Everyday symbols such as the Freemason's set square or the lotus flower were originally used to provide protection from spirits, enhance mystical practices, or to maintain a secret. This title reveals the key ideas & sacred concepts behind over 500 sign ...

Divided into 14 chapters, text & illustrations reveal the symbolism inherent in representations of religious personages, the Earth & Sky, animals, birds, insects, & flowers. George Ferguson also explores Old Testament characters & events & their symbolic representation in art. 350 illustrations. ...

An old man is walking alone late at night when he is threatened on the street by 3 armed thugs who attempt to mug him. They die. The police are baffled, & decide it must be the symptom of a drugs war. There then follow more 'unexplained' deaths & accidents, all of which fox the police & lack any obvious evidence to lead them to an arrest. ...

Silas Marner  (1861) is Eliot's classic tale of an outsider.

A weaver who comes to live & work alone in the Midlands

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The noise between Patch & Nora has gone. They've overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past, bridged two irreconcilable worlds & faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty & trust...and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven & earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in one another, Patch & Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they've worked for
- & their love
- forever.

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Together Patch & Nora have overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past, bridged two irreconcilable worlds & faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty & trust...and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven & earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in one another, Patch & Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they've worked for
- & their love
- forever.

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Detective Hanlon is addicted to violence. She likes the rush, the danger, the losing control...

When Hanlon is suspended

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Starting with the very earliest pioneering short films, this title traces the evolution of silent comedy through the 1900s & considers the works of the genre's some of greatest exponents, showing how each developed in the course of their career as well as the extent to which they influenced each other. ...

On the surface it may seem slightly surprising that a master of verbal humour should also be a devotee of silent comedy, but Paul Merton is completely passionate about the early days of Hollywood comedy & the comic geniuses who dominated it. His knowledge is awesome
- as anyone who watched his BBC 4 series Silent Clowns or attended the events he has staged nationwide will agree
- his enthusiasm is infectious, & these qualities are to be found in abundance in his new book. Starting with the very earliest pioneering short films, he traces the evolution of silent comedy through the 1900s & considers the works of the genre's greatest exponents
- Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy & Harold Lloyd
- showing not only how each developed in the course of their career but also the extent to which they influenced each other. At the same time, Paul brings a comedian's insight to bear on the art of making people laugh, & explores just how the great comic ideas, routines, gags & part-falls worked & evolved. His first book for ten years, this richly illustrated history of silent comedy is destined to be a classic.



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When a gruesomely slaughtered body wrapped in plastic is discovered, Reiko Himekawa soon uncovers eleven other murders with a similar 'signature' & a reference to something called 'strawberry night, ' a group that recruits victims & murderers on the internet. To solve the case, Reiko is forced to reach back into her own troubled past. ...