From the zeros of the mathematician to the void of the philosophers from Shakespeare to the empty set from the ether to the quantum vacuum from being & nothingness to creatio ex nihilo there is much ado about nothing at the heart of things. Recent exciting discoveries in astronomy are shown to shed new light on the nature of the vacuum & its dramatic effect upon the explanation of the Universe. This remarkable book ranges over every nook & cranny of nothingness to reveal how the human mind has had to make something of nothing in every field of human enquiry. ...

This is a fantastic activity book about the ancient Japanese art of Origami. It features projects such as origami foxes water bombs crocodiles butterflies bats & Christmas trees. Each project is illustrated with clear step-by-step instructions & simple illustrations to ensure the projects look their best. It also

Includes:: advice on decorating the projects the best materials to use & paper folding tips.

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Making Paper Airplanes doesnt feel like science. & its not quite art. Near as we can figure its magic. Paper Airplanes fly because of good old reliable physics. & it takes a sharp ey & a clean fold to make them right. But launching a regular od piece of paper into the sky so that it soars loops & glides
- thats pure magic. We present here a complete guide to folding aerobatic amazements. The ten airplanes in this book are the best weve ever seen:sy to make forgiving of mistakes attractive & flight-ready under all kinds of conditions. Clear instructions & step-by-step illustrations make even the most impressive planes kid do-able while trimming & tweaking tips give basic principles of flight instant real-world relevance. This big book comes complete with 40 sheets of flight-tested ready-to-fold paper printed on both sides in a variety of 20 colourful patterns including leopard print wood grain hot rod flames & lose-it-on-the-lawn grass. Its everything you need to rul the skies
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Crafted with all the skills that have made his previous books bestsellers The Book of Secrets will be essential reading for Deepak Chopras huge number of followers worldwide & also appeal to everyone searching for the meaning of life & looking for answers to the questions: Who Am I? Where Did I Come From? & Why Am I Here? Each of the fifteen chapters discusses a secret
- such as: The World Is In You; Transformation Is Not The Same As Change; Death Is Conquered By Dying Every Day; Everything Is Pure Essence. Chopra believes that Every life is a book of secrets ready to be opened & that the only way to discover the answers to these secrets is to delve inside yourself & cease to be a mystery to yourself. Only by going to the still point inside can you see life as it really is.
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The Book of Secrets" invites us to experience & experiment with everyday life through the awareness of our senses. Osho discusses 112 individual meditation techniques drawn from ancient texts
- meditations that focus on consciousness of the present moment. Osho describes each technique in detail & explains how to discover those best suited to each of us & how to integrate them into our daily lives. The new edition of " The Book of Secrets"
Includes:: a DVD with original Osho talk & introduction to meditation; meditation & discussion texts revised & reworked for clarity; elegant new interior design; new introduction; new easy-to-read trim size. In " The Book of Secrets" the secrets of the science of the " Vigyan Bhairav Tantra" texts become available to contemporary audience. Confined to small hidden mystery schools for centuries & often misunderstood today tantra is not just a method of enhancing sexual experience but a complete science of self-realization based on the cumulative wisdom of centuries of exploration into the meaning of life & consciousness. Tantra
- the very word means technique
- is a set of powerful transformative tools that can be used to bring new meaning & joy to every aspect of our daily live."



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Have you ever referred to your oldest & closest friend as ' Thingy'? Reached the top of the landing only to realize that you have no idea why you came upstairs in the first place? Congratulations
- or commiserations
- you've had your first senior moment! Fear not for help is at h&. The Book of Senior Moments" introduces the reader to a wonderful collection of these little passages drawn from the experiences of everyone from politicians to pundits. It

Includes:: exit strategies for when you've been ambushed by your memory as well as tips on how to avoid getting ambushed in the first place. Part guide part humorous overview & crammed with advice examples anecdotes confessions tips retorts & excuses this is an absolutely essential book for anyone growing long in the tooth & short of memory."



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After a noisy upbringing as one of six children & adulthood as a vocal feminist & mother Sara Maitland began to crave silence. Over the past five years she has spent periods of silence in the Sinai desert the Australian bush & the Isle of Skye. She interweaves these experiences with the history of silence through fairy-tale & myth Western & Eastern religious traditions the Enlightenment & psychoanalysis up to the ambivalence towards silence in contemporary society. Maitland has built a hermitage on an isolated Scottish moor & the book culminates powerfully with her experiences of silence in this new home. ...

Four students discover a manuscript The Book of Skulls which reveals the existence of a sect now living in the Arizona desert whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise they discover that the sect exists & is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter the rite two must die in order for the others to succeed. ...

A shocking truth lies within the pages of an ancient library locked inside a high-security complex deep beneath the Nevada desert. & the US government will stop at nothing to keep it classified. But now a shadowy group of ex-employees want the world to know
- however terrifying the disclosure might prove to be. & when a single volume missing from the original collection mysteriously surfaces at a London auction house they persuade former FBI agent Will Piper to help them obtain it & unlock the ultimate secret of the library once & for all. Travelling to England Will discovers the text contains a sonnet that holds a series of clues
- clues that reveal the book has had a profound effect on the history of mankind. But all the time he is being watched. & as he gets nearer to the final revelation he & his young family become a direct target for a deadly group of men whose duty it is to guard the librarys secret
- whatever it takes. However the truth is too powerful to keep hidden...


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The Book of Souls is James Oswald's second electrifying thriller in the Detective Inspector Mc Lean series. Every year for ten years a young woman's body was found in Edinburgh at Christmas time: naked throat slit body washed clean. Ten years ten women. The final victim Kirsty Summers was Detective Constable Tony Mc Lean's fiancee. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake. In a cellar under a shop Mc Lean found a torture chamber & put an end to the brutal killing spree. Twelve years later & a fellow prisoner has just murdered the incarcerated Christmas Killer. But with the arrival of the festive season comes a body. A young woman: naked washed her throat cut. Is this a copycat killer? Was the wrong man behind bars all this time? Or is there a more sinister frightening explanation? Mc Lean must revisit the most disturbing case of his life & discover what he missed before the killer strikes again... The Book of Souls is the second in the Detective Inspector Mclean series. The first was Natural Causes & the upcoming third will be called The Hangman's Song. Fans of Ian Rankin Peter James & Stuart Mc Bride will love James Oswald's work. Praise for James Oswald: A star of Scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene". (Daily Record). " Crime fiction's next big thing". (The Sunday Telegraph). " Literary sensation... James' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of EL James & her Fifty Shades of Grey series". (Daily Mail). " Fifty Shades of Hay". (The Times). " Oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent Scottish crime writers". (Daily Mail). " The new Ian Rankin". (Daily Record). " The hallmarks of Val Mc Dermid or Ian Rankin: it's dark violent noirish". (The Herald). "A good read". (The Times). " An excellent start to what promises to be a fine series". (Guardian). James Oswald is the author of the Detective Inspector Mc Lean series of crime novels. The first two in the series Natural Causes & The Book of Souls are available from Penguin with the third title The Hangman's Song forthcoming for 2014. He has also written an epic fantasy series The Ballad of Sir Benfro as well as comic scripts & short stories. In his spare time James runs a 350 acre livestock farm in North East Fife where he raises pedigree Highland Cattle & New Zealand Romney Sheep." ...