The oracles are one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. Two thousand years after the oracles were consulted by the ancients, the author sets out on a quest to learn the mysteries of the oracles & uncover one of the best-kept secrets in antiquity. His journey involved three years, fifteen oracles & countless revelations. ...

In this collection of stories & poems, discover the secrets of the staffroom & the truth about Snow White; hear a cock & bull story about
- a cock & a bull; meet the paper boy, the actor's mother & the ghosts of dead uncles. The mysteries of Zigomar are many & various indeed.
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Features illustrated step by step instructions for rope tricks, money magic, mind-reading effects stage illusions, everyday magic, & plenty of all new card tricks. This title helps readers learn how to bend spoons, stretch handkercheifs, levitate glassware, make small children disappear, shuffle playing cards with aplomb, & more. ...

All 39 episodes from the 1980s animated series about the sun child Esteban & his quest to find Eldorado, the legendary Inca city of gold. Episodes comprise: ' Esteban, Child of the Sun', ' Crossing the Atlantic', ' Heroes Again', ' Adrift On the Endless Sea', ' The Abduction of Zia', ' The Ship Solaris', ' Secret of the Solaris', ' The New Continent', ' The End of the Solaris', ' Secret of the Temple', ' Messengers of the Region', ' Secret of the Medallions', ' Mystery of the Parents', ' Esteban's Medallion', ' The Subterranean Secret', ' The Urubus', ' The Great Condor', ' Maiden Flight of the Great Condor', ' The Nazca Plateau', ' The Spaniards' Cannon', ' The Amazons', ' The Mirror of the Moon', ' The Jade Mask', ' The Manuscript', ' The Lake of Gold', ' The Swamps', ' The Doors of Night', ' The Forest of Statues', ' The Burning Shield', ' The Escape', ' The Village of the New Sun', ' Attack of the Olmecs', ' The Reunion', ' Revolt of the Mayas', ' The Olmec Machine', ' Aerial Pursuit', ' The City of Gold', ' The Great Legacy' & ' End of the City of Gold'. ...

All 39 episodes from the 1980s animated series about the sun child Esteban & his quest to find Eldorado, the legendary Inca city of gold. Episodes comprise: ' Esteban, Child of the Sun', ' Crossing the Atlantic', ' Heroes Again', ' Adrift On the Endless Sea', ' The Abduction of Zia', ' The Ship Solaris', ' Secret of the Solaris', ' The New Continent', ' The End of the Solaris', ' Secret of the Temple', ' Messengers of the Region', ' Secret of the Medallions', ' Mystery of the Parents', ' Esteban's Medallion', ' The Subterranean Secret', ' The Urubus', ' The Great Condor', ' Maiden Flight of the Great Condor', ' The Nazca Plateau', ' The Spaniards' Cannon', ' The Amazons', ' The Mirror of the Moon', ' The Jade Mask', ' The Manuscript', ' The Lake of Gold', ' The Swamps', ' The Doors of Night', ' The Forest of Statues', ' The Burning Shield', ' The Escape', ' The Village of the New Sun', ' Attack of the Olmecs', ' The Reunion', ' Revolt of the Mayas', ' The Olmec Machine', ' Aerial Pursuit', ' The City of Gold', ' The Great Legacy' & ' End of the City of Gold'. ...

Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill & Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall & Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham couple locked in a deeply dysfunctional relationship with their 32-year-old daughter Lisa (Rebekah Staton). In a culmination of years spent unsuccessfully trying to obtain a diagnosis & get state help to deal with with Lisa's condition
- which eventually turns out to be Asperger's syndrome
- Bill & Wendy are ultimately driven to desperate measures with tragic consequences.

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Contains stories that occur in contemporary urban America; the people are the dispossessed middle class looking for meaning & purpose in a world that seems to have lost both. This book contains themes that are as evocative as the language
- love, brutality, tenderness, humour, forgiveness & redemption, death & rebirth.
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