conspiracies

Follows a group of five eighth-graders as they attempt to discover the cause of the strange goings-on at their school. Hampering their progress, however, is the school principal, who has framed them for a crime they didn't commit and confined them to a secret room deep within the school.

"At long last, Dak, Sera, and Riq travel back in time to the moment it all began. Their mission: to save the life of young Alexander the Great. But they are not the only time travelers in ancient Greece. An epic battle against their most dangerous foe awaits them...and history will be written by the victors"--Back cover.

Preferring adventure to an arranged marriage, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Queen Victoria's royal surgeon sneaks out to swordfight with two friends when the three are mauled by what looks like rabid dogs.

Time has gone wrong, and friends Dak, Sera, and Riq must use the infinity ring to travel back to a spy mission that could change the outcome of World War II.

On the planet Budap, when friends Dalen and Gole invesigate how a competitor, Tunax, beat them in a jet-racer competition, they accidentally find their way to Earth, where they befriend Rachel and discover that Tunax and his father are involved in a conspiracy to steal all the fish from the fishing community of Port Angus and transport them to Budap.

A brief collection of humorous and informative examinations of history's most puzzling mysteries, including stories about the Burmuda Triangle, Paul McCartney, Bigfoot, and Marilyn Monroe.

Presents the complete text of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," with a line-by-line translation of the play in simple language, a list of characters, and a commentary.

The Camel Club, a quartet of eccentrics dedicated to finding out what's really going on in America's government, becomes embroiled in an intriguing and dangerous mystery when the assassination of the U.S. Speaker of the House is linked to the death of the director of the Library of Congress's rare book room.

Clay Carter, a young Washington, D.C., public defender wishing for a better career, is seduced by the lure of big money--and thrown into the midst of a dangerous conspiracy--when he is offered a position negotiating settlements for powerful drug companies.