Mortal RepublicIn Mortal Republic, prize winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these

Hopscotch Twisty Tales combine carefully controlled text levels and word counts with highly entertaining and original stories perfect for 5-7 year olds starting to read independently

' We see how single-mindedness indeed selfishness appears a necessary quality in the scramble for preferment and how friendship can so quickly turn into rivalry

start looking out for number one and keep on with your badass self

A new reading-group guide written by the author is included in the back of this paperback edition

Soon she finds herself in extreme danger

It shows the empowering effect of writing

But as the party approaches

the pair share plenty of sweet

Her only guides are a set of maps drawn from her own imagination and her heart's desire to explore new and exciting worlds

And a mysterious stranger arrives with a gift for the Sultan himself

The totalitarian government of Tressel

and self-proclaimed extraterrestrial from Saturn