The Sorceress Of Karres As Captain Pausert had often had occasion to observe life just wasn fair! Hadn he (with the help of the notorious witches of Karres of course) outmaneuvered the deadliest of space pirates & eliminated the threat of the Worm World (as told in The Witches of Karres) after which at the least he deserved some time off No such luck though as the Empress herself sent him on a secret mission to stop the nanite plague but an enemy had somehow convinced the Imperial Fleet that he was actually a wanted criminal so after a battle leaving his ship in urgent need of repairs all three of them joined an interstellar traveling circus (don ask!) in order to save the galaxy once again (as told in The Wizard of Karres) Time for a vacation? Don&t be ridiculous
- there a new urgent mission that has Captain Pausert name on it! This new novel finds the long-suffering Captain & the two young Karres witches
- Goth who vows she will marry him when she grows up & her younger sister The Leewit
- being sent off to investigate mysterious & ominous events in the notorious Chaladoor region of space


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A New Sequel to The Witches of Karres Two Top Writers Continue the Bewitching Adventures Begun in One of Science Fiction’s Most Beloved Novels As Captain Pausert had often had occasion to observe life just wasn’t fair! Hadn’t he (with the help of the notorious witches of Karres of course) outmaneuvered the deadliest of space pirates & eliminated the threat of the Worm World (as told in The Witches of Karres) after which at the least he deserved some time off No such luck though as the Empress herself sent him on a secret mission to stop the nanite plague but an enemy had somehow convinced the Imperial Fleet that he was actually a wanted criminal so after a battle leaving his ship in urgent need of repairs all three of them joined an interstellar traveling circus (don’t ask!) in order to save the galaxy once again (as told in The Wizard of Karres) Time for a vacation? Don’t be ridiculous—there’s a new urgent mission that has Captain Pausert’s name on it! This new novel finds the long-suffering Captain & the two young Karres witches— Goth who vows she will marry him when she grows up & her younger sister The Leewit—being sent off to investigate mysterious & ominous events in the notorious Chaladoor region of space Goth soon becomes aware that unknown but surely inimical forces are tracking them & in order to foil them she takes a desperate route to travel back in time & meet Pausert as a young boy Meanwhile the Captain & the Leewit find themselves in the middle of their own desperate situation in the Chaladoor Whoever it was who said that a change was as good as a vacation never met any of the Witches of Karres—nor experienced their amazing talent for getting Captain Pausert into trouble About the Author Eric Flint is the authorcreator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belisarius series including the new novel The Dance of Time & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War two novels in the Ring of Fire series & on Crown of Slaves a best of the year pick by Publishers Weekly Flint received his masters degree in history from UCLA & was for many years a labor union activist He lives in East Chicago IL with his wife & is working on more books in the best-selling Ring of Fire series Dave Freer is an ichthyologist turned author living in a remote part of Kwa Zulu-Natal South Africa with his wife & chief proof-reader Barbara four dogs & four cats & two sons Paddy & James His first book— The Forlorn (Baen)—came out in 1999 Since then he has co-authored with Eric Flint (Rats Bats & Vats The Rats the Bats & the Ugly Pyramid Scheme & Pyramid Power) & with Mercedes Lackey & Eric Flint (The Shadow of the Lion This Rough Magic The Wizard of Karres) as well as writing another solo novel A Mankind Witch & various shorter works Besides working as a fisheries scientist for the Western Cape shark fishery he has worked as a commercial diver & as a relief chef at several luxury game lodges His other interests are rock climbing (he&s still good at it) diving flyfishing (he&s still bad at it) fly-tying wine-tasting & the preparation of food especially by traditional means—smoking & salting all the good unhealthy things ...

Dr John Dee has destroyed Paris in his mission to find Nicholas Flamel & Sophie & Josh Newman The two missing pages of the book of Abraham the Mage are still with them & the Dark Elders need them for the Final Summoning They will not rest until they are in power & the human race has been destroyed Nicholas Flamel knows he must protect Josh & Sophie & the pages from the Dark Elders For this he must rely on Clarent
- the sister sword to Excalibur
- & the sword's evil power makes it nearly impossible to use without darkness seeping into the soul of whoever wields it What will be the price to pay for the twins to remain protected & the Dark Elders to be defeated?

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Available as a part of Nemesis Nows Premium high-quality wholesale range this fantastic box can subtly blend into any arcane library Taking the form of an ancient tome bound in brown leather the lid has a raised pentagram in dull iron the legend The Sorcery Spell Book above & below it 5 black roses are nestled between the points of the pentagram Cast in the finest resin before being carefully h&-painted this spell book box is perfect for any sorcerer with a secret ...

Kien's job is to search the Jungle of Screaming Souls for corpses He knows the area well
- this was where in the dry season of
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Love has quite unfairly come to be associated with being happy However it is also one of the most reliable routes to misery We tend to treat our sadness individually as if it were unique & shameful But as this book explains there are some solid reasons why love should be highly sorrowful at times The good news is that by understanding our romantic troubles & griefs seeing them in their proper context & appreciating their prevalence we will cease to feel so alone & so cursed This essay is not a study in despair; it is a guide to a more consoling humane & in its own way joyful perspective on the complexities of love ...

Work can be a route to creativity excitement & purpose Nevertheless many of us end up confused discouraged & beaten by our working lives The temptation is often just to blame ourselves & to feel privately ashamed & guilty However as this book lucidly explains there is a range of well-embedded & intriguing reasons why work proves demoralising including the evolution of modern work the role of technology & the mechanics of the economy This surprisingly cheering book offers us an invigorating perspective over our working lives
- & what we might do at times when our work challenges us almost unbearably
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A key work in the German ' Sturm und Drang' movement Johann Goethe's autobiographical epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther is a defining moment in early Romanticism which has influenced writers from Mary Shelley to Thomas Mann This Penguin Classics edition is translated from with an introduction by Michael Hulse Visiting an idyllic German village Werther a sensitive young man meets & falls in love with sweet-natured Charlotte Although he realises that she is to marry Albert he is unable to subdue his passion & his infatuation torments him to the point of despair The first great 'confessional' novel The Sorrows of Young Werther draws both on Goethe's own unrequited love for Charlotte Buff & on the death of his friend Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem The book was an immediate success & a cult rapidly grew up around it resulting in numerous imitations as well as violent criticism & suppression on the grounds of its apparent support of suicide Goethe's sensitive exploration of the mind of an artist at odds with society & ill-equipped to cope with life is now considered the first great tragic novel of European literature This edition

Includes:: notes & an introduction by Michael Hulse who explores the origins of the novel in the author's life & examines its impact on European culture Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) was born in Frankfurt Germany Although he directed the German State Theatre dabbled in the occult & worked on scientific theories in evolutionary botany Goethe is best remembered for his great works The Sorrows of Young Werther & Faust & his part in the 18th century ' Sturm & Drang' movement If you enjoyed The Sorrows of Young Werther you might like Stendhal's Love also published in Penguin Classics

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Deep down inside our bodies lives the soul No one has ever seen it but we all know it's there There is a soul bird who lives inside us all This special bird opens & closes the drawers of our soul in which we keep all our feelings There are drawers for our innermost secrets but also places where we hide away our happiness anger joy jealousy & sorrows The soul bird has the keys to these drawers & can open them when we ask But sometimes the soul bird seems to disobey our wishes & tolerance turns to fear or calm turns to anger Perhaps we don't listen to our soul bird often enough Indeed some of us only hear it once in a lifetime We should try maybe late at night or at another time of peace & quiet to hear the voice of the soul bird & listen to what it is telling us Michal Snunit's The Soul Bird has been translated into 25 languages & has been a bestseller around the world for ten years since its first publication This celebration edition introduces new colour to enhance the beautiful simplicity of Na'ama Golomb's original illustrations This gentle & poetic book has become a firm favourite with both children & adults Showing how the consolation & encouragement we need can be found in small everyday places it is a lovely resource for those moments when we feel in need of spiritual refreshment Its deceptive simplicity conceals a deeper philosophical message for us all ...

In 2011 Sy Montgomery wrote a feature for Orion magazine entitled ' Deep Intellect' about her friendship with a sensitive sweet-natured octopus named Athena & the grief she felt at her death It went viral indicating the widespread fascination with these mysterious almost alien-like creatures Since then Sy has practised true immersion journalism from New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia & the Gulf of Mexico pursuing these wild solitary shape-shifters Octopuses have varied personalities & intelligence they show in myriad ways endless trickery to escape enclosures & get food; jetting water playfully to bounce objects like balls; & evading caretakers by using a scoop net as a trampoline & running around the floor on eight arms But with a beak like a parrot venom like a snake & a tongue covered with teeth how can such a beingknowanything? & what sort of thoughts could it think? The intelligence of dogs birds & chimpanzees was only recently accepted by scientists who now are establishing the intelligence of the octopus watching them solve problems & deciphering the meaning of their colour-changing camouflage techniques Montgomery chronicles this growing appreciation of the octopus but also tells a love story By turns funny entertaining touching & profound The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about consciousness & the meeting of two very different minds ...