While Hinohara visits the Hime clan he is declared the second coming of a past king & the true ruler of Aratas world! Despite the many obstacles that fate puts before him Hinohara forges ahead. But then he encounters his strongest foe yet-the Shinsho Yataka! ...

While Hinohara battles Yataka he learns that Yataka harbors a deep hatred for Princess Kikuri. As Yatakas memories flood Hinoharas mind the true reason behind his bitterness is revealed. How will Hinohara untangle this complex matter of past betrayal in order to break out of an inescapable crucible? ...

In a mythical world where humans & gods co-exist Arata has the unfortunate honor of being the successor to the matriarchal Hime Clan. This means he has to pretend to be a girl or face death if his true gender is discovered! Framed for the assassination of Princess Kikuri Hinohara is sent to prison island Gatoya where the fearsome warden Tsutsuga awaits him. Hinohara manages to escape his captors & now he must make his way back to the Amawakuni capital. In order to get there however he has to first cross the region ruled by the treacherous Kannagi! ...

Arax the Soul Stealer has snatched away good Wizard Aduro's spirit leaving the kingdom exposed to the evil of Wizard Malvel. To save Aduro Tom tracks Arax to his cave
- but the terrible Beast wants Tom's soul too... Don't miss NIXA THE DEATH-BRINGER
- EQUINUS THE SPIRIT HORSE
- RASHOUK THE CAVE TROLL
- LUNA THE MOON WOLF
- BLAZE THE ICE DRAGON
- STEALTH THE GHOST PANTHER





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One of the most highly published & sought after British landscape photographers Charlie Waite has been widely acknowledged for redefining the genre of landscape photography in the 1980's. Now with his latest collection Waite is once again sharing his unique vision & artist's eye in ways that surprise inspire & enthrall. Each of the 65 distinctive black & white & colour images made around the world including the British Isles encourages us to look with fuller awareness at the world around us so that we too may recognise some of the extraordinary juxtapositions of form light contrast & composition that Waite's images are so full of. ...

Outlandish alchemist & magician political intelligencer apocalyptic prophet & converser with angels John Dee (1527
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Drawing its numerous examples from Britain & beyond Archaeological Investigation" explores the procedures used in field archaeology travelling over the whole process from discovery to publication. Divided into four parts it argues for a set of principles in part one describes work in the field in part two & how to write up in part three. Part four describes the modern world in which all types of archaeologist operate academic & professional. The central chapter Projects Galore takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through different kinds of investigation including in caves gravel quarries towns historic buildings & underwater. " Archaeological Investigation" intends to be a companion for a newcomer to professional archaeology
- from a student introduction (part one) to first practical work (part two) to the first responsibilities for producing reports (part three) & in part four to the tasks of project design & heritage curation that provide the meat & drink of the fully fledged professional. The book also proposes new ways of doing things tried out over the authors thirty years in the field & brought together here for the first time. This is no plodding manual but an inspiring provocative informative & entertaining book urging that archaeological investigation is one of the most important things society does."
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This fully updated & revised edition of the best-selling title The Archaeology Coursebook is a guide for students studying archaeology for the first time. Including new methods & case studies in this third edition it provides pre-university students & teachers as well as undergraduates & enthusiasts with the skills & technical concepts necessary to grasp the subject. The Archaeology Coursebook: introduces the most commonly examined archaeological methods concepts & themes & provides the necessary skills to understand them explains how to interpret the material students may meet in examinations & how to succeed with different types of assignments & exam questions supports study with case studies key sites key terms tasks & skills development illustrates concepts & commentary with over 300 photos & drawings of excavation sites methodology & processes tools & equipment links from its own website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415462860 to other key websites in archaeology at the right level contains new material on Issues in Modern Archaeology" " Sites & People in the Landscape" & " People & Society in the Past" new case studies methods examples boxes photographs & diagrams; as well as updates on examination changes for pre-university students. This is definitely a book no archaeology student should be without." ...

Churches are Britains most completely surviving class of historic monument. They are also usually the oldest buildings within their settlements. As such these structures from parish church to cathedral from medieval to Georgian are a huge architectural & archaeological resource. The last couple of decades have witnessed an unprecedented upsurge of public interest in the historic environment & the growth of the tourism & heritage industries has focused new attention on churches. While some visitors to churches cathedrals & monastic ruins seem content to wander around with little or no understanding of what they are looking at many have an interest in learning about the history or usage of the building. How far does it go back? Where is the earliest part of the building? Warwick Rodwell discusses the archaeological techniques that can attempt to answer such questions. In this lavishly illustrated informative guide Professor Rodwell explores the buildings themselves their component parts from foundations to finials their sites furnishings fixtures & fittings as well as churchyards & monuments. ...

The archaeology of death & burial is central to our attempts to understand vanished societies. Through the remains of funerary rituals we can learn not only about the attitudes of prehistoric people to death & the afterlife but also about their way of life their social organisation & their view of the world. This ambitious book reviews the latest research in this huge & important field & describes the sometimes controversial interpretations that have led to rapid advances in our understanding of life & death in the distant past. A unique overview & synthesis of one of the most revealing fields of research into the past it covers archaeologys most breathtaking discoveries from Tutankhamen to the Ice Man & will find a keen market among archaeologists historians & others who have a professional interest in or general curiosity about death & burial. ...