Publisher Annotation: Join a young girl and her father, the falconer at a medieval castle, as they experience the joys of taking a goshawk out for a training flight. The girl leads readers through all the preparations and equipment needed for the flight ? from the hawk?s hood and bells to the falconer?s gloves ? culminating in a dramatic demonstration of the hawk?s hunting skill. Bagram Ibatoulline?s masterful illustrations capture the vivid details...

After painstakingly crafting a new copy of a destroyed library book, a monk tries to protect it from a hungry bear with a taste for literature. Includes historical note on illuminated manuscripts.

Experience what life was like when pharaohs erected the majestic pyramids; when Hannibal commanded Carthage's 40,000 troops; when Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor; and when the drive to conquer defined the destiny of leaders and the lives of ordinary people. Much of human history is destined to be forgotten--but thousands of years have not erased the epic stories of the great empires of the world. Great Empires sweeps through the ages, uncovering...

Robin of Locksley is dead. Maid Marian doesn?t know how she?ll go on, but the people of Locksley town, persecuted by the Sheriff of Nottingham, need a protector. And the dreadful Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff?s right hand, wishes to step into Robin?s shoes as Lord of Locksley and Marian?s fianc?. Who is there to stop them? Marian never meant to tread in Robin?s footsteps?never intended to stand as a beacon of hope to those awaiting his triumphant return....

Max's twin is public enemy number one, and it is up to the Midknights to avoid looming dangers like trolls and pirates to find her before time runs out.

"Max and a group of friends dubbed the Midknights go on a quest to rescue the Kingdom of Byjovia from the mean King Gastley!"--

"In the much-anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith's Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change"--

"An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the rise of the West--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars. When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era--and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names--from St Augustine and Attila the Hun to the Prophet...

"The Viking Age--between 750 and 1050--saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they reshaped the world between eastern North America and the Asian steppe. Based on the latest archaeological and textual evidence, Children of Ash and Elm tells the story of the Vikings on their own terms: their politics, their cosmology, their art and culture. From Björn Ironside, who led an expedition...

Max se ha empeñado en ser un caballero. Lástima que ese sueño sea tan improbable como encontrar un dragón amigo. Pero cuando el tío de Max, Budrick, es secuestrado por el cruel Rey Gastley, Max tiene que actuar... ¡y rápido! Junto con una banda de valientes aventureros, la pandilla medieval, Max se embarca en una aventura emocionante: ¡salvar al tío Budrick y restaurar el reino de Byjovia a su antiguo espíritu! ¡Las aventuras más divertidas...