Through their sheer range daring innovation flawed but eloquent characters & intriguing plots the plays of Euripides have shocked & stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus & their mother's doomed attempts at reconciliation while Orestes shows a son ravaged with guilt after the vengeful murder of his mother In the Bacchae a king mistreats a newcomer to his land little knowing that he is the god Dionysus disguised as a mortal while in Iphigenia at Aulis the Greek leaders take the horrific decision to sacrifice a princess to gain favour from the gods in their mission to Troy Finally the Rhesus depicts a world of espionage between the warring Greek & Trojan camps ...

The Bach Flower Remedies Step by Step is a straightforward yet comprehensive guide to the Bach Flower Remedies system Written by a consultant at the Dr Edward Bach Centre the guide

Includes:: detailed descriptions of the 38 remedies as well as helpful information on their preparation & administration As correct selection is one of the most important ingredients of success in treatment

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The spellbinding new Ben Hope thriller A LOST MANUSCRIPT A SAVAGE MURDER A DEADLY SECRET While on a business trip to the UK Ben Hope makes an impulse decision to attend a college reunion at his former university Oxford There he meets an old friend Nick now an internationally-renowned classical musician But storm clouds are soon once again brewing on Ben's horizon After Nick's brutal murder in an apparent home invasion robbery Ben is drawn into the mystery of a missing music manuscript that may be a lost work by the legendary composer Johann Sebastian Bach The hunt for his friend's killers leads Ben across Europe & into bloody conflict with even more dangerous people than he'd bargained for As his quest unfolds so does the shocking truth about the lost Bach manuscript a secret dating back to the very darkest historical chapter of Man's inhumanity to Man If you like your conspiracies twisty your action bone-jarring & your heroes impossibly dashing then look no farther' MARK DAWSON BEN HOPE is one of the most celebrated action adventure heroes in British fiction & Scott Mariani is the author of numerous bestsellers Join the ever-growing legion of readers who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to the new Ben Hope thriller begins ...

The Bach Remedies Workbook is a complete self-contained guide in the selection & use of the Bach Flower Remedies Written by a consultant at the Dr Edward Bach Centre the course starts from first principles & in seven progressive sections covers all 38 of the Bach Flower Remedies & the states of mind & emotions they can be used to help The book

Includes:: practical exercises quizzes & games as well as grounded advice to help readers gain a comprehensive grasp of Dr Bach's famous system Although this unique course has been put together with the beginner in mind the practical nature of the course-work means that it will be equally useful to experienced users of the remedies & to students preparing to take the Practitioners Courses run by the Dr Edward Bach Foundation

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The Bachelors displays the best of Sparkian satire placing her at the heart of a great literary tradition alongside Waugh & Trollope Wilde & Wodehouse It demands rediscovery' It's easy to see why Waugh admired The Bachelors On one level it is a blithely carnivorous satire in the Waugh mould The bachelors of the title
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- are the thirty-something male barristers teachers journalists & museum attendants of a small patch of West London They lead inturned doddery superannuated lives pottering between grocers coffee-houses bedsits & the houses of their mothers & aunts But the comedy here is serious in a way that Waugh's satanically energetic comedies of misery rarely are comedies of English manners have seldom been darker' Daily Telegraph' My admiration for Spark's contribution to world literature knows no bounds She was peerless sparkling inventive & intelligent
- the creme de la creme' Ian Rankin' Muriel Spark's novels linger in the mind as brilliant shards decisive as a smashed glass is decisive' John Updike New Yorker


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Leaving the blinding sand for the cool shade of the trees I walked carefully through the undergrowth to where Dave using two twigs as chopsticks was picking up a freshly severed human finger John's trip to India starts badly when he finds himself looking at the sharp end of a knife in a train station cubicle His life is saved by the enigmatic Rick who persuades John to abandon his mundane plans for the future for much much more Fast forward to the Thai island of Koh Pha-Ngan where they pose as millionaire aristocrats in a hedonistic Eden of beautiful girls free drugs & wild beach parties Soon pursued by Thai Mafia they escape to Indonesia Australia & Hong Kong facing danger at every turn Filled with wild adventures in exotic locations this is not travel writing for the faint-hearted this is an amazing true story of the hunt for excess at any cost ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Vincent Stone Laura Anderson & Nathan Waring star in this action thriller from director Dion Martin Boland When backpackers Ben (Waring) & Nina (Anderson) get separated in the outback of Australia vicious killer Vincent (Stone) baits Ben into a relentless game of cat & mouse with the winner&s prize being Nina Has ex-soldier Ben got what it takes to defeat the notorious outback killer? ...

The Backyard Beekeeper 4th Edition is your complete honey bee resource loaded with updated information on bee problems & treatments measuring techniques swarm control harvesting & using top bar hives 240 pages 200 color photos Flottum Kim ...

At one time most towns of any size had somewhere a small foundry that would undertake small casting jobs often more out of interest & good neighbourliness than for commercial gain Regrettably those days are no more & the model engineer in many areas must either adapt commercially available castings or send away to a specialist foundry that will undertake small jobs often at some expense & with some delay The alternative is to make your own patterns & castings which is in fact much easier than you may think The Backyard Foundry covers basic principles materials & techniques pattern making moulding boxes cores & core-boxes electric gas & coke furnaces &

Includes:: step-by-step procedures with examples of locomotive cylinders & wheels Sources of specialised materials & even the design of an outdoor furnace suitable for small-scale commercial work are given Each stage & subject is covered in detail so that even the inexperienced can undertake casting with confidence Although the book is written primarily for the model engineer anyone wishing to make mouldings or castings will profit from its pages

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Dear reader There is nothing to be found in these special tie-in editions of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery & despair You still have time to pick another bestselling Emmy-nominated Netflix-adapted series to read But if you cannot be dissuaded read on violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Bad Beginning the siblings encounter a greedy & repulsive villain itchy clothing a disastrous fire a plot to steal their fortune & cold porridge for breakfast In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents A Series of Unfortunate Events' has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All the Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...