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Summary: In Ancient Rome, the number of slaves was far greater than that of free citizens. As a result, often the people Romans feared most were the "enemies at home," the slaves under their own roofs. Because of this, Roman law decreed that if the head of a household was murdered at home, and the culprit wasn't quickly discovered, his slaves, all of them, guilty or not, were presumed responsible and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2014
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Summary: Falco is sent on an undercover mission to Roman Germany to locate a high-ranking Roman officer, who was sent as a "present" to a sinister tribal prophetess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1999
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Summary: "Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over her father's business as a private informer. She only has two hard and fast rules: avoid political cases and family cases--because nothing good comes of either of them. Unfortunately, since Albia isn't good at avoiding either, it's really more of a guideline. So when her Aunt Junia demands Albia track down a couple of deadbeats who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1998
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1997
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Summary: "In Lindsey Davis's next book in the beloved Flavia Albia Series, Desperate Undertaking, a mad killer (or killers!) is strewing bodies around in the most gruesome of manners and, true to form, it is up to Flavia Albia to determine what is really going on and stop this bacchanal of death. In the first century, under Domitian's reign, strange and brutal goings on are nothing new in Rome. Flavia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2022
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Summary: A tale inspired by the life of first-century Roman emperor Domitian unites reluctant Praetorian Guard Gaius Vinius and imperial court stylist Flavia Lucilla in the wake of a devastating fire and the emperor's descent into mental illness and brutality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martin's Press 2012
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2006
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Summary: Stepping in for her ailing husband in the wake of a political assassination, private informer Flavia Albia uncovers unsettling truths about the victim and a disturbing number of suspects against a backdrop of the erratic Emperor Domitian's ill-advised military celebrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2019
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Summary: "In Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the festival of Saturnalia, and when her husband, Tiberius, becomes a target, it's time for Flavia Albia to take matters into her own hands -- in Lindsey Davis's next historical mystery, A Comedy of Terrors. Flavia Albia, daughter and successor of private informer Marcus Didius Falco is twiddling her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021
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Summary: One of the great love stories of the Roman empire, that of Caenis, a slave girl, and the soldier who was to become Emperor Vespasian. It is described from Caenis' point of view and includes lots of detail on everyday life in the first century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1998
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Summary: Working as a private informer in Rome during the reign of Domitian, Flavia Albia is hired to investigate a fatal accident, an investigation that turns sinister when her client dies under suspicious circumstances that place Flavia's reputation at stake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1994
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Summary: "In first century Rome, Flavia Albia, the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken up her father's former profession as an informer. On a typical day, it's small cases cheating spouses, employees dipping into the till but this isn't a typical day. Her beloved, the plebeian Manlius Faustus, has recently moved in and decided that they should get married in a big, showy ceremony as part of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 2003
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Summary: Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, investigates a mysterious death in the world-famous library of Alexandria, bringing him into immediate conflict with the darker side of academic life. And if his irrepressible Pa has had any hand in what has gone wrong at the Library, Falco knows he stands no chance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2009
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Summary: When a pair of his father's associates disappear under suspicious circumstances, informer Marcus Didius Falco of A.D. 77 Rome investigates allegations of a feud involving a group of notorious freedmen, who are receiving high-level protection from corrupt rulers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2010
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Summary: "In 90 A.D., following the Saturninus revolt in Germany, the Emperor Domitian has become more paranoid about traitors and dissenters around him. This leads to several senators and even provincial governors facing charges and being executed for supposed crimes of conspiracy and insulting the emperor. Wanting to root out all the supports of Saturninus from the Senate, one of Domitian's men offers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2017
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Summary: Rhyming text encourages girls to join together in speaking up for themselves to achieve their dreams and care for the earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2024
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Summary: The World Is Awake, A celebration of everyday blessings, written by Emmy Award winner and ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis with Joseph Bottum, is a lyrical, rhyming story for young children intended to make them feel safe and joyful, cradled in the hands of God. Paired with bright and engaging illustrations by Lucy Fleming, this book inspires children to be thankful for all of God's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkids, [an imprint of] Zondervan 2018
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Summary: In rhyming text, illustrates through the concept of DNA how we are all part of the human race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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Summary: In the early seventeenth century Galileo broke free from the hold of ancient Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. He drastically changed the framework through which we view the natural world when he asserted that we should base our theory of reality on what we can observe rather than pure thought. In the process, he invented what we would come to call science. This set the stage for all the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020