Fast-paced & intelligent blending historical fact with persuasive fiction The Sacred Bones is an addictively compelling thriller that calls into question many of modern religions most deeply-held beliefs. Jerusalem is a ticking time bomb.. . An ancient artefact is stolen from beneath Temple Mount. With thirteen Israeli soldiers dead & the Palestinians outraged over the desecration of the sacred ground tensions are running high. Detectives must work against the clock to identify the stolen relic & the thieves before civil unrest escalates to deadly proportions. Meanwhile in Vatican city American scientist Charlotte Hennesey & Italian anthropologist Giovanni Bersei have been secretly summoned to analyse a mysterious artefact that could prove to be historys darkest secret: a human skeleton Approx. 2 000 years old & bearing the unmistakeable marks of crucifixion.. . With the malevolent eye of Vatican security expert Salvatore Conte watching her every move Charlotte must work against the clock to uncover an astonishing truth that threatens the very foundations of belief. And theres a more immediate question to face: whether the Vatican will allow this information
- & Charlotte
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For the first time in decades The Eternal City is paralysed by a blizzard. & a gruesome discovery is made in the Pantheon
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Sartaj the only Sikh inspector in the whole of Mumbai is used to being identified by his turban beard & the sharp cut of his trousers. But the silky Sikh is now past forty his marriage is over & his career prospects are on the slide. When Sartaj gets an anonymous tip-off as to the secret hideout of the legendary boss of the G-company hes determined that hell be the one to collect the prize... ...

The thinkers of ancient Egypt Greece & India recognized that numbers governed much of what they saw in their world & hence provided an approach to its divine creator. Robert Lawlor sets out the system that determines the dimension & the form of both man-made & natural structures from Gothic cathedrals to flowers from music to the human body. By also involving the reader in practical experiments he leads with ease from simple principles to a grasp of the logarithmic spiral the Golden Proportion the squaring of the circle & other ubiquitous ratios & proportions. Art & Imagination These large-format gloriously-illustrated paperbacks cover Eastern & Western religion & philosophy including myth & magic alchemy & astrology. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge visionary thinking & accessible writing to each intriguing subject. ...

1570 in the Italian city of Ferrara. Sixteen-year-old Serafina is fipped by her family from an illicit love affair & forced into the convent of Santa Caterina renowned for its superb music. Serafinas one weapon is her glorious voice but she refuses to sing. Madonna Chiara an abbess as fluent in politics as she is in prayer finds her new charge has unleased a power play
- rebellion ecstasies & hysterias
- within the convent. However watching over Serafina is Zuana the sister in charge of the infirmary who understands & might even challenge her incarceration.

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SACRED LAND will enable you to discover the hidden secrets & meaning of the landscape around you town or country modern or old wherever you live in Britain. There has been a dramatic growth in interest in our own history buildings landscape sacred places beliefs & culture over the last few years & this book will equip you with the tools to unlock the meaning stories & history that are literally embedded in our landscape. It takes us from street names to churches; from hill forts to burial mounds; from the way a road bends to the shapes of fields in order to understand better the land that lies beneath our feet. In the literal shape of our countryside can be detected the eddies of time politics belief warfare passion & the durability of the human existence. SACRED LAND is a fascinating accessible read & the perfect reference guide to have in your home or in your car. It will be of interest to everyone who loves history sacred places & sacred history & those who like to explore their ancestry & roots. ...

As humans evolved on Earth they used plants for everything imaginable
- food weapons baskets clothes shelter & medicine. Indigenous
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Constantinople 1204: the holy city is razed to the ground by Crusaders
- the streets awash with blood. Modern day Istanbul: an
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Masonic secrets are of great interest to a wide audience
- whether Freemasons or not. The popularity of Dan Browns books has shown
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Clive Cussler author of the bestselling Dirk Pitt" novels including " Arctic Drift" & " Black Wind" & co-author Craig Dirgo put hero Juan Cabrillo to the test once more in the second " Oregon Files" adventure " Sacred Stone". Tens of thousands of years ago: a fist of stone punches through the Earths atmosphere & falls on the snowy wastes of Greenland
- its deadly secret waiting to be found by man... The discovery of a radioactive meteorite in Greenland sends Jan Cabrillo & the crew of his hi-tech ship Oregon
- in Iceland to seize a nuclear weapon from terrorists
- on a second rescue mission: to retrieve the dangerous stellar object before someone unlocks the terrible properties it holds. Unfortunately Cabrillo is too late to prevent a fanatical group from spiriting the orb away. Now Cabrillo & his team aboard the Oregon have two problems: preventing the detonation of a nuclear bomb in London on New Years Eve & getting their hands on the meteorite before a madman uses it to start World War III..." Impossible to put down...a compelling sense of adventure that can rival any cinematic blockbuster". (" Big Issue"). " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept readers on the edges of their seats for four decades with his thrilling action novels. As well as the " Oregon Files" series there are also the "NUMA Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the Isaac Bell adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the " Oregon Files" are: " Golden Buddha" " Dark Watch" " Skeleton Coast" " Plague Ship" " Corsair" " The Silent Sea" & " The Jungle" & are all available in Penguin paperback."


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