Gwenni Morgan is not like any other girl in this small Welsh town. Inquisitive bookish & full of spirit she can fly in her sleep & loves playing detective. So when a neighbour mysteriously vanishes & no one seems to be asking the right questions Gwenni decides to conduct her own investigation. She records everything she sees & hears: but are her deductions correct? What is the real truth? & what will be the consequences of finding out for Gwenni her family & her community? ...

Earth is our Business takes forward the argument of Polly Higgins first book Eradicating Ecocide. This book proposes new Earth law but it is also about something more than law: it advocates a new form of leadership which places the health & well-being of people & planet first. Polly Higgins shows how law can provide the tools & be a bridge to a new way of doing business. She argues in fact that Earth is the business of us all not the exclusive preserve of the executives of the worlds top corporations. Expanding on the proposal in her first book to make Ecocide an international crime this book sets out the institutional framework for sustainable development & international environmental governance. It proposes new rules of the game to transform our economies energy supplies & political landscape in a radical but practical way. The implications of Polly Higgins proposal are far-reaching & profound. Like her award-winning first book Earth is our Business is written for anyone who is engaging in the new & emerging discourse about the future of our planet. Instead of merely examining the problem Earth is our Business sets out a solution: new rules of the game. They are says Polly Higgins a new set of laws based on the sacredness of all life. Included as appendices are a draft Ecocide Act a proposal for revising World Bank investment rules & the indictment used in the mock Ecocide Trial held in the UK Supreme Court in September 2011. Polly Higgins barrister & international environmental lawyer proposed to the United Nations in April 2010 that Ecocide be classed as the 5th Crime Against Peace alongside Genocide Crimes Against Humanity Crimes of Aggression & War Crimes. In June 2012 world leaders will meet in Rio for the 20th anniversary of the first Earth Summit to discuss global governance mechanisms for creating a green economy. Making Ecocide a crime will be among the issues raised. Eradicating Ecocide won The Peoples Book Prize for non-fiction in 2011... .the book isnt another wild diatribe against business
- rather it is an examination of international law & how environmental protection has somehow been left by the wayside.. .[ It] asks everyone to re-examine the legal framework within which we are attempting to accomplish this & provides business leaders with a golden opportunity of making it happen. corporate-eye.com
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The ways of magic are revealed in nature... The secrets are written in meandering streams & drifting clouds whispered by the roaring ocean & cooling breeze echoed through caves & rocks & forests. When you draw a heart in the sand call on the four winds for assistance or ask the rain to wash away a bad habit you are practicing earth magic. By working in harmony with nature we can transform ourselves our lives & our world. This tried-&-true guide offers more than one hundred spells rites & simple rituals you can perform using the powerful energy of the earth. Scott Cunningham was a greatly respected teacher & one of the most influential members of the modern Craft movement. A practitioner of elemental magic for twenty years he wrote more than fifty books including the seminal Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner. ...

The Second Edition also benefits from new artwork that clearly illustrates complex concepts. New to the Second Edition: New Chapter: 15 Geophysical Imaging " by Frederick Cook Within Chapters 21 & 22 four new essays on " Regional Perspectives" discuss the European Alps the Altaids the Appalachians & the Cascadia Wedge. New & updated art for more informative illustration of concepts. The Second Edition now has 570 black & white figures." ...

The first book in an addictive new urban fantasy series of gods & demons martial arts & mythology from the author of White Tiger. It is eight years since Xuan Wu God of the Northern Heavens living in Hong Kong as wealthy businessman John Chen was exiled from the mortal realm. Emma & John's daughter Simone are facing a new series of threats. Leo their best fighter is sitting in Hell but when they journey below to persuade him home nothing is as it appears. On Earth Simon Wong the Demon King's son is no longer around to trouble them but his associates have taken over Simon's underworld activities. The otherworldly stones are being targeted & are in danger of their kind being completely destroyed. It seems that the Demon King is the only one Emma can turn to for help... ...

This is a newly revised edition of the Natural History Museum's classic introduction to the processes & products of change to the Earth's surface. It explains in accessible language how the planet is being constantly remodelled by powerful natural forces & guides us through geological time & space to recreate past landscapes. With photographs diagrams & maps this timely book has also been updated with all the latest information about the human impact on climate change & considers the challenge of predicting the future. ...

Paul Morley author journalist & cultural commentator tells the story in Earthbound of post-punk music & changing times
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Sam wakes to see strange vessels gathered in the skies around London. As he stares up people stream past walking silently towards the enormous ships which emit a persistent noise. Only Sam seems immune to the signal. Six months later Sam is absolutely alone. In his underground bunker he has food & water for a couple of days. He has no choice but to venture above. Spotted by a flying drone Sam escapes but not before the drone slashes him with a barbed tendril. That night drenched in sweat Sam realises without medical supplies the wound will kill him. This time above ground he is less lucky. Cornered again Sam thinks he has reached the end
- then the drone is shot down in a hail of machine gun fire. In five minutes Sam learns two things: he is not alone; the drone injury should have killed him instantly
- yet he is still alive. The battle for earth is about to begin.

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Earthflight" uses ground-breaking technology to take you on a journey like no other
- into the skies to fly with birds. Filmed
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Sweeping historical novel from Philippa Gregory the author of The Other Boleyn Girl & The Virgin's Lover. Set in the 1600s & seen through the eyes of John Tradescant gardener to the great men of the age. A traveller in a time of discovery the greatest gardening pioneer of his day yet a man of humble birth: John Tradescant's story is a mirror to the extraordinary age in which he lives. As gardener & confidante to Sir Robert Cecil Tradescant is well placed to observe the social & political changes that are about to sweep through the kingdom. While his master conjures intrigues at Court Tradescant designs for him the magnificent garden at Hatfield scouring the known world for ever more wonderful plants: new varieties of fruit & flower the first horse chestnuts to be cultivated in England even larches from Russia. Moving to the household of the flamboyant Duke of Buckingham Tradescant witnesses at first hand the growing division between Parliament & the people; & the most loyal of servants must find a way to become an independent squire. ...