Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1): The Red Brick Castles of Prussia 1230-1466
The Teutonic Knights were the most warlike of the religious orders, and this is reflected in the architecture they left behind. The Teutonic memorials are the magnificent castles they built as a result of their conquest of Prussia. They were all built of brick, and raised during a period of less than a century and a half between 1230 and 1380. Many of these dramatic fortresses still exist today in what is now Poland, and provide a unique example of an architectural style that is both well defined and very closely reflects the nature of the men who created it. This book details the history of these spectacular fortresses from their inception through to their eventual decline and fall.
This book has been written for students who have studied English intensively for up to six years. Its first aim is to correct the mistakes which even advanced students make, by demonstrating how native English writers use certain tricky structures, and giving the students practice in their correct usage. The second aim of the book is to improve the students' powers of self expression by expanding their vocabulary and repertoire of structures.
Grady Tucker and his sixteen year-old sister Emily have both moved to a new house with their scientist parents who are attempting to determine whether deer can survive in the wild of Florida. Grady and Emily go exploring and get lost in a swamp where they find a crazed white-haired man who chases them all the way home. A subsequent series of strange events lead the two children to believe that there is a werewolf in their midst and they start making accusations about who the werewolf might be.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.39 | Fiction literature | 17 November 2010
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Petals on the River
A proud and spirited woman whose life was stolen from her. . . A man of secrets accused of a terrible crime. . . In a place of new beginnings their destinies are joined--in a gloriously romantic new work from the incomparable storyteller.
Amanda and her younger brother Josh moved with their parents to a new town named Dark Falls, into a house that their father recently inherited from a relative he had never heard of. They soon discover that the other children that they have seen are all deceased, having all died in the house the Bensons just moved into, and they have to kill one person a year to "stay undead", a task for which they look to Amanda and her family.
