World War One pilots were the knights of the sky & the press & public idolised them as gallant young heroes. At just twenty-three Major Stanley Woolley is the old man & commanding officer of Goshawk Squadron. He abhors any notion of chivalry in the clouds & is determined to obliterate the decent gentlemanly outlook of his young public school-educated pilots
- for their own good. But as the war goes on he is forced to throw greener & greener pilots into the meat grinder. Goshawk Squadron finds its gallows humour & black camaraderie no defence against a Spandau bullet to the back of the head.
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Motor mouth Loud Mouth Tubby DJ & Overpaid ego. What is the truth? Who is Chris Moyles? & what does he have to say for himself when hes not on the radio? Who is this man they call The Saviour of Radio 1? In The Gospel According to Chris Moyles" Chris dissects the world around him & tackles all sorts of subjects; from interviewing the worlds most famous celebrities to trying to find a parking space in his own street. But youll also get to meet his family & friends & learn about how he went from teenage DJ on a psychiatric hospital radio show to become the nations favourite breakfast show DJ on BBC Radio 1. His is a life lived on & off air. & this book is a combination of both. Its funny honest & gives Chris a platform to talk about his favourite subject...himself. Ego? What ego?" ...

Seventeen hundred years ago an unknown monk or scribe copied a gospel detailing the last three days of Jesus life from the perspective of Judas Iscariot. Condemned as heretical the Gospel of Judas" faded from view & the codex containing its only known surviving copy was hidden in a cave in the Egyptian desert. Ever since the discovery of the " Dead Sea Scrolls" & the Gnostic texts of Nag Hammadi large numbers of the reading public have sought out books that explore the many gospels & religious teachings left out of the official canon." The Gospel of Judas" central idea
- that Judas was Christs favourite & that he was asked by Jesus himself to set off the events that led to the Crucifixion & Resurrection
- has been the subject of much discussion in the worlds faith communities since the announcement of the gospels discovery in 2006. The English translation of the " Gospel of Judas" published here is based on the collaborative work of Rodolphe Kasser marvin Meyer & Gregor Wurst along with Francois Gaudard. Footnotes & endnotes help explain meaning while the commentary that follows the translation help to place the Gospel in its proper historical & religious context."

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It all began in June 2005 when Bobby Henderson wrote an open letter to the Kansas School Board proposing a third alternative to the teaching of evolution & intelligent design in schools. Bobby is a prophet of sorts the spiritual leader of a growing world-wide group of followers who worship the teachings of The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM). The FSM appeared to Bobby as a giant ball of spaghetti with meatballs for eyes & touched Bobby with His noodly appendage"
- resulting in the revelation that the FSM is the real creator of the universe. The FSM faithful look to Bobby as their prophet & spiritual leader. Shortly after Bobbys revelation a website (www.flyingspaghettimonster.org) came into existence to promote the word. Then came the articles which were worldwide: The New York Times The Washington Post The Guardian (UK) Die Welt (Germany) Surprise (Austria) & many others chimed in to report the existence of the FSM. Bobby received letters of support from academics & Kansas School Board members alike
- not to mention a couple million hits per day on the website
- & it was all-too-clear that there needed to be a book to lay out FSM scripture rites & observances proofs & answers to the Big Questions. This is that book."


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The gospel writers were masters of ' Midrash' a popular literary technique in the ancient Jewish world. Midrash enables authors to promote their ideas by weaving them into well known biblical themes. The gospels contain coded midrashic messages that would have resonated with their contemporary Jewish audience. Approaching the New Testament" from a midrashic perspective leads to a radically new picture of Jesus as a political leader. Not as is often claimed a revolutionary against Roman occupation. One prominent theme that of the Holy Grail which is central to an understanding of the revolutionary agenda was virtually (but not quite) written out the gospels only to resurface in medieval Christian folk lore. The failure of Jesus' revolution came about not with his crucifixion but long before with the imprisonment & subsequent execution of John the Baptist the only qualifying candidate for high office in the revolutionary scheme. From this time forward Jesus & his disciples faced an uphill struggle. Their ultimate demise was inevitable & Jesus knew this as the narrative bears out." ...

Loviah French owns a boutique dress shop in Manhattan. She has two best friends: Dinah
- a columnist covering New York's wealthiest
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Fairytales are one of our earliest & most vital cultural forms & forests one of our most ancient & primal landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us
- we find them beautiful & magical but also spooky sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book Maitland argues that the two forms are intimately connected: the mysterious secrets & silences gifts & perils of the forests were both the background & the source of fairytales. Yet both forests & fairy stories are at risk & their loss deprives us of our cultural lifeblood. Maitland visits forests through the seasons from the exquisite green of a beechwood in spring to the muffled stillness of a snowy pine wood in winter. She camps with her son Adam whose beautiful photographs are included in the book; she takes a barefoot walk through Epping Forest with Robert Macfarlane; she walks with a mushroom expert through an oak wood & with a miner through the Forest of Dean. Maitland ends each chapter with a unique imaginitive re-telling of a fairystory. Written with Saras wonderful clarity & conversational grace Gossip from the Forest is a magical & unique blend of nature writing history & imaginative fiction.
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As the early sunshine begins to warm Thrush Green it looks as if it is going to be a golden summer. But in this apparently sleepy village there is a flurry of activity. As Molly Curdle prepares for her new baby rumour has it that a retirement is planned & the village school teacher is about to make an important decision. & as Thrush Greens vicar sits down to write his sermon he has no idea of the potential disaster which is unfolding... All is not as idyllic as it seems for the unsuspecting villagers for change is never far away. ...

' Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side where my friends & I live & go to school & play & sleep
- sometimes with each other.
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Welcome to New York Citys Upper East Side where my friends & I live & go to school & play & sleep
- sometimes with each other.
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