Books with author Michele Taylor

String games are fun. They invite children to exercise skill, imagination and teamwork. They are ideal for family travel, creative play, and party tricks. Following the success of Pull the Other One!, this second book of string games has more of Michael Taylor's favourites. Now you see it ... has string games from ancient cultures, as well as new figures such as computers, space shuttles, and trampolines that have been invented by children today. Here are tried and tested string games and stories with clear instructions and diagrams, as well as string tricks and tips for performers, a rainbow string, and illustrations to color.

The number one Mind Map book has gotten better. Version 2.0 has more examples, better illustrations, and easier step-by-step instructions. Also includes links to numerous free mind mapping software - no need to buy, subscribe, or submit proof of purchase. Mind Mapping is a note taking system which allows you to take better, faster, and more efficient notes. In conventional note-taking, you write down information line by line. With Mind Maps, you organize the information more in the form of a diagram, starting with a central key idea drawn in the center of the paper. In addition to enhancing your note taking skills, Mind Maps help you improve your studying, writing, presenting, brainstorming, and creative skills. It is one of the best note taking skills anyone can learn.

In A.D. 176, Renny (Eireneios) became a sailor at the age of 15 aboard a ship of the grain fleet that traveled from Alexandria to Rome. He survived a storm at sea and capture by pirates. Then his older brother Polo, a centurion, recruited him to become a 'friend of Caesar' to help snare the gang of smugglers who were using that ship. But his mission was discovered, and some gladiators who were part of the gang forced him into the equipment of a retiarius, a net-and-trident fighter, and sent him into the arena. Now he must enter into combat against the smugglers' leader, an experienced swordsman and killer.

It is the year A.D. 176; two boys leave their home town of Karanis far up the Nile and sail downriver to Alexandria on the coast. Renny has hopes of becoming a sailor and Lampon the Mouse Catcher is on a mission to persuade his father to return home from the temple of Serapis. Renny has no money for travel until he discovers a precious gem in a cave and sells it to Theodotus the Thief Catcher. Renny and Lampon sail to Alexandria, but soon after their arrival in the city they come to suspect that Theodotus has been murdered by the runaway slave Hermon. The reward for Hermon's capture gives Lampon another motive for catching him, though Renny is not so sure that this is any of their business. They chase Hermon into the underground cisterns and hunt him through the dark chambers of the tombs. The pursuers become the pursued, and Renny and Lampon are captured and thrown into prison. Finally they all confront one another at the top of the Pharos, the famous lighthouse in the harbor of Alexandria.

Chris took the map and folded it back into its original shape. He thought over everything that they knew and said, 'We have a map that indicates the moon knows where the gold is hidden. We know that the map came from the last train robber alive in the hideout. And we know that the moon was full when the gold was hidden. The last piece of information to this puzzle is the time of year. And it was this time of year.' 'That settles it then,' Becca said. 'We need to be at the cave tonight when the moon rises to see what Loudon meant with his clues.' Chris and Jeremy's family owns Devil's Hideaway, a park in southeastern Oklahoma. The park is rich in history, including a tale about lost gold within the park's beautiful yet dangerous terrain. When they meet Becca and Kara, two attractive visitors to the park, the boys are happy to give them a personal tour of Devil's Hideaway. During the tour, they stumble onto the treasure map for the park's fabled gold! Their trek turns into a struggle to survive as they soon discover that they are not the only ones searching for the treasure of Devil's Hideaway. What deadly devices do the other treasure seekers have in store for Chris, Jeremy, Becca, and Kara? Can they survive the park's treacherous landscape? Will they find the hidden gold? Find out in Devil's Hideaway, the destination for adventure!

Polo (Apolinaris) lives in the little farm town of Karanis, far up the Nile, in the year 173 A.D. A family friend, a retired Roman officer, has written letters of recommendation for him so that he can join the Praetorian Fleet, and now he is on his way to Alexandria, on the coast of Egypt, as the first stage of his journey to Rome. But the officer included a mysterious list of names along with his letters, and someone wants it destroyed. Brigands attack Polo and his party in the desert, someone pushes him into a pool full of crocodiles, and finally a traveling companion steals the list. River pirates assault the boat carrying Polo and his friend Apion down the Nile, and elsewhere Antonius Longus - the boy who stole the list - finds that joining a conspiracy against Rome is not as simple as he thought. The three meet again in the baths of Alexandria, where an agent of the prefect of Egypt chases the conspirators and tries to reclaim the list.