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12 produkter
Mysterious Messages: A History of Codes and Ciphers
A History of Codes and Ciphers
E-bok, 2009
139 kr
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History?s amazing secrets and codes?and how to crack them yourself. This fascinating look at history?s most mysterious messages is packed with puzzles to decode and ciphers that kids can use themselves. Here are the encrypted notes of Spartan warriors, the brilliant code-crackers of Elizabeth I, …
Shakespeare Stealer
E-bok, 2000
99 kr
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A delightful adveture full of humor and heart set in Elizabethan England! Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal Shakespeare''s play "Hamlet"--or else. Widge has no choice but to follow orders, so he works his way into the heart of the …
Around the World in 100 Days
E-bok, 2010
136 kr
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Picking up where Jules Verne''s Around the World in Eighty Days left off, Phileas Fogg''s teenage son, Harry, is in trouble. He has made a bet that he can drive a steam-powered motor-car around the world in 100 days. So along with a brilliant but shy mechanic, a sly female journalist, and the son …
Shakespeare's Spy
E-bok, 2005
121 kr
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Intrigue, betrayal, and romance surround Widge as we find him back in London and at the center of things, as usual. Queen Elizabeth, Shakespeare''s patron, has died, but the new king and his queen love drama-on stage and off. Shakespeare has begun a new play about political intrigue, but real …
Shakespeare's Scribe
E-bok, 2002
138 kr
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When an outbreak of the deadly Black Plague closes the Globe Theatre, William Shakespeare''s acting troupe sets off on a tour of England. Widge, the orphan-turned-actor, knows that he''ll be useful on the trip. Not only does he love the stage, but his knack for a unique shorthand has proven him one …
Curiosity
E-bok, 2014
126 kr
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Intrigue, danger, chess, and a real-life hoax combine in this historical novel from the author of The Shakespeare Stealer Philadelphia, PA, 1835. Rufus, a twelve-year-old chess prodigy, is recruited by a shady showman named Maelzel to secretly operate a mechanical chess player called the Turk. The …
Bucket's List
Häftad, 2018
221 kr
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1853. When the body of a prostitute is found in Hyde Park, veteran sleuth Charley Field is disinclined to believe the official verdict of suicide. Convinced the woman was murdered, he determines to track down the mysterious client who visited her the day she died. But there is more to this murder …
