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68And The Old Year Is Dying
The end of every year is always poignant, as we look back at what happened and reflect on what might have been. But 2012 is an especially important year, as many have prophesied that it could either be the year that sees the end of the human race, or the year that ushers in a new age of peace, prosperity and spiritual expansion
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76Eloise – A Ghost Story for Christmas
Eloise is a haunting ghost story for Christmas. Wrap yourself up on the sofa in front of a roaring fire and lose yourself in the story of the little Victorian girl who comes to live in the big Hall. But is there already another little girl living in the Hall, a girl form long ago? Who is Eloise and what does she want?
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58First Date
In this tale of Gothic horror Gemma is a girl who always fell in love with the wrong men. Fed up with her mooning around over her latest romantic disaster, her friend fixes her up with the very suitable, but boring, Stephen. But after all, how could one date hurt? But would Gemma's first date turn into her very last date?
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64Best in Show
In this science fiction short story Harold Babberton finds that he is in danger of losing his crown as champion cucumber grower in his small town. His best mate Mickey Deans has found a way to grow monster vegetables, and for the first time in thirty years his cucumbers are bigger than Harold's. But what price will there be to pay for his enormous cucumbers?
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64The Scent of Roses
In this heart rending Victorian ghost story, Philip Cavendish has been struck down by the scarlet fever, and his distraught mother wonders if he will survive. But why does the little boy keep asking for his 'real' Mama and why does she find his bed strewn with the petals of fragrant red roses?
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90Roman Executions – How and Why the Romans Executed People
Ancient Rome is known in history for staging spectacular public executions. So why did Rome execute it's prisoners in such a public and humiliating fashion? Roman Citizens were usually fined or exiled, but slaves or prisoners of war could expect to be crucified, burned or thrown to the beasts.
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67How To Murder Your Medieval Royal Relatives
So you think that you would be safe as a royal prince? Well follow the trail of medieval royal murders and mysterious disappearances in the Plantagenet family, and see just how much danger you could have been in being an English royal during the Middle Ages
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75The Ancient Physician Imhotep - Where is the Tomb of Imhotep?
Imhotep was an Ancient Egyptian who was a great man in his own lifetime, and was immortalised as a god after his death. But where is the tomb of Imhotep? Will Imhotep's lost tomb ever be found under the sands of the necropolis of Saqqara?
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73Popular Garden Birds – All About Robins
Robins are one of our most loved garden birds, so find out all about robins, including robin myths and legends and why robins are on our Christmas cards!
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84The Black Death and The Great Plague – Plague Pits of London
Did you know that under the streets of London lie plague pits that were used to bury the victims of the Black Death and the Great Plague of 1665? So where are these plague pits in London, and why did they dig plague pits?
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