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SaleIn his final quest, Gilgamesh, still mourning the death of his dear friend Enkidu, sets out to find the key to immortality. His journey is perilous. He must fight ferocious serpents and wild lions. He travels through bitterly cold caves, across scorching deserts, and over the fatal waters of the Sea of Death. Finally, he arrives at the palace of Utnapishtim, the only human who knows the secret of immortality. Utnapishtim sets Gilgamesh a test to stay away for six days and seven nights, but Gilgamesh fails. His last hope, a flower of eternal youth, is eaten by the goddess Ishtar, who exacts her revenge. Finally, Enkidu comes from the underworld to show Gilgamesh true immortality: the king will be remembered for his good deeds, courage, and love for his people.Sku: 9780887763809
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
By: Ludmila Zeman$13.99Original price was: $13.99.$12.59Current price is: $12.59.By: Ludmila Zeman$13.99Original price was: $13.99.$12.59Current price is: $12.59. Add to cart Quick View -
Martin, son of Sir Anselm of the Hollow, risks his life in more ways than one in this fast-paced story of Cornwall in the year 1200.Sku: 9781883937539
The Lost Baron
By: Allen French$26.95 -
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Escape the American Revolutionary War with the Meyers Family, learn about the challenges facing Loyalist families in Canada, and discover the events that lead to the Upper Canada Rebellion.
The Meyers’ Saga
By: Connie Brummel Crook$39.85Original price was: $39.85.$37.85Current price is: $37.85.By: Connie Brummel Crook$39.85Original price was: $39.85.$37.85Current price is: $37.85. Add to cart Quick View -
Out Of StockMidshipman Nate Lawton has been sent to Lake Erie to help man the naval fleet there. A shortage of officers places him in a much higher position than his limited experience would normally bring, but command has its price. Nate finds himself caught between the rocks of naval discipline and the shoals of his superior officer’s unbending ambition, and he must decide what to do.Sku: 9780880922869
The Price of Command: Nate Lawton’s War of 1812
By: Ron Wanttaja$15.95 -
The Railway Children is the classic children's story by E. Nesbit. When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek solace in the nearby railway station, and make friends with Perks the Porter and the Station Master himself. Each day, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis run down the field to the railway track and wave at the passing London train, sending their love to Father. Little do they know that the kindly old gentleman passenger who waves back holds the key to their father's disappearance.Sku: 9780141321608
The Railway Children
By: E. Nesbit$12.49 -
In the country of Burgundy, the Sauval brothers have begun to terrorize the surrounding lands in an attempt to bring the area under their control.Sku: 9781883937294
The Red Keep
By: Allen French$26.90 -
In this second volume in the Gilgamesh trilogy, Enkidu joins Gilgamesh in the quest to slay Humbaba, the monster who has attacked the city and caused great destruction, including the death of the beautiful singer, Shamat. Gilgamesh and Enkidu successfully slay the monster and in so doing, Gilgamesh attracts the attention of the goddess Ishtar. In rejecting her advances, he incurs her revenge and an attack by the Bull of Heaven. Enkidu manages to kill the bull, but is slain by Ishtar, striking at the bond between the two friends. Shattered, Gilgamesh vows he will destroy the last monster: death.Sku: 9780887764363
The Revenge of Ishtar
By: Ludmila Zeman$12.99 -
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In 468 B.C.E in Athens, the young Sophocles entered the theater competition at the City Dionysia against the established favorite, Aeschylus. The kidnapping of the lead actor of Sophocles' company inspires his two young daughters to defy the normal conventions that prescribed the behavior of girls and to take a leading part in attempting to save their father and to restore fair play to the competition.Sku: 9780898243222
The Secret of Delphi
By: Craig Sodaro$20.50 -
Book Two in the Roman Britain Trilogy. Violence and unrest are sweeping through Britain. Justin and Flavius find themselves caught up in the middle of it all when they discover a plot to kill the emperor.Sku: 9780312644314
The Silver Branch
By: Rosemary Sutcliff$16.50 -
..When Hungary must send troops to fight in the Great War and Jancsi’s father is called to battle, the two cousins must grow up all the sooner in order to take care of the farm and all the relatives, Russian soldiers, and German war orphans who take refuge there.Sku: 9780140345438
The Singing Tree
By: Kate Seredy$12.50 -
Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age. The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger.Sku: 9781883937010
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
By: Allen French$21.50 -
In this retelling of the Trojan War, Olivia Coolidge crafts heroes and gods into real, multidimensional characters, not just the figures of legend. Vibrant storytelling and finely wrought action have made her version of the classic tale of the Fall of Troy accessible to generations of young readers.Sku: 9780618154289
The Trojan War
By: Olivia Coolidge$12.50 -
In this fine autobiographical novel, Johanna Reiss depicts the trials of her Dutch-Jewish family during World War II. The youngest of three daughters tells how she and her sister hid for more than two years in the upstairs room.Sku: 9780062849809
The Upstairs Room
By: Johanna Reiss$12.50 -
Retells the legendary story of the Huns' and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home.Sku: 9780140312584
The White Stag
By: Kate Seredy$10.99 -
Theras is a young boy of Athens, leading an idyllic life as he begins school at age seven. Several years later, under dire circumstances, Theras is left with no other choice than to leave his beloved Athens and live under the protection of a distant relative in the rival city of Sparta.Sku: 9798888180617
Theras and His Town
By: Caroline Dale Snedeker$17.95