King Arthur was a good ruler, but in this math adventure he needs a good ruler. Geometry is explained with humor in Sir Cumference and the First Round Table, making it fun and accessible for beginners. What would you do if the neighboring kingdom were threatening war? Naturally, you'd call your strongest and bravest knights together to come up with a solution. Enter Sir Cumference, his wife Lady Di of Ameter, and their son Radius. Thanks to them, even the most hesitant will be romancing math. Reading Level: Grade 2-5
Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother's throne, learn to be a ruler - and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her.
Sixteen-year-old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome, his sights set on finding a patron and following his brother into the army. But he discovers a city in turmoil and an Empire on the brink. The aging emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri, leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus, commander of the Praetorian Guard. Sejanus is ruler of the Empire in all but name, but many fear that isn't enough for him. Sejanus' spies are everywhere - careless words at a dinner party can be as dangerous as a barbarian arrow.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 8 December 2011
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Antigone (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
Oedipus, the former ruler of Thebes, has died. Now, when his young daughter Antigone defies her uncle, Kreon, the new ruler, because he has prohibited the burial of her dead brother, she and he enact a primal conflict between young and old, woman and man, individual and ruler, family and state, courageous and self-sacrificing reverence for the gods of the earth and perhaps self-serving allegiance to the gods of the sky.
In the Ichidian Universe things were once greatly out of hand. No one was safe. No planet was left untouched by violence. People were dragged from their homes and killed in the streets, and a ruthless tyrant was bent on being the sole ruler. Those who opposed him formed an alliance and made a treaty to work together. They formed their own group called the The League.