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A cautionary summary in the Kirkus Reviews in 1967 notes that the book has both “all the elements for ten, eleven-year-old enjoyment” but also the murder of a child in which “the demented killer is both tangential to the plot and a questionable component in a book for this age.” [2] The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, however, said the book “is strong in ...
3. Zilpha Keatley Snyder (May 11, 1927 – October 7, 2014) was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm. She was most famous for writing adventure stories and fantasies.
In a starred review, Publishers Weekly notes that this sequel "continues to offer Snyder's well-nigh irresistible combination of suspense, wit and avowal of the imagination." [1] While Kirkus Reviews notes that "there is no time gap in the story," which follows directly on from The Egypt Game. And thus, "Put down one book and pick up the other ...
Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: ππππ , romanized: znt, lit. 'passing'; cf. Coptic β²₯β²β²β² /sinΙ/, 'passing, afternoon') is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. [1] The earliest representation of senet is dated to c. 2620 BCE from the Mastaba of Hesy-Re, [2] while ...
Bauval was born in Alexandria, Egypt, to parents of Belgian and Maltese origins. He attended the British Boys' School in Alexandria (now El Nasr Boys' School) and the Franciscan College in Buckinghamshire, England. He left Egypt in 1967 just before the Six-Day War, during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Ancient Evenings. Ancient Evenings is a 1983 historical novel by American author Norman Mailer. Set in ancient Egypt and dealing with the lives of the characters Menenhetet One and Meni, the novel received mixed reviews. Reviewers noted the historical research that went into writing it and considered Mailer successful at conveying the nature of ...
PH355.W3 S513 2002. The Egyptian (Sinuhe egyptiläinen, Sinuhe the Egyptian) is a historical novel by Mika Waltari. It was first published in Finnish in 1945, and in an abridged English translation by Naomi Walford in 1949, from Swedish rather than Finnish. [1][2][Note 1] Regarded as "one of the greatest books in Finnish literary history", [5 ...
Death on the Nile. Death on the Nile is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. [2][3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) [4] and the US edition at $2.00. [3]