Nate Fludd is back in the camel saddle in pursuit of a missing, deadly basilisk—the King of Serpents. As if saving a Dhughani village from the beast isn’t hard enough, Nate and Aunt Phil must begin to solve the mystery of his parents’ disappearance and protect The Fludd Book of Beasts from a sinister man who always seems to be one step ahead of them. This is the perfect adventure for boys and girls not quite ready for longer texts.
Driving down to the cottage in Southwold she's newly inherited from her Aunty May, Ellie senses she is on the edge of something new. The life she's always dreamed of living as a successful artist seems as though it is about to begin. So excited is she that she barely notices when the car bumps against something on the road.
There would be no doubt in the reader's mind that a comprehensive book on paralanguage has been long overdue. Different areas in nonverbal communication studies have been proliferating in the last thirty years, offering a great number of research and pedagogical avenues, man y practical applications in very diverse aspects of life, and a general awareness of how people and their environment communicate beyond words. But it seems that paralanguage has proven too great a challenge to be dealt with because of the difficulties involved and its inherent elusiveness.
For many people ancient Egypt is a baffling phenomenon. Certainly it is impressive, with its mighty monuments, its three thousand years of history, and its reputation for vast learning and skill. On the other hand, a culture of now deserted monuments, of aloof statues, of a flat and static art and of gaping mummies never seems to pulse with good red blood. We feel no kinship to the austere King Khafre in the Cairo Museum or to Queen Hatshepsut masquerading as Osiris in the Metropolitan Museum. The story of ancient Egypt seems more like a fable than like human history.
