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Jessica was eight years old, and she had a secret. It wasn't a normal secret, like the surprise birthday present you buy for your mum, or the secret code word that gets you into the club that you and your friends made. No, Jessica was a werewolf! Join Jessica and her friends as they enjoy a trip to a museum and investigate the case of the Mischievous Mummy.

Shaman by name and shaman by nature – Billy just hasn't found his magic...yet. His selfish globetrotting parents abandon him for yet another summer in Charles Darwin's strange museum-like house, where Billy stumbles across a 200-year-old giant talking tortoise named Charles Darwin, by the famous man himself. Charles D, the tortoise, knows every inch of the house and every artefact in it, and he's keen to help Billy realise his powers and set him on the path to adventure.

No one is more surprised than Billy when he wakes up on a Chinese battlefield. Scooped from the jaws of death by a boy called Han, Billy's far from rescued. Taking refuge in the royal stables, the boys are soon held hostage by the Emperor Wu. He's at war with the Horse King whose powerful and magical herd of horses, the heavenly horses of Ferghana, he wants for his own. It takes all Billy's skills and a very special spirit horse to get Han to safety and Billy back to his friend Charles Darwin, a two-hundred-year-old talking tortoise.

When eleven-year-old Wesley stops by at a mysterious local shop to buy a drink, he does not realise the trouble he is getting himself into. CURSED by the fiendish Pharaoh Akahten IX, Wesley and his friends, Marishana and Aiden, must solve the evil spell quickly or be trapped for all ETERNITY!

Die Jaguarkrieger haben sich gegen den König von Tikal erhoben. Jetzt droht ihnen der Opfertod. Xkik', die Tochter des Großen Jaguars, will das nicht hinnehmen und macht sich auf den Weg ihren Vater und dessen Männer zu befreien. Fred weiß von all dem nichts, als er zusammen mit Opa Alfred in der Morgendämmerung die steile Treppe zum Tempel der Masken hinaufsteigt, um den Sonnenaufgang zu bestaunen. Frühstück über den Baumwipfeln des dampfenden Regenwaldes - das Highlight ihrer Reise durch Mesoamerika.

Mit dem Nachtzug nach Rom! Gleich nach ihrer Ankunft begeben sich Fred und Opa Alfred auf die Spuren der alten Römer. Auf dem Forum Romanum beginnt die Tour. Über Jahrhunderte war das Forum Romanum der Nabel der Welt. Wie sah es damals aus, als die Caesaren sich mit prunkvollen Triumphzügen feiern ließen? Im Kolosseum führt die Bauforscherin Flavia die beiden hinter die Kulissen ins Untergeschoss. Fred darf sogar mit einem nachgebauten Aufzug in die Arena fahren. Doch plötzlich ist alles anders: Er hört Wildkatzen fauchen und Bären brüllen.

Twins Scarlett and Thomas are learning about the Romans at school. So Grandad uses his time machine to send them back to Roman Britain. Scarlett finds herself in a Roman camp and is chosen as a slave by the Emperor Claudius's daughter, Antonia. The two become friends and Scarlett sees first hand the glamour and treachery of the Roman court. Thomas joins a rabble of local kids who hate the Romans. Their leader is a small red-headed girl called Boudicca. Even when the kids are overwhelmed and taken as slaves, Bou hatches another plan to attack the Romans.

Pietro ha quattordici anni, una vita tranquilla e un lavoro che gli piace: cura i maiali del signore di Ateste, il paese dove è nato e dove sa che resterà per sempre. Ma un giorno un cavaliere porta una notizia: arrivano gli Unni! Siamo nel 452 dopo Cristo e le armate di Attila il Grande percorrono le pianure alla volta di Mediolanum, Ravenna, Roma, decise a conquistare ciò che resta dell'impero. È così che nella vita di Pietro cambia tutto: deve arruolarsi e partire per respingere l'invasore.

Oliver Jeffers shares a history of humanity and his dreams for its future. Where are we going? Oliver starts at the dawn of humankind following people on their journey from then until now, and then offers the listener a challenge: where do we go from here? How can we think about the future of the human race more than our individual lives? How can we save ourselves? How can we change our story? Oliver Jeffers’s exploration of the state of the world today is insightful, moving and powerful.

Mya is transported back in time to ancient Egypt, where she must find Pharaoh Khufu's son, Khafre, in just 72 hours. With danger at every turn and history on the line, Mya must race against time to save Khafre and prevent the present world from being changed forever.

Aria and Liam are on a mission to save Julius Caesar from an assassination attempt, and their adventure is about to take a dark and thrilling turn. With the help of their new friends Gaia and Titus, they navigate the dangerous streets of Rome and uncover a sinister plot full of secrets and lies. But the closer they get to the truth, the more they realize that nothing is as it seems.

La guerra di Troia è narrata in prima persona da un ragazzo, un umile arciere al servizio del grande Ulisse. Le parole del giovane dipingono un affresco inedito del tragico conflitto che oppose i Greci ai Troiani, nel quale gli eroi del mito non sono più soltanto belli e coraggiosi, ma si mostrano anche avidi condottieri pronti a tutto pur di soddisfare i loro capricci e la loro avidità. Un racconto che riflette sui temi della guerra e della pace: la guerra non procura gloria e onore, ma solo dolore e sofferenza. I veri eroi sono coloro che hanno il coraggio di fermarla.

There was once a time when the people of the earth were cave dwellers. In these caves, they knew only what there was around them. Sometimes the elders would speak of a world that existed outside the cave. Many of the cave dwellers longed to see the outside world that their elders had deserted long ago but they were forbidden to do so.

Dido is reconciled to leaving the racing track and staying at home to train horses with Scorpus and Parmenion. But a storm is brewing. It brings with it a fiery black stallion, uncannily like Dido's beloved Porcellus. Word arrives from Rome that her cousin, Abibaal, a talented young charioteer, has been recruited to compete for the evil emperor Caligula. To save Abibaal, Dido must return to the great Circus Maximus track where she once drove to glory herself, confront her enemy Caligula, and face the toughest, most dangerous race of her life.