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." ...

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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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' 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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Welcome to New York Citys Upper East Side where my friends & I all live in huge fabulous apartments & go to exclusive private schools. We arent always the nicest people in the world but we make up for it in looks & taste. The Gossip Girl series is the ultimate in glamour & cool. Set in New Yorks glamorous Upper East Side the narrative follows the thrills & spills of its richest & most beautiful teenage residents (with Jimmy Choo shoes & shopping at Barneys mixed in along the way). In this second novel they are interviewing for college (Ivy League only naturally). ...

Football used to be better in the past...and heres the proof. Got Not Got focuses on British footballs apparent lost utopia of the 1960s 70s & 80s
- the fondly remembered golden age of mudbaths & cloggers of miniature carpet-level & table football games & imaginary comic-book worlds. It evokes the feel & smell of football past its rituals & relics. But theres more to the grumpy authors vision than a hilarious heartstring-tugging celebration of everything we miss in modern football. Here are hundreds of beautiful images of a lost football culture pin-sharp observations & memories shared by generations of fans
- in all an ideal blueprint to help restore the game to its former glories!

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A breakout success & a New York Times" bestseller in hardcover " Got Fight?" is the uproarious & out of control book from Forrest Griffin one of the most outrageous personalities in the Ultimate Fight Championship (UFC). The former light heavyweight champ of the UFC Forrest is one of the UFC's biggest stars in mixed martials arts the fastest-growing sport in the world. Now in " Got Fight?" the man who's been called 'the most popular fighter in the UFC' offers personal stories from inside & outside the Octagon to give readers a glimpse into the mind of a mixed martial artist & illustrate his 50 principles of being a fighter with topics ranging from mentally preparing before a professional fight to kicking it into high gear when your ring is the street. Mixing his fighting tips with his own booming personality & his trademark sense of humour Forrest creates his own unique self-depricating version of self-help. In these pages you will learn about true mental toughness
- whether it's scraping it out in the Octagon or picking up chicks."
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