By all appearances the ties that bind High King Madeth & the knight Lalvan his childhood friend are made from the sternest stuff But in truth their friendship has always struck a most delicate balance With the arrival of Lady Prima & the birth of her son Perseus not long after the precarious harmony between Madeth & Lalvan crumbles & when the young Perseus harboring questions about his lineage seeks out Lalvan will the repercussions be much greater than a friendship lost?A lone angel its eyes replete with sadness looks on as the tragedy unfolds About the Author Manga creator Aki is a talented artist who in addition to publishing manga illustrates several light novels & is part of the doujinshi circle Shachou no Subako ...

'A profoundly beautiful novel that infolds the political with the personal in unexpected & new ways An extraordinary book' Neel Mukherjee New Statesman ' Books of the Year 2016'' His stories take the reader into the labyrinth that is the mind The Angel of History is digressive & daring' the Economist' Alameddine has created a scintillating original work whose moral complexity & detail of observation are wholly contemporary & entirely his own' Spectator Set over the course of one night in the waiting room of a psych clinic The Angel of History follows Yemeni-born poet Jacob as he revisits the events of his life from his maternal upbringing in an Egyptian whorehouse to his adolescence under the aegis of his wealthy father & his life as a gay Arab man in San Francisco at the height of AIDS Hovered over by the presence of alluring sassy Satan who taunts Jacob to remember his painful past & dour frigid Death who urges him to forget & give up on life Jacob is also attended to by 14 saints Set in Cairo & Beirut; Sana'a Stockholm & San Francisco; Alameddine gives us a charged philosophical portrait of a brilliant mind in crisis This is a profound philosophical & hilariously winning story of the war between memory & oblivion we wrestle with every day of our lives' Here is a book full of story unrepentantly political at every level At a time when many western writers seem to be in retreat from saying anything that could be construed as political Alameddine says it all shamelessly gloriously & realised like his Satan in the most stylish of forms' the Guardian ...

A classic children's book from one of best-loved Bill's New Frock authors former Children's Laureate Anne Fine Perfect for readers aged between 7 & 9 & fans of Awful Auntie & Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series Until the angel came Penny Mark & Marigold were bitterly unhappy Fat' Freak' Smelly' Barry Hunter was bullying them & everyone at Nitshill Road School knew it But the angel brings a clever solution Life at school is going to be very different from now on Anne Fine's fun school stories have been delighting children for more than 20 years winning her awards such as the Smarties Book Award & Carnegie Medal along the way ...

Shortlisted for the East Anglian Book Awards 2016! It has been estimated that over 90 of England&s figurative medieval art was obliterated in the image destruction of the Reformation Medieval angel roofs timber structures with spectacular & ornate carvings of angels with a peculiar preponderance in East Anglia were simply too difficult for Reformation iconoclasts to reach Angel roof carvings comprise the largest surviving body of major English medieval wood sculpture Though they are both masterpieces of sculpture & engineering angel roofs have been almost completely neglected by academics & art historians because they are inaccessible fixed & challenging to photograph & The Angel Roofs of East Anglia& is the first detailed historical & photographic study of the region&s many medieval angel roofs It shows the artistry & architecture of these inaccessible & little-studied medieval artworks in more detail & clarity than ever before & explains how they were made by whom & why Michael Rimmer redresses the scholarly neglect & brings the beauty craftsmanship & history of these astonishing medieval creations to the reader The book also offers a fascinating new answer to the question of why angel roofs are so overwhelmingly an East Anglian phenomenon but relatively rare elsewhere in the country ...

Doreen Virtue has taught her Angel Therapy Practitioner (R) course since 1997 helping thousands to learn the skills of spiritual healing & psychic readings in concert with the angels & archangels Now she has amassed the tools secrets & exercises that she teaches her students in a comprehensive handbook Whether you're a professional healer or just want to polish your natural spiritual gifts this handbook is a vital reference tool that you can refer to again & again The lessons Doreen teaches apply to every aspect of your life She covers which angels to call on & when how to help family & friends in their hours of need & how to contact the angels to heal yourself Packed with knowledge this is an invaluable tool for anyone who wants to access the incredible realm of the angels to find true health happiness & contentment Now available for the first time in paperback this is the definitive guide to bringing the power of the angel's help into your life ...

It is 1953 & five very different girls are arriving at the nurses' home in Lovely Lane Liverpool to start their training at St Angelus Hospital Dana has escaped from her family farm on the west coast of Ireland Victoria is running away from a debt-ridden aristocratic background Beth is an army brat & throws her lot in with bitchy Celia Forsyth & Pammy has come from quite the wrong side of the tracks in Liverpool The world in which they now find themselves is complicated & hierarchical with rules that must be obeyed Everyone has their place at St Angelus & woe betide anyone who strays from it But when an unknown girl is admitted after a botched late abortion in a backstreet kitchen a tragedy begins to unfold which will rock the world of St Angelus to its foundations ...

Behind the glamorous facade of Kentucky's most famous family lurks a secret
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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play From award-winning director Ken Loach & writer Paul Laverty comes a bitter sweet comedy caper which proves that sometimes all you need in life is a little spirit Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth the wayward & disillusioned Robbie is given one last chance to turn his life around Together the four friends he embarks on an adventure & discovers that turning to drink might just change their lives
- not cheap fortified wine but the best malt whiskies in the world Actors Roger Allam Daniel Portman John Henshaw William Ruane Lorne Mac Fadyen Paul Brannigan James Casey Finlay Harris Siobhan Reilly David Goodall Paul Donnelly John Joe Hay Jim Sweeney & Jasmin Riggins Director Ken Loach Certificate 18 years & over Year 2012 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From award-winning director Ken Loach & writer Paul Laverty comes a bitter sweet comedy caper which proves that sometimes all you need in life is a little spirit Escaping a prison sentence by the skin of his teeth the wayward & disillusioned Robbie is given one last chance to turn his life around Together the four friends he embarks on an adventure & discovers that turning to drink might just change their lives
- not cheap fortified wine but the best malt whiskies in the world Actors Roger Allam Daniel Portman John Henshaw William Ruane Lorne Mac Fadyen Paul Brannigan James Casey Finlay Harris Siobhan Reilly David Goodall Paul Donnelly John Joe Hay Jim Sweeney & Jasmin Riggins Director Ken Loach Certificate 18 years & over Year 2012 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes
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In her new book Phoebe Caldwell an expert practitioner with over 30 years' experience working with people with learning disabilities offers us a fresh insight into autism spectrum disorders Shifting her attention away from presentation & symptoms alone Phoebe explores & attempts to understand the sensory issues experienced by those on the spectrum & their neurobiological roots in an effort to find new ways of alleviating the distress that can characterise this condition The Anger Box is a book of ideas that spans a wide field of research & will be of interest to professionals but it will also appeal to parents with autistic children those with a general interest in the subject & many individuals on the autism spectrum themselves The book explores the relationship between pain & external stimuli trigeminal neuralgia visual distortions sensory overload environmental & neurological factors implicated in the development of ASD & a wide range of other areas Drawing upon her own wealth of experience the experiences of people on the spectrum & new scientific research Phoebe presents a fascinating & engaging exploration of life on the spectrum richly textured vibrant & above all informative ...