Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded based on Scotts diaries turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent superb depictions of mountains & formations of ice & snow & photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. But these photos have never been seen
- initially fought over neglected then lost
- until now that is. For the first time they are resurrected & are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.

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A mysterious book of prophecies written by a 6th century Irish monk has puzzled scholars through the ages. Foretelling wars plagues & rebellions the Black Book of Bran is said to have predicted the Black Death & the Gunpowder Plot. But is it the result of divine inspiration or the ravings of a madman? A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome & untimely end. ...

In a very readable style the author traces the history of the countys railway lines from their opening in the 19th century their heyday around the turn of the century & in many cases their closure in the 20th century. This work is illustrated. ...

FROM THE 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy
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Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf eight-year-old Rashid & his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated & forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved & worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors
- but he has a talent for racing & quickly becomes his stables star jockey. Soon he begins to forget what life was like when he had a proper home. He almost begins to forget about Shari.
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We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date & readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ--texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip James the brother of Jesus Mary Magdalen & others. There are Acts originally ascribed to John & to Thecla Pauls female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. & there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife both the glorious ecstasies of the saints & the horrendous torments of the damned & an Epistle by Titus a companion of Paul which argues page after page against sexual love even within marriage on the grounds that physical intimacy leads to damnation. In all the anthology

Includes:: fifteen Gospels five non-canonical Acts of the Apostles thirteen Epistles a number of Apocalypes & Secret Books & several Canon lists. Ehrman has included a general introduction plus brief introductions to each piece. Lost Scriptures gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Bible or the early Church.

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New in paperback by Laurence Gardner the bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail. From the tombs of pharaonic Egypt to the laboratories of modern science comes the extraordinary account of gravity defiance & teleportation in the ancient world & amazing revelations about the past power & future significance of the sacred Ark. * The sacred Ark of the Covenant created from a legendary substance is the source of one of the deepest mysteries of the Western world. No reason is given in the Bible as to why the Ark of the Covenant was so richly contrived & no explanation exists of its alleged awesome & deadly powers. * Laurence Gardner has accessed Rosicrucian archives in liaison with eminent nuclear physicists to reveal where the ark is what it is & how this lost secret of the distant past has led to the phenomenal new science of space-time manipulation. * Gardner's controversial research reveals that the secret of the pharaohs' rite of passage to the Afterlife was due to an amazing magical substance which was directly associated with the pyramids & the biblical Ark of the Covenant. * This substance now known to be superconductive monatomic gold became know as the Philosophers' Stone while in today's corridors of quantum mechanics its attributes are classified as 'the most remarkable physical property in the universe'. ...

My Very First Bible published to high acclaim in 2003 & its popular stories & bright illustrations have since gone onto provide the basis for a number of additional series including board books big books sticker & activity books. 12 key Bible stories have now been made available as great value little paperbacks offering a smart way of collecting multiple books for use in groups & classes for award-giving or for anyone wanting a pocket-money gift. The series
Includes:: In the Beginning; Noah & the Ark; Moses & his Sister; Brave David; Jonah & the Whale; Daniel & the Lions; Baby Jesus; Jesus & the Storm; The Good Samaritan; The Lost Sheep; Our Father; & The Easter Story.
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A powerful story of abuse neglect...and hope from this well-loved writer When a mysterious fire kills her adoptive parents Madeleines worst fear comes true
- she & her beloved brother Oliver are separated. Worse still Maddie is blamed for starting the fire & labelled a difficult child she is sent to a childrens home. Far from idyllic & buried deep in the countryside the home well conceals the misery of its young occupants. Subjected to a harsh regime of abuse & degradation Maddie makes a brave attempt to escape. But her brief weeks of freedom are thwarted when she is caught & taken back to River House. Maddie clings to her determination to one day be reunited with Oli & it is this which gives her the strength to endure what lies ahead. For she knows she can rely only on herself
- there is no one else to keep her safe...

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Jane Boyle has long since known that her mother-in-law is a witch but she'd never imagined Lynne Doran was actually the embodiment of a powerful ancient body-snatching evil! Now that Jane & her friends have uncovered Lynne & 666 Park Avenue's dark truth they must race against the clock to find a way to destroy the ancient witch before she finds her next unwilling host. & as Jane attempts to tap into power stronger than her enemy's her estranged husband Malcom arrives in time to join the fight.. .but can she grow to trust him before it's too late? ...