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Latin Lingua is a beginner's course for learning Latin. At a time of fuzzy thinking and bad grammar, the study of Latin will not only improve your English grammar but help you understand the precise meaning of many words in English. That's because an estimated 70% of all English words come from Latin. It will also give you a better understanding in terms of culture and history. One thing for certain, you will know a lot more about English g...

The book of the dead was a term used by archaeologists to describe the writings on the linen in which mummies were wrapped. They usually contained prayers for the dead. But they take on a deadly significance when Mussolini hears rumours of an ancient Etruscan book of the dead that is said to contain a prophecy of the rise of a great leader in Italy. Kate Winters, an amateur archaeologist and an expert on ancient Etruscan writings, is pressed i...

It was a tumultuous time. Especially in 14th Century, where Italy was ruled by a number of city states that seemed always to be at war with each other. When alchemist Niccol Billini decided to give up his test tubes, he accidently discovered a very powerful formula capable of firing a cannonball three times farther that existing cannons. He suddenly became the most wanted man in Italy. Every city state wanted his formula and did everything in...

It was the curse. The curse of a defrocked friar that set a group of murder mystery readers re-enacting a new mystery at an abbey, now owned by a wealthy industrialist, on an adventure they would remember the rest of their lives. The curse on the abbot doomed him to walk the halls of the abbey every solstice and murder someone in the abbey. When one of the group dies from a heart attack and the son of a wealthy industrialist is found murdered,...

Someone is digging up the graves of Chinese in Toronto and Denny (Dipper) DeGrace is asked to find out why and put a stop to it.What he didn't bargain for was the murder of a Chinese fruit vendor, a surprise murder near the end and death threats against a famous Chinese violinist, plus a har-raising helicopter chase over Niagara Falls, and ...

What would you do if you suddenly found yourself back in 1929 - one month before the big stock market crash? That's exactly what happened to a savvy New York stockbroker, who knew exactly what to do to turn it into a massive fortune…except for one small thing he had forgotten all about.Or what would you do if you found that the $40 million in diamonds that were entrusted in your care suddenly disappeared from the safe of a swanky resort in Hua...

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This book is about a 22-year-old young man wanting to see the world on a limited budget. If he could get to Europe from Michigan, then he could hitchhike around Europe and beyond. The author writes in a way that makes you feel that you are there with him as he has one predicament after another predicament. This journey was before the cell phone, but somehow he and his friend meet up. After two weeks, they decide that it's better to split up an...

This book is about a 22-year-old young man wanting to see the world on a limited budget. If he could get to Europe from Michigan, then he could hitchhike around Europe and beyond. The author writes in a way that makes you feel that you are there with him as he has one predicament after another predicament. This journey was before the cell phone, but somehow he and his friend meet up. After two weeks, they decide that it's better to split up an...

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A Dark Place Where Everything GoesIn two days, Winton Hazlett, a former Lancaster bomber pilot and now a CID Inspector in a small English town, finds himself trying to solve a daring daylight bank robbery and the murder of a young woman he can't identify.The town, which had never seen anything like this before and already upset by the emerging drug culture of the 1960s, is demanding action.It's just the start of a roller coaster ride as Hazlet...

Romance in the time of the Great Fire of LondonWhen Beth Westood suddenly found herself in London in a new century with a new name, she had no idea she wold falls desperately in love with a highwayman, who nursed her through the Black Plague, and then suddenly disappeared.If only she had a way to contact him but he turned up when she least expected it. When she received word that he was badly burned in a different area of London, she braved de...

What makes Thai spas so hot?Here's what one Thai spa guest said: 'It's looking at at the face of someone who loves what they're doing...a face that's always smiling' - Thai guest.It's the touch. And a sense of being of service to others and the reason why Thai spas enjoy a special cachet among spa goers around the world. As one spa manager told me: "We perform massages from the heart."It's one of the prime reasons why tourists visit Thailand e...

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