Best Selling Books by Victor G. Ambrus

Since 1994, when the first "Time Team" program was broadcast, archaeology has been brought to life for millions of people by Victor Ambrus and Mick Aston. Victor has produced hundreds of sketches and drawings of archaeological sites and the lives of those who would have inhabited them. For the first time, his drawings of individual excavations have been brought together to provide a dramatic chronological survey of British history--from Stone Age to modern via the Romans, the Vikings, and more. Add to this Mick Aston''s lively explanations and photographs, and you have an archaeological collaboration which is guaranteed to delight.

This oversized book is packed with the beautiful, loose and lively drawings Victor Ambrus is known for.

A Hungarian folktale in which three tailors take a trip to town on a nannygoat.

The old soldier tells the tale of how he defeated Napoleon.

Readers must help Dracula tell time throughout the day so that he doesn''t miss his appointment with the dentist.

"All those stories they never dared tell you - the horrifying tale of Jekyll and Hyde; the awful truth about Noah''s Ark; the dreadful secret of Treasure Island; the incredible mystery of Humpty Dumpty - did he fall or was he pushed? ... you''ll never sleep again" -- Cover.

Santa Claus is in trouble again. The people at the big store have told him they don''t want him to work there anymore.

A poor old woman''s pet fowl cleverly recovers a gold coin unjustly taken from his mistress by the Turkish Sultan.

Seeking fame with his violin, eight-year-old Mishka joins a circus.

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Beleza Negra é um lindo cavalo que vive na Inglaterra vitoriana; ele troca de dono várias vezes, sofre nas mãos de pessoas ignorantes ou cruéis, exerce as mais diversas funções e um dia resolve escrever sua ''autobiografia''. O título da primeira edição da obra, publicada em 1877, era - Beleza Negra, seus cavalariços e companheiros; autobiografia de um cavalo, traduzido do original eqüino por Anna Sewell. A autora pretendia denunciar as crueldades cometidas contra os cavalos e sensibilizar a sociedade de sua época para levá-la a tratar melhor os animais. A narrativa de Anna Sewell é complementada por informações sobre doma, tipos de cavalos, funções que esses animais exercem, tratamento que devem receber, arreios, estábulos.