Sue French's elegant informative monthly columns in Sky & Telescope magazine have won this astronomy writer a passionate following among astronomy enthusiasts. In 2005 French published 60 of these columns in Celestial Sampler a book that garnered rave reviews & earned bestseller sales. Deep-Sky Wonders is a welcome expansion of that winning format. A new collection of the best of French's Deep-Sky Wonders A columns the book is organized by season & subdivided into months offering readers a total of 100 in-depth tours of the deep sky with enduring relevance. The book
Includes:: Full-colour photographs & detailed sketches of each tour; Descriptions of double & variable stars star clusters nebulae galaxies & exotics; Historical & scientific background of particular interest; A tabular listing of the deep-sky sights; Colour charts showing the position of each target in the night sky; An index to all of the deep-sky objects covered. Deep-Sky Wonders also features a variety of challenging objects that encourage observers to test the limits of their equipment & skills. Fragments of poetry & prose enliven the text while each tour illuminates little-known seasonal wonders that lie off the beaten path. From a January journey down the celestial river Eridanus to an autumnal visit to the den of Vulpecula the Little Fox French brings the wonders of the sky to life. Suitable for beginning & intermediate small-scope astronomers as well as large-scope viewers & astrophotographers this book will be greeted enthusiastically by all Sky & Telescope readers especially French's many fans. It is also an outstanding introduction to deep-sky viewing for novice observers."
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The Tunnels adventure is far from over for Will Burrows. In his quest to find his father Will is plunged even deeper underground. & as if things werent bad enough already he stumbles across a Styx plot with terrible implications for the world above. & a sister who isnt finished yet... ...

The deeper secret is revealed not merely as one law of attraction but in the twelve laws of creation. In this passionately persuasive book we learn about these laws of creation & how we can harness them. The author explains how the combination of three simple principles form the deeper secret
- how you can gain access to your own powerful system of creation to create miracles of joy happiness & fulfilment in your everyday life. Nothing will simply fall out of the sky however you much you wish for it & however positively you think. The real secret is how you can get what you wish yourself: by knowing how you should wish & that an inner decision is inherent to a wish the decision to really want it
- not with your head but with your heart." Annemarie Postma In The Deeper Secret Annemarie Postma proves herself to be a true Socratic midwife. Using skilful tools she creates the loving conditions for awakening within us that has been yearning to be born for so long
- our precious life force."


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In an instant her privileged world disappears & a new dangerous & erotic one beckons... At the age of eighteen Corinne Bishop is stolen from her happy loving family by the malevolent vampire Dragos. After many years of captivity & torment Corinne is rescued by the Order a cadre of vampire warriors embroiled in a war against Dragos & his followers. Assigned to safeguard Corinne on her trip home is a formidable golden-eyed Breed male called Hunter. Once Dragos' most deadly assassin Hunter now works for the Order & he's hell-bent on making Dragos pay for his manifold sins. Bonded to Corinne by their mutual desire Hunter will have to decide how far he will go to end Dragos' reign of evil
- even if carrying out his mission means shattering Corinne's heart. Praise for the Midnight Breed Series": " Evocative enticing erotic". (J R Ward). " Adrenaline-fuelled sizzlingly sexy darkly intense...addictively readable series". (" Chicago Tribune"). "A gut-wrenchingly new paranormal series by hot talent Adrian...terrific supernatural entertainment". (" Romantic Times"). " Smart sexy & compelling". (" Fresh Fiction")."
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On the damp leaf-strewn ground a gruesome trophy is displayed. Its a young woman. Although her battered body has been buried her head is propped on a stone like an offering her mouth & eyes glued shut her eardrums destroyed. This killer has struck this peaceful town before
- & the savagery he inflicts on his victims is increasing. Vince Leone a pioneering FBI profiler is called in to try to unlock the mind of the killer
- a strategy that pulls him deep into the devastated community. Suspicions thicken secrets spill out & reputations shatter as Vince draws ever nearer to evil

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Field Marshal William Slim stands alongside Montgomery as the outstanding British field commander of World War II. Defeat Into Victory" is his classic account of the Burma campaign: a story of retreat attrition & final hard-fought victory over the Japanese. Told by a commander always at the centre of events this is a narrative which captures both the high drama & the harsh reality of war." ...

In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus & 36 000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhae in what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus' defeat & death & the 20 000 casualties his army suffered were an extraordinary disaster for Rome. The event intensified the bitter destructive struggle for power in the Roman republic curtailed the empire's eastward expansion & had a lasting impact on the history of the Mediterranean & the Middle East. It was also the first clash between two of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world. Yet this critical episode has often been neglected by writers on the period who have concentrated on the civil war between Pompey & Caesar. Gareth Sampson in this challenging & original study reconstructs the Carrhae campaign in fine detail reconsiders the policy of imperial expansion & gives a fascinating insight into the opponents the Romans confronted in the East
- the Parthians.
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After a vicious attack Paladin Hunter Fitzsimon is no longer the warrior he once was. So when hes offered a transfer to the small Pacific Northwest town of Justice Point he takes it. Tate Justice needs a tenant for the apartment above her garage but when Hunter shows up something about him unsettles her
- & its not just his sexy grin. When he doesnt return home one evening & Tate finds him left for dead after another Kalith attack she realizes how much he means to her. & as the Kalith & the Paladins battle it out Hunter begins to realize hed do anything to keep her too.
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The Straits of Dardanelles that separates Europe & Asia Anatolia were fortified in the 15th century with massive bronze bombards & history has proved that unwelcome ships have to run a formidable gauntlet. On 18 March 1915 a powerful fleet of British & French warships attempted to overwhelm the shore defences of the Dardanelles to allow minesweepers to clear the Straits. The attack failed at huge cost; three ships sunk & three more seriously damaged. By bringing together many threads of information including extracts from British intelligence sources that had previously determined that a naval attack alone would not succeed this definitive work examines the flaws of Winston Churchills strategy & identifies the inadequacies of pitting warships against shore fortifications. The Allied inability to control the Straits necessitated the disastrous Allied invasion of Gallipoli that cost the lives of some 250 000 men. From the 19th century the Ottoman army & Turkeys coastal defences relied entirely on the German firm of Krupp for guns. The author describes how this choice was a crucial element to the successful defence of the Dardanelles. Many of the fortifications on the Gallipoli peninsula & the Asian shore are still accessible. The Defence of the Dardanelles identifies those that can be visited many of which still have wrecked guns emplaced. ...

To mark the centenary of its foundation the British Security Service MI5 has opened its archives to an independent historian. The Defence of the Realm" the book which results is an unprecedented publication. It reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history from its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out the spies of the Kaiser up to its present role in countering Islamic terrorism. It describes the distinctive ethos of MI5 how the organization has been managed its relationship with the government where it has triumphed & where it has failed. In all of this no restriction has been placed on the judgements made by the author. The book also casts new light on many events & periods in British history showing for example that though well-placed sources MI5 was probably the pre-war department with the best understanding of Hitlers objectives & had a remarkable willingness to speak truth to power; how it was so astonishingly successful in turning German agents during the Second World War; & that it had much greater roles than has hitherto been realized during the end of the Empire & in responding to the recurrent fears of successive governments (both Conservative & Labour) & or Cold War Communist subversion. It has new information about the Profumo affair & its aftermath about the Magnificent Five & about a range of formerly unconfirmed Soviet contacts. It reveals that though MI5 had a file on Harold Wilson it did not plot against him & it describes what really happened during the failed IRA attack in Gibraltar in March 1988." ...