Smithfield settled on the fringes of Roman London was once a place of revelry Jesters & crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day celebrations tournaments were plentiful & it became the location of London's most famous meat market Yet in Tudor England Smithfield had another more sinister use the public execution of heretics Spanning the reigns of British history's most remarkable dynasty The Burning Time is a vivid insight into an era in which what was orthodoxy one year might be dangerous heresy the next The first martyrs were Catholics who cleaved to Rome in defiance of Henry VIII's break with the papacy But with the accession of Henry's daughter Mary
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- the charge of heresy was levelled against devout Protestants who chose to burn rather than recant At the centre of Virginia Rounding's vivid account of this extraordinary period are two very different characters The first is Richard Rich Thomas Cromwell's protege who almost uniquely remained in a position of great power influence & wealth under three Tudor monarchs & who helped send many devout men & women to their deaths The second is John Deane Rector of St Bartholomew's who was able somehow to navigate the treacherous waters of changing dogma & help others to survive The Burning Time is their story but it is also the story of the hundreds of men & women who were put to the fire for their faith It is a gripping insight into a time when people were willing to die & to kill in the name of religion

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R is recovering from death He's learning how to read how to speak maybe even how to love He can almost imagine a future with Julie this girl who restarted his heart
- building a new world from the ashes of the old one & then helicopters appear on the horizon A mysterious army is coming to restore order to bring back the good old days of stability & control & the strong eating the weak These grinning strangers are more than they seem The plague has many hosts & some are far more terrifying than the Dead With their home in the grip of madmen R & Julie plunge into the wastelands of America in search of answers But there are some answers R doesn't want to find A past life an old shadow crawling up from the basement In this long-anticipated new chapter of the Warm Bodies series Isaac Marion expands the scope of a powerfully simple story a dead man's search for life in all its bloody rawness Talk to Isaac on Twitter Instagram Facebook Tumblr Snapchat & isaacmarioncom
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Casey is a true craftswoman a writer who beguiles one through the most twisted of plots with a confident & seductive hand' Alex Marwood bestselling author of Wicked Girls & The Killer Next Door Jane Casey is one of the brightest stars in the modern crime firmament' John Connolly'I love Maeve Kerrigan
- what a terrific series Jane Casey has created' Sarah Hilary bestselling of author Someone Else's Skin Maeve is such a hugely warm character with just the right mix of vulnerable & feisty Will definitely be looking out more in the series' Tammy Cohen author of When She Was Bad A serial killer who wants to watch you burn The media call him The Burning Man a brutal murderer who has beaten four young women to death before setting their bodies ablaze in secluded areas of London's parks & now the fifth victim has been found Maeve Kerrigan is an ambitious detective constable keen to make her mark on the murder task force Her male colleagues believe Maeve's empathy makes her weak but the more she learns about the latest victim Rebecca Haworth from her grieving friends & family the more determined Maeve becomes to bring her murderer to justice But how do you catch a killer no one has seen? & when so much of the evidence they leave behind has gone up in smoke?
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With discovery comes certain death When Australian Jillian Parker's scorched remains are discovered in her burnt-out car Ruud Pujasumarta & his team are brought in to investigate what appears at first to be a routine homicide But when Canadian citizen Anita Dalloway's charred body is found a few days later Ruud finds a banner unfurled by the corpse's feet A verse from the Quran is scribbled across it calling for unbelievers to be burned The killer is targeting Christians & the team's suspicions are confirmed when a third body that of English backpacker Emily Grealish turns up with the same MOBut who is responsible? Is it the senior Australian diplomat from the embassy who was obsessed by the first victim? The Imam who preaches Sharia law? The Indonesian three-star military general taking backhanders & living a life of luxury in Jakarta? Or the local drug dealer with a score to settle? But Ruud is suspicious that the killer may be someone much closer to home someone Ruud has trusted for many years What unravels is a terrifying chain of events for Ruud & what he discovers puts his & those around him lives in danger ...

'A compact & compelling novel by an iconic Norwegian writerand thanks to Don Bartlett & Don Shaw's crisp translation we see it obliquely'
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A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening & visionary short fiction Strange beasts night ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Supernatural horror set in the Wild West A band of brave pioneers sets out to find & recover a family of settlers that appears to have been abducted following an attack on a frontier homestead Expecting the offenders to be the usual posse of hostile natives the group prepares for routine battle But as men start to vanish mysteriously & hideous evidence begins to accumulate the men realise that their enemy may not be merely human after all ...

A lively rhyming picture book about transport from former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen author of We're Going on a Bear Hunt A lively rhyming picture book about transport by poet & former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen author of We're Going on a Bear Hunt Small children take great delight in things that go
- whether by bicycle car boat or plane & best of all is taking the bus because the bus is for everyone! Complemented by beautiful artwork from Gillian Tyler this playful book will captivate little listeners & is perfect for reading aloud
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence Missouri shortly after the Civil War intending never again to use a gun He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor & his gang are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad John Ireland Jefferson Waring Wayne Morris Marshal John Harding Lawrence Tierney Sam Tobin Dorothy Malone Cathy Sharpe Lon Chaney Jr Artemus Taylor Myrna Dell Norah Taylor Written by Tom Gries & Rod Amateau Directed by Rod Amateau DVD 5 PAL Black &38; White Actors John Ireland Wayne Morris Lon Chaney Jr Directors Rod Amateau Format Dolby PALLanguage English Region All Regions Aspect Ratio 43
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The definitive pioneering blueprint covering the what why & how of the blockchain Blockchains are new technology layers that rewire the Internet & threaten to side-step older legacy constructs & centrally served businesses At its core a blockchain injects trust into the network cutting off some intermediaries from serving that function & creatively disrupting how they operate Metaphorically blockchains are the ultimate non-stop computers Once launched they never go down & offer an incredible amount of resiliency making them dependable & attractive for running a new generation of decentralized services & software applications The Business Blockchain charts new territory in advancing our understanding of the blockchain by unpacking its elements like no other before William Mougayar anticipates a future that consists of thousands if not millions of blockchains that will enable not only frictionless value exchange but also a new flow of value redefining roles relationships power & governance In this book Mougayar makes two other strategic assertions First the blockchain has polymorphic characteristics; its application will result in a multiplicity of effects Second we shouldn t ask ourselves what problems the blockchain solves because that gives us a narrow view on its potential Rather we should imagine new opportunities & tackle even more ambitious problems that cross organizational regulatory & mental boundaries Drawing on 34 years of technology industry experience as an executive analyst consultant entrepreneur startup mentor author blogger educator thought leader & investor William Mougayar describes a future that is influenced by fundamental shifts brought by blockchain technology as the catalyst for change William Mougayar has been described as the most sophisticated blockchain business thinker He is a blockchain industry insider whose work has already shaped & influenced the understanding of blockchain for people around the world via his generous blogging & rigorous research insights He is a direct participant in the crypto-technology market working alongside startups entrepreneurs pioneers leaders innovators creators enterprise executives & practitioners; in addition to being an investor advisor & board member in some of the leading organizations in this space such as the Ethereum Foundation Open Bazaar & Coin Center Just as the Internet created new possibilities that we didn t foresee in its early years the blockchain will give rise to new business models & ideas that may still be invisible Following an engaging Foreword by Vitalik Buterin this book is organized along these 7 chapters 1 What is the Blockchain? 2 How Blockchain Trust Infiltrates 3 Obstacles Challenges & Mental Blocks 4 Blockchain in Financial Services 5 Lighthouse Industries & New Intermediaries 6 Implementing Blockchain Technology 7 Decentralization as the Way Forward The Business Blockchain is an invitation for technologists to better understand the business potential of the blockchain & for business minded people to grasp the many facets of blockchain technology This book teaches you how to think about the blockchain ...