Product Description: This second, action-packed book in the thrilling Gladiator School series takes Lucius and Quin on their deadliest adventure yet: a journey to Pompeii for the gladiatorial games. Although it's a lawless city, filled with knife-wielding thugs, Lucius seems to find a friend in Valens, the games' sponsor, who offers to help locate his missing father...read more

Product Description: Introducing Gladiator School, a thrilling series set in ancient Rome. Young Lucius's privileged life crumbles when his father Aquila is accused of being a spy and a traitor. Now, Aquila has mysteriously disappeared—and, in order to support their family, Lucius's brother Quintus has taken the dreaded blood oath to become a gladiator...read more

Product Description: This title takes a close-up, detailed view at large, important structures from ancient worlds. The presentation is as comprehensive as a DK Look Inside title, while offering the instructional drawing detail of a David Macauley title...read more

Product Description: Reveals the construction techniques used to create modern big buildings, including the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and the Sydney Opera House.

Product Description: This 64-page book explores one of the Inner Sea region's most notorious realms — the pirate isles known as the Shackles. Here, pirates from throughout the region congregate, yet not all of the Shackles isles are civilized, even by buccaneers and freebooters...read more

Product Description: Introduces the Apache Derby/IBM Cloudscape technology: where it fits and how to install and configure it - and how to build robust business applications and Web services with it. This work covers comparing Apache Derby with the commercial IBM Cloudscape offering; and more.

Product Description: Introduces the Apache Derby/IBM Cloudscape technology: where it fits and how to install and configure it - and how to build robust business applications and Web services with it. This work covers comparing Apache Derby with the commercial IBM Cloudscape offering; and more.

Product Description: Christians may be surprised to learn that seekers are increasingly looking to other religions for transformation and meaning. Why is this? How do the various world religions address people’s spiritual longings? What is Christianity’s unique contribution? Author, pastor, and counselor Dan Scott reveals the attraction of other religious traditions and provides effective tools Christians can use to reflect the glory of God to those who seek Him...read more

Product Description: Introduces the Apache Derby/IBM Cloudscape technology: where it fits and how to install and configure it - and how to build robust business applications and Web services with it. This work covers comparing Apache Derby with the commercial IBM Cloudscape offering; and more.

Product Description: Now you can sing in Cherokee! This collection of traditional Christian hymns and psalms are written both in English and in Cherokee sounds. English sound equivalents are used instead of Cherokee characters, making it possible for anyone or group to sing their favorite hymns in the Cherokee language...read more