Author: Stephanie Spinner
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613314930
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A dashing prince and a brave princess must join forces to defeat the monster in the maze and save the children of Athens. This exciting Greek legend comes to life in this easy-to-read version of the ancient legend. Full-color illustrations.
Author: Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
ISBN: 1496578953
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
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"Every Saturday at noon precisely, the T. Middleton Nightingale City Library is transformed, and today Kelly, one of the library pages, arrives just in time to find herself inside the Labyrinth, confronting the Minotaur with Princess Ariadne; her fellow pages are nowhere in sight--and defeating the Minotaur is only the beginning, because other monsters of Greek mythology are also roaming the confusing corridors, and there seems to be no way out of this maze."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Juliet Rix
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
ISBN: 9781847806543
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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King Minos keeps a strange and dangerous beast in the maze of narrow corridors beneath his castle, known as the Labyrinth. This is the dreaded Minotaur who, every nine years is fed a horrible meal of seven young men and seven young girls from Athens, sent down to the Labyrinth to their deaths. Once inside the Labyrinth no one is ever able to find their way out… Theseus, prince of Athens, vows to kill the Minotaur, and he willingly sails to Crete with the other young Athenians destined to sate the beast’s horrible hunger. Helped by the king’s daughter, Ariadne, who has fallen in love with him, Theseus enters the Labyrinth, armed with his sword and a ball of golden thread. “Unravel it as you go into the maze and you will be able to find your way out” Ariadne tells the young man. Will Theseus kill the Minotaur? Will he be able to get out of the maze? Follow Theseus on his quest, through the Labyrinth, and see if YOU can spot where the Minotaur is lurking, and if you can follow the thread and help Theseus escape?
Author: Timothy Knapman
Publisher: QEB Publishing
ISBN: 9781609924867
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In this gripping Greek adventure, young explorers find out if they have what it takes to survive in ancient Greece! Budding history buffs sail the seas, outsmart a Spartan, go for gold, and decide how the plot unfolds. As they make their way through this thrilling adventure, they must use their historic knowledge and powers of deduction to complete the mission, or the Minotaur will make mincemeat out them! Graphic illustrations and puzzles bring the past to life and the book also includes a glossary and list of further reference material. Readers must use their problem-solving skills and historical knowledge to navigate through four thrilling adventures. History Quest follows the popular Maths Quest series. Questions are carefully chosen to address all aspects of life in the past. Finding the answers enables readers to advance through the story, learning more about history with every step they take. Clues are dotted along the way, and wrong turns will direct readers towards the right answer! A glossary explains historical terms and provides added reference material. The titles in the History Quest series include: Medieval Mayhem, 978-1-60992-487-4; Minotaur's Maze, 978-1-60992-486-7; Race Through Rome, 978-1-60992-484-3; Tomb of Terror 978-1-60992-485-0
Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1426337582
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Leap into the world of Zeus the hamster and his gang of gods as they solve the mystery of the labyrinth in the second book in this hilarious modern-day take on Greek mythology.
Author: Reggie Oliver
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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This is the eighth volume of stories by Reggie Oliver to be published by Tartarus Press and marks the fact that we have published over one hundred of his tales. Oliver's work is notable for its style, wit, humour and depth of characterisation, and also for its profound excursions into the disturbingly bizarre and uncanny. Behind a façade of classical elegance his stories consistently defy convention. 'The Crumblies' is a haunted house story, but is the house haunted by the dead, or the living? A retired civil servant is tormented by guilt, but is it guilt about a real, or an imagined event? In the title story, why are the inhabitants of a high-class brothel so terrified by a client who just likes to throw jam tarts at them? In these and other mysteries, we are taken to a farmhouse in the Dordogne, a Suffolk 'Rehab Clinic', a private island in the Thames, Victorian St John's Wood, the Edinburgh Festival in 1979, and many other unusual destinations. Contents: 'The Old Man of the Woods', 'Coruvorn', 'The Wet Woman', 'A Maze for the Minotaur', 'Shadowy Waters', 'A Fragment of Thucydides', 'The Crumblies', 'Monkey's', 'Collectable', 'Via Mortis', 'A Cabinet of Curiosities', 'The Armies of the Night', 'A Tartarean Century: Author's note'.
Author: Kate Forsyth
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
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In Crete during World War II, Alenka, a young woman who fights with the resistance against the brutal Nazi occupation, finds herself caught between her traitor of a brother and the man she loves, an undercover agent working for the Allies. May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers, pitchforks, and kitchen knives. During the bloody eleven-day battle, Alenka, a young Greek woman, saves the lives of two Australian soldiers. Jack and Teddy are childhood friends who joined up together to see the world. Both men fall in love with Alenka. They are forced to retreat with the tattered remains of the Allied forces over the towering White Mountains. Both are among the seven thousand Allied soldiers left behind in the desperate evacuation from Crete’s storm-lashed southern coast. Alenka hides Jack and Teddy at great risk to herself. Her brother Axel is a Nazi sympathizer and collaborator and spies on her movements. As Crete suffers under the Nazi jackboot, Alenka is drawn into an intense triangle of conflicting emotions with Jack and Teddy. Their friendship suffers under the strain of months of hiding and their rivalry for her love. Together, they join the resistance and fight to free the island, but all three will find themselves tested to their limits. Alenka must choose whom to trust and whom to love and, in the end, whom to save.
Author: Patrice Kindl
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618394029
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Fourteen-year-old Princess Xenodice tries to prevent the death of her half-brother, the Minotaur, at the hands of the Athenian prince, Theseus, who is aided by Icarus, Daedalus, and her sister Ariadne.
Author: Jan Bajtlik
Publisher: Candlewick Studio
ISBN: 1536209643
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 81
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In the vein of the best-selling Maps, this brilliant oversize maze book invites readers to get lost among the twists and turns of beloved Greek myths. Discover the legendary labyrinths and mythologized mazes of ancient Greece in a beautifully designed book of paths and stories. Each turn of a page lands the reader in a new and exciting Greek classic through which to chart a path, learning along the way. From the twelve labors of Heracles to the labyrinth of the Minotaur, from the trials of Odysseus to the Colossus of Rhodes, illustrations present ancient stories as new and puzzling quests to complete. Packed with intricate details and plenty of information about the history and mythology of ancient Greece, this tome will astound explorers and inquisitive minds of all ages.
Author: Adrian Fisher
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810943117
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Looks at the history, theory, and design of mazes, including hedge mazes, panel mazes, mirror mazes, turf mazes, and panel mazes.
