Meat Loaf's bizarre & spectacular life story is scarcely credible. After surviving an abusive childhood, during which he was almost murdered by his alcoholic father, he starred in one of the biggest stage & film musicals ever, then went on to record the third best-selling album of all time.

To Hell & Back is the story of a man who ran away from a cruel home life at 17 & starred in the legendary Rocky Horror Picture Show before turning to rock-

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Medea has been abandoned by her husb&. Jason, for whom she has sacrificed so much, has left her & their two children for a younger woman. His new bride is the daughter of the most powerful man in Corinth & Medea & the boys are to be forced to leave the state & become refugees. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strong-willed & fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, & most horrifying, revenge possible on those who have injured her.

Euripides' devastating tragedy is shockingly modern in the sharp psychological exploration of the characters & the gripping interactions between them. Award-winning poet, Robin Robertson, has captured both the pace & vitality of the drama & the power & beauty of the poetry & has reinvigorated this masterpiece for the twenty-first century.

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Medea has been betrayed. Her husband Jason has left her for a younger woman. He has forgotten all the promises he made & is even prepared to abandon their two sons. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strong-willed & fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, & most horrifying, revenge possible... ...

Medea has been betrayed. Her husband Jason has left her for a younger woman. He has forgotten all the promises he made & is even prepared to abandon their two sons. But Medea is not a woman to accept such disrespect passively. Strong-willed & fiercely intelligent, she turns her formidable energies to working out the greatest, & most horrifying, revenge possible... ...

Millions of people have been enthralled & had their lives changed by James Van Praagh's amazing psychic ability to communicate with the spirits of those who have died. This book combines his own inspiring experiences with meditations to help us reflect on our own journey through life. James Van Praagh shows that by opening to the world of the inner self, which is available to anyone who will take the time to become aware, it is possible to bring a new consciousness into every aspect of your life, & live a more fulfilled existence. Full of practical advice on meditation & relaxation techniques, James Van Praagh also shows how to clear out the negative & access the energy around you. ' (Van Praagh) has changed people's lives' Newsweek ...

Mediterranean Winter is a lyrical account of Robert Kaplan's journey in the off season around the Mediterranean, retracing the footsteps of his youth. A beautifully written meditation on the golden age of travel & the pleasures of history, it takes us from Tunisia, once proud Carthage, rival to Rome, through Sicily, up the Dalmatian coast & into Greece. Mediterranean Winter is alive with the spirits of the past, from Hadrian & Homer to Hannibal & Ibn Khaldun, & closes with a fascinating pilgrimage to Patrick Leigh Fermor, whom Kaplan visits in his hideaway on the Aegean. ...

In June 1816, the Medusa, flagship of a French expedition to repossess the colony of Senegal from the British, set sail. ...

Steven Armour is a man at a crossroad: his rise up the career ladder has slowed to a crawl, & his family is slipping out of control. But life takes a dramatic turn for Steven when, on a whim, he joins a local group of Civil War re-enactors. Assigned to immerse himself in the life of Private John Trow, Steven soon finds that his weekends at the living history village on Connecticut's Mt. Riga let him escape his everyday disappointments. The complex drills of the Union army seem to come to him naturally, the men of the regiment become his friends, & his growing infatuation with Polly Kellogg, the wife of the regiment's captain, fires a passion that had cooled with his own wife. While the world around him races faster & faster toward the millennium, Steven turns to the simple consolations of nineteenth-century life, a choice that, strangely enough, starts to straighten out both his family & his job. But so thoroughly does Steven embrace the life of John Trow that even Steven begins to wonder if he is just playing a part, or whether the unquiet spirit of John Trow is taking him over. As Steven's identity slips through his fingers, he must ask himself what
- & who
- he is willing to sacrifice to become the man he believes he should have been.

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