlag profiles a host of evil Roman rulers across the history of their empire, along with the faceless governing bodies that condoned and even carried out heinous acts. Roman history, deviant or otherwise, is a subject of endless fascination. What’s never been done before is to look at the worst of the worst at the same time, comparing them side by side, and ranking them against one another. Until now.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl The Letty Stories written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, read all four Letty stories in one beautiful hardback edition. It's 1841 . . . Letty's older sister Lavina is leaving England for Australia by ship. But Letty ends up stuck on board too, much to her sister's dismay. Can Letty cope with the long sea voyage, as well as building a new life for herself in a strange far-off land? Journey with Letty across all four exciting stories about a free-settler girl making her own way. Shy, brave and kind, Letty is an extraordinary Australian girl.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl Letty s Christmas Book 4 written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1841 . . . and Letty must leave her job on the sheep-run because drought has brought hard times. Together, she and the Grey family set out over the Blue Mountains. When disaster strikes, Letty needs to be stronger than she could have imagined . . . Will Letty ever see Sydney – or Lavinia – again? Join Letty in the final of four exciting stories about a free-settler girl and her life in a far-off land.
Download or read book The Partisans written by J.G. Ensley and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Partisans is a story set on the stage of a world that never was, but has been and is. It is about a generation of young people born without hope on a planet doomed to consume itself in the fires of its own dynamic hatreds. Taanach of Dhayne is a man of war and a dreamer of peace—a wonderful abnormality in a world gone mad with violence perpetuated by generations of murderous ancestors. When fate aligns his path with that of a sworn enemy of his people, he begins to believe his world can change. Her name is Michal, and it is largely through her that the young within their respective nations learn to question the hateful regimes of their hard-hearted fathers. After an arduous journey to an unknown land, the adventurers are profoundly changed when they discover the remnants of a legendary people—the fabled Elders of Dolan. Driven then by a powerful, unifying purpose, the Partisans return to their own lands to initiate a campaign of destruction against the most powerful armies of their time. But they are only a few against the well-organized power of many thousands, an obstacle that seems impossible to overcome. The rebellion is naturally met with virulent resistance from the deeply entrenched powers that be, and thus the stage is set for conflict on an unprecedented scale. In the end, the demise of the ancient cancer of hate must come about from within the nations themselves, as the element of goodness they hold dormant rises up against the roots of their own despicable past.
Download or read book The Japan Daily Mail written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Prose written by Sir Henry Craik and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection shows the growth and development of English prose by extracts from the principal and most characteristic writers.
Download or read book The story reader specially adapted for composition exercises Revised by a M A of Oxford written by Story reader and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Prose written by Henry Craik and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Las Siete Partidas Volume 2 written by Robert I. Burns, S.J. and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Siete Partidas, or Seven Divisions, is the major law code of thirteenth-century Spain, compiled by Alfonso X the Learned of Castile. Seven centuries later, this compendium of legal and customary information remains the foundation of modern Spanish law. In addition, its influence is notable in the law of Spain's former colonies, including Texas, California, and Louisiana. The work's extraordinary scope offers unparalleled insight into the social, intellectual, and cultural history of medieval Spain. Built on the armature of a law code, it is in effect an encyclopedia of medieval life. Long out of print, the English translation of Las Siete Partidas—first commissioned in 1931 by the American Bar Association—returns in a superior new edition. Editor and distinguished medieval historian Robert I. Burns, S.J., provides critical historical material in a new general Introduction and extensive introductions to each Partida. Jerry Craddock of the University of California, Berkeley, provides updated bibliographical notes, and Joseph O'Callaghan of Fordham University contributes a section on law in Alfonso's time. Las Siete Partidas is presented in five volumes, each available separately: The Medieval Church, Volume 1: The World of Clerics and Laymen (Partida I) Medieval Government, Volume 2: The World of Kings and Warriors (Partida II) The Medieval World of Law, Volume 3: Lawyers and Their Work (Partida III) Family, Commerce, and the Sea, Volume 4: The Worlds of Women and Merchants (Partidas IV and V) Underworlds, Volume 5: The Dead, the Criminal, and the Marginalized (Partidas VI and VII)
Download or read book Las Siete Partidas Volume 2 written by Alfons X (rei de Castella-Lleó) and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major thirteenth-century Spanish law code whose tenets can still be found in the state laws of California, Texas, and Louisiana.
