Stefanos left arm the one holding the weapon swept the table swept everything on it.. . She was quiet waiting which was his eyes seemed to say what he wanted. Then Stefano lifted up the bag to the height of the desk turned it upside down let the contents fall on the table & said The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. Whilst Sara Farnese pours over ancient texts in the silent Vatican reading room a brutal murder is taking place in a nearby church. Then suddenly a crazed man enters the Vatican carrying a bloodied bag. He walks up to Saras desk. He has something he would like her to see.. . Soon Sara us inextricably linked to a series of horrific & cunning murders each one representative of the death of a martyr of the Church. Into this climate enter Detectives Costa & Rossi enlisted to track down the killer & to protect Sara from the horrors he is capable of. It seems that at any time she could be the next chosen sacrifice.. . ...

1788. Asa Ardleigh the impressionable daughter of a country squire has travelled to Paris with her sister Philippa & Philippas new husb&. In the heady days before the Revolution they find a city fizzing with new ideas
- & Asa meets & falls in love with a dashing revolutionary Didier Paulin. When Asa is forced to return to England their affair is curtailed but they continue to exchange letters as storm clouds gather over France & war with England looms. Back in England no one knows of Asas liaison as the familys financial worries put pressure on her to marry. But then disturbing news reaches Asa from France & she must decide whether to follow her head or her heart...
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Can love conquer all? Kate & Tom are the original star-crossed lovers. Kate is a beautiful model; Tom a successful football star at the peak of his career. It seems as though nothing can come between them. Together they are invincible. But when tragedy strikes & Tom is left a broken man Kate finds herself frightened & alone. She must face her greatest fear: will she ever love again? ...

In the 1973/74 season Bristol Rovers clinched promotion to the old Second Division in one of the clubs most memorable campaigns. Thanks largely to the prolific goalscoring partnership between Bruce Bannister & Alan Warboys dubbed Smash & Grab by the national press & a superb team spirit manager Don Megsons side went unbeaten for thirty-two games setting a new club record. This is the story of that remarkable season featuring many previously unpublished photographs statistics & reports of every match. It also

Includes:: biographies of the full squad & interviews with all the players involved. Also included is a chapter on Rovers only major cup success the Watney Cup victory in 1972 plus their two successful League Cup runs which led them to quarter-final glory in the early 1970s. Anyone who witnessed this exciting period in the clubs history will enjoy reliving some of the magic through the memories & images collected here while all those fans who are too young to remember it for themselves can also gain some idea of just what made this season so special.

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Is Italy a united country or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient enmities? Tim Parks goes on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club to pay a different kind of visit to some of the world's most beautiful cities. This is a highly personal account of one man's relationship with a country its people & its national sport. A book that combines the pleasures of travel writing with a profound analysis of one country's mad mad way of keeping itself entertained. ...

Dominic Sandbrook's magnificent account of the late 1970s in Britain
- the book behind the major BB2 series The Seventies". The
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This is a glimpse at the depth of Jim Rohns character: a beautiful book destined to become a masterpiece in literary creativity. Jim Rohn a man of our generation has been given a gift. His inspiring seminars & appearances before groups across America & around the world have changed the lives of tens of thousands of people. He has the unique capacity for finding the miraculous hidden among the common & for expressing it with word pictures that profoundly affect all who hear. Anthony Robbins (of Awaken the Giant Within fame) credits Jim Rohn as his first personal development teacher & Tom Tophin calls him a modern-day Will Rogers. The Seasons of Life will inspire & motivate you through the spring summer autumn & winter of your own life. ...

Hannah Hauxwell first came to the nation's attention on Yorkshire television's award-winning documentary TOO LONG A WINTER when she captured the hearts & imaginations of millions who were captivated by her ability to single-handedly run her family's farm in an isolated area in Yorkshire. Since the age of 35 following the deaths of her parents & uncle she lived a self-sufficient life without electricity or running water at Low Birk Hatt Farm. What most enchanted people about Hannah was that she survived sixty years of gruelling work & weather with unimpaired serenity & good humour. Her love of the countryside her passion for animals & her appreciation of the right values make Hannah a remarkable woman & in this classic book she tells her unique & inspiring story. SEASONS OF MY LIFE is an enduring & affectionate look at rural life in a world where everything is changing. ...

This is a rich & dazzling collection of mythological tales drawn from Hindu epics. Each story is told in colour yet simple language & prefaced with some personal anecdote from the author's childhood. It is beautifully illustrated throughout in black line & tone by Michael Foreman. ...

Gary Zukav one of the pioneer members of the New Age Movement in psychology has built upon the contents of his first book The Dancing Wu Li Masters to show how we create our own reality through action & thought. The author argues that our souls evolve as we develop our own latent powers. This book examines cases of multi-sensory individuals looks at conventional marriages & spiritual partnerships & at traditional & spiritual psychology. ...