The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome
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From the publishing house that brought you the Who Was? books comes the next big series to make history approachable, engaging, and funny!The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome contains information vital to the sensible time traveler: - Where can I find a decent hotel room in ancient Rome for under five sesterces a day? Is horse parking included? - What do I do if I’m attacked by barbarians? - What are my legal options if I’m fed to the lions at the Colosseum? All this is answered and more. There is handy advice on finding the best picnicking spots to watch Julius Caesar’s assassination at the Roman Forum in 44 BC, as well as helpful real estate tips to profit from the great Roman fire of AD 64. There are even useful recommendations on which famous historical figures to meet for lunch, and a few nifty pointers on how to avoid being poisoned, beheaded, or torn apart by an angry mob. If you had a time travel machine and could take a vacation anywhere in history, this is the only guidebook you would need!
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Jonathan W. Stokes (www.jonathanwstokes.com) is a former teacher who is now a Hollywood screenwriter. He has written screenplays on assignment for Warner Brothers, Universal, Fox, Paramount, New Line, and Sony/Columbia. Inspired by a childhood love of The Goonies and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Jonathan set out to write his first novel, Addison Cooke and the Treasure of the Incas. Born in Manhattan, he currently resides in Los Angeles. Follow Jonathan on Twitter @jonathanwstokes.
David Sossella is an artist, Illustrator, a creative director based in Italy. He has a colorful drawing style that comes across different techniques, from natural media to vector illustrations. He takes inspiration from a lot of different things like traditional Japanese culture, classic Sci-fi sense of wonder, street-art and comics legends like Moebius and Akira Toriyama.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781101998106
- Publication Date
- August 20, 2019
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Page Count
- 160
- Words Per Page
- 130
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2017006306
- Lexile® Level
- 1000L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~X
- ATOS® Book Level
- 7
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 4
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 197043
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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