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Gladiator
Helen Greathead
Paperback (A & C Black Publishers Ltd, Sept. 1, 2008)Tough Jobs! is a new narrative non-fiction series covering popular historical topics through a variety of colourful jobs in a down-to-earth, readable style, with plenty of toilet humour! Each chapter features a double page fact spread and there is a glossary at the end. In Gladiator you are taking lessons in gladiatorial combat at the Colosseum itself! Experience what it's like to try out gladiatorial gear and weapons and to learn some tricks of the trade. But it's not all fun and games. What will happen when you get the chance to witness a real, live fight? You'll find it's a tough job being a gladiator.
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Fighter Pilot
Helen Greathead
Hardcover (A & C Black Publishers Ltd, Sept. 1, 2007)Big Jobs! is a new narrative non-fiction series covering popular historical topics through a variety of colourful jobs in a down-to-earth, readable style, with plenty of toilet humour! Each chapter features a double page fact spread and there is a glossary at the end. In Fighter Pilot Britain is at war with Germany and your dream is to become a heroic fighter pilot. Experience what life in the skies is like as you make new friends on the nearby airbase and learn from them what it takes to train to be a pilot. You get to go up in a plane and even meet a real-life prisoner! You'll find it's a big job being a fighter pilot.
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Gladiator
Helen Greathead
Hardcover (A&C Black, Sept. 1, 2007)The reader is invited to take lessons in gladiatorial combat at the Colosseum itself! Experience what it's like to try out gladitorial gear and weapons and to learn some tricks of the trade.
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Knight
Helen Greathead
Paperback (A&C Black, Sept. 1, 2008)Has your family got pots of money? Can you ride a horse? Do you look good in armour? If the answer is yes, then you could become a knight.
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Pirate
Helen Greathead
Paperback (A&C Black, Sept. 1, 2008)In 'Pirate' you are sailing to Jamaica when you are captured by a scurvy crew of pirates. Experience what it's like to live on a pirate ship and to follow their ways! Life will be tough and punishments hard, but it's not all bad news. There's friendships among the men, and there's treasure to be had, too!
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Fighter Pilot
Helen Greathead
Paperback (A&C Black, Sept. 1, 2008)Have you got a head for heights? Do you have excellent eyesight? Can you keep calm in a crisis? If the answer is yes then you could train to be a fighter pilot.
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Knight
Helen Greathead
Hardcover (A & C Black Publishers Ltd, Sept. 1, 2007)Big Jobs! is a new narrative non-fiction series covering popular historical topics through a variety of colourful jobs in a down-to-earth, readable style, with plenty of toilet humour! Each chapter features a double page fact spread and there is a glossary at the end. In Knight you are a page, a trainee knight. Experience what it's like to live in a castle and sometimes even clank about in armour. You are trained not just to fight, but to hunt, read poetry and serve at table, too! You'll find it's a big job being a knight.
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Pirate
Helen Greathead
Hardcover (A & C Black Publishers Ltd, Sept. 1, 2007)Big Jobs! is a new narrative non-fiction series covering popular historical topics through a variety of colourful jobs in a down-to-earth, readable style, with plenty of toilet humour! Each chapter features a double page fact spread and there is a glossary at the end. In Pirate you are sailing to Jamaica when you are captured by a scurvy crew of pirates. Experience what it's like to live on a pirate ship and to follow their ways! Life will be tough and punishments hard, but it's not all bad news. There's friendship among the men, and there's treasure to be had, too! You'll find it's a big job being a pirate.