Ancient Times

The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they lost their unique identity, their language, and their vibrant artistic culture. Among their few surviving traces are standing stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic symbols.

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AD 796. Sailing in search of an object of great power, Hunlaf and his comrades are far from home when they are caught up in a violent skirmish against pirates. After the bloody onslaught, an encounter with ships from Islamic Spain soon sees them escorted under guard to the city of Qadis, one of the jewels of the Emirate of Al-Andalus and the true destination of their voyage. Hunlaf believes the Emir's lands hold the key to his search, but there are dangerous games at play.

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Pericles returns home more than a hero: he's the leader of Athens, the empire's beacon of light in the dark. But even during times of peace, the threat of Sparta - Athens's legendary rival - looms large on the horizon. When a sudden catastrophe brings Sparta to its knees, Pericles sees a golden opportunity to forever shift the balance of power in his city's favour. For sometimes, the only way to win lasting peace is to wage war.

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The first book starts off at the mammoth hunt on Mammoth Cliff where the caveman kids adopt a baby mammoth who got separated from the herd during the hunt. The story continues with the caveman kids and their Clan finally finding a new home after they are nearly swept away in a flash flood. As they climb up the hill to get away from the raging Waters they found a new cave and they shift in. But they have unwittingly stumbled into the territory of the Spotted Beast and the spotted Beast is hungry. Anyway when Grandpa and the Spotted Beast face off, grandpa stood his ground and the Spotted ...

A Young Learners Learning English For Kids Book About A Prehistoric Neanderthal Stone Age Family Similar To The Croods And How They Survive When Living In A Dangerous New Wilderness In The Territory Of The Spotted Beast The Caveman Kids first meet the Baby Mammoth on the way home from the Mammoth Hunt. Then the Baby Mammoth saves the Clan from the Big Storm that turns the river into a Raging Wild River. Now the Clan finds a New Cave to Call Home as they walk away from the river in the pouring rain. But the area they have stumbled into is the territory of the Spotted Beast and the Baby ...

How Did Caveman Kids Survive And Thrive Before At The Dawn Of Time When Everything Was Stacked Against Them The caveman kids and grandpa were always at the cave while their parents were out hunting or gathering food. After a successful mammoth hunt they bumped into a little lost baby mammoth and changed history. They were now mobile and they had muscle power. But they were up against nature and sometimes nature turned against them, but this time the baby mammoth sounded a warning, and the whole tribe got out of harms way. As the baby mammoth tried to fit into her new herd she saves the clan...

As they were walking back across the plain to Mammoth Cliff the Clan survived the Wall of Fire and then the rains came and turned the Desolate Plain into a sea of mud and ash. Now the CaveMan Kid's Clan join the Cave Lions and Howling Beasts as they scavenge the plain for the unfortunate animals that didn't escape the fire. As Grandpa's little band are scavenging the plain to stock up on food for the coming winter, the survivors of the fire are recovering in Mammoth Cliff thinking about how to get all the food and hides back to the new home cave.

The cavemen kids first met the baby mammoth after the Mammoth Hunt and since the baby mammoth had nowhere to go it just followed the kids. The baby mammoth followed the kids back to the river where a heavy downpour upstream swelled the river and this wall of water came swirling towards the kids and the family. They were lucky the mammoth had started to run up the hill and kids and the tribe followed it. The tribe found a new cave to live in but they were in the territory of the Spotted Beast and the Spotted Beast came back for lunch but Grandpa was waiting and killed the Beast. The clan ...

After the Wall of Fire the Caveman Kids and the clan have turned scavenger as they search the plain for animals who did not survive the fire so they can take them back to their cave. While out scavenging they meet the other scavengers like the cave Lions and the Howling Beasts, but because there is food everywhere the animals are not hunting they have all eaten there fill and are just out and about on the plain. It is here the Little Clan meet the Howling Beasts as the howling beasts are using the river for water and it seems as though the little clan might have inadvertently also stumbled ...

Life for The Caveman Kids Just Got Happier The first book starts off at the Mammoth Hunt on Mammoth Cliff where the Caveman Kids adopt a Baby Mammoth who got separated from the herd during the hunt. The story continues with the Caveman Kids and their Clan finally finding a new home after they are nearly swept away in a flash flood. As they climb up the hill to get away from the Raging Waters they find a New Cave and they shift in. But they have unwittingly stumbled into the territory of the Spotted Beast and the Spotted Beast is hungry. Anyway when Grandpa and the Spotted Beast face off, ...

Now It Is Safe To Explore The New Forest Story So Far The Caveman Kids first meet the Baby Mammoth on the way home from the Mammoth Hunt. Then the Baby Mammoth saves the clan from the big storm that turns the stream into a Raging Wild River. Now the clan find a new cave to call home as they walk away from the river in the pouring rain. But they have walked into the territory of the Spotted Beast and the beast is hungry. When the spotted beast returns to the cave Grandpa is waiting and does exactly what The Great Hunter taught him when he was a little boy. The Neanderthal Family especially ...

A Young Learners Learning English For Kids Book About A Prehistoric Neanderthal Stone Age Family Similar To The Croods And How They Survive When Living In A Dangerous New Wilderness How Did Caveman Kids Survive And Thrive Before At The Dawn Of Time When Everything Was Stacked Against Them The caveman kids and grandpa were always at the cave while their parents were out hunting or gathering food. After a successful mammoth hunt they bumped into a little lost baby mammoth and changed history. They were now mobile and they had muscle power. But they were up against nature and sometimes nature ...

WHAT IF YOUR KIDS LIVED IN A CAVE AT THE DAWN OF TIME! How did caveman kids survive and thrive when everything was stacked against them? The caveman kids and grandpa were always at the cave while their parents were out hunting or gathering food. After a successful mammoth hunt they bumped into a little lost baby mammoth and changed history. The baby mammoth had nowhere to go so she joined the herd and kept the kids happy and warm at night. They were now mobile and they had muscle power. This is only the beginning, we shell keep an eye on what the caveman kids get up to as the baby mammoth ...

This is the 13th book in the caveman Kid series In this book they return to the old cave where it all started but they see another clan living in the cave, so they march boldly up the track to the cave so everybody can see them coming. They make friends with the new Clan and they have their evening storytelling session around the fireplace. They all take turns even the caveman kids say their version of their stories as well as the Grandpa's and the fire starters The caveman kids learn the best way to fight lions and leopards as well as to start fires. Grandpa just hope they will remember it...

This is the 12th book in the caveman kids series Now everybody has settled in to the cave for the coming winter and there are stocks of food and wood stacked up so the cave will be a comfortable home during the winter. Now they have some time on their hands grandpa said they could go back to the old cave where they started and see what they could salvage from there. So they load up the mammoth and they tie up the spotted beast and they grab a few kids and off they go for a day's Adventure into their old homeland territory.