Will Storr was in the tropical north of Australia excavating fossils with a celebrity creationist when he asked himself a simple question. Why dont facts work? Why that is did the obviously intelligent man beside him sincerely believe in Adam & Eve the Garden of Eden & a six-thous&-year-old Earth in spite of the evidence against them? It was the start of a journey that would lead Storr all over the world -- from Texas to Warsaw to the Outer Hebrides -- meeting an extraordinary cast of modern heretics whom he tries his best to underst&. He goes on a tour of Holocaust sites with David Irving & a band of neo-Nazis experiences his own murder during past life regression hypnosis discusses the looming One World Government with iconic climate sceptic Lord Monckton & investigates the tragic life & death of a woman who believed her parents were high priests in a baby-eating cult. Using a unique mix of highly personal memoir investigative journalism & the latest research from neuroscience & experimental psychology Storr reveals how the stories we tell ourselves about the world invisibly shape our beliefs & how the neurological hero maker inside us all can so easily lead to self-deception toxic partisanship & science denial. ...

From Rory Clements winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award comes THE HERETICS the fifth in his acclaimed John Shakespeare Elizabethan mystery series. ' Does for Elizabeth's reign what C. J. Sansom does for Henry VIII's' Sunday Times England may have survived the Armada threat of 1588 but when Spanish galleys land troops in Cornwall on a lightning raid seven years later is it a dry-run for a new invasion? Or is there perhaps a more sinister motive? The Queen is speechless with rage. But as intelligencer John Shakespeare tries to get a grip on events one by one his network of spies is horribly murdered. What has all this to do with Thomasyn Jade a girl driven to the edge of madness by the foul rituals of exorcism? & what is the link to a group of priests held prisoner in bleak Wisbech Castle? From the pain-wracked torture rooms of the Inquisition in Seville to the marshy wastes of fenland from the wild coasts of Cornwall to the sweat & sawdust of the Elizabethan playhouses & from the condemned cell at Newgate to the devilish fantasies of a fanatic THE HERETICS builds to a terrifying climax that threatens the life of the Queen herself. ...

From Dune to Rakis to Dune the wheel turns full circle. From burning desert to green & fertile land & on again to burning desert.. .the cycle is complete. The people of the Scattering are returning. Amongst them mysterious & threatening are the women who call themselves the Honoured Matres adepts of an ecstatic cult. & on Rakis become Dune an ancient prophecy is fulfilled with the coming of the she-sheer Sheeana.. . ...

1062 a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless & ailing across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can drown England in a tide of blood. The ravens of war are gathering. But as the king's closest advisors scheme & squabble amongst themselves hopes of resisting the naked ambition of the Norman duke come to rest with just one man: Hereward... To some a brilliant warrior to others a devil in human form Hereward is as adept in the art of slaughter as the enemies that gather to claim England's throne. But in his country's hour of greatest need he has been declared an outlaw. To stay alive
- & a freeman
- he must carve a bloody swathe from the frozen hills of Northumbria to Flanders' fields & the fenlands of East Anglia. The tale of a man whose deeds will become the stuff of legend this is also the story of two mis-matched allies: Hereward the man of war & Alric a monk & a man of peace. One will risk everything to save the land he loves the other to save his friend's soul...

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Its 1067. The battle of Hastings has been lost; Harold Godwinsson is dead. The iron fist of William the Bastard has begun to squeeze the life out of Engl&. Villages are torched & men women & children put to the sword as the Norman king attempts to impose his cruel will upon this unruly nation. But there is one who stands in the way of the invaders savagery. He is called Hereward. He is a warrior & master tactician & as adept at slaughter as the imposter who sits upon the throne. & he is Englands last hope. In a Fenlands fortress of water & wild wood Herewards resistance is simmering. His army of outcasts grows by the day
- a devils army that emerges out of the mists & the night leaving death in its wake. But William is not easily cowed. Under the command of his ruthless deputy Ivo Taillebois
- the man they call the Butcher
- the Norman forces will do whatever it takes to crush the rebels even if it means razing England to the ground. Here then is the tale of the bloodiest rebellion England has ever known
- the beginning of an epic struggle that will echo down the years...



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This is a sumptuous celebration in words & photographs of the fascinating riches of heritage fruits & vegetables. Published in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society & presented by season for growers & seasonally minded cooks this book introduces heritage fruits & vegetables in entertaining stories & beautifully composed photographs that highlight all the unusual colours shapes & textures of heritage varieties in a painterly way. It offers full descriptions of each type of fruit & vegetable &

Includes:: stories about their origins development the reception they received upon introduction to various countries as well as the folklore associated with them. No one interested in food plant cultivation or history will fail to be captivated by this glorious tribute to the food we so often take for granted.

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THE SCIONS OF SHANNARA
- A dire message from the Druid Allanon sends Par & his brother on an impossible task: to recover the long-lost
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Heritage Trees of Wales takes the reader on a journey through the ancient Welsh countryside to visit the countrys most remarkable trees. Steeped in history surrounded by myth & legend & full of cultural & historical significance these trees dominate the Welsh landscape. Packed with colour photography directions for visiting the trees & detailed maps this book tells the story of Walesunique & diverse collection of heritage trees. Ideal for those interested in history or nature of any age. Published in association with the Tree Council. ...

The year is 1142 & all England is in the iron grip of a civil war. & within the sheltered cloisters of the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter & Saint Paul there begins a chain of events no less momentous than the political upheavals of the outside world. First there is the sad demise of Richard Ludel Lord of Eyton whose ten year old son & heir also named Richard is a pupil at the Abbey. Supported by the Abbot Radulfus the boy refuses to surrender his new powers to Dionysia his furious formidable grandmother. A stranger to the region is the hermit Cuthred who enjoys the protection of Lady Dionysia & whose young companion Hycacinth befriends Richard. Despite his reputation for holiness Cuthreds arrival heralds a series of mishaps for the monks. When Richard disappears & a corspe is found in Eyton forest Brother Cadfael is once more forced to leave the tranquility of his herb garden & devote his knowledge of human nature to tracking down a ruthless murderer. ...

Michael Korda's Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious Englishman whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination known the world over as ' Lawrence of Arabia. An Oxford Scholar & archaeologist T.E. Lawrence was sent to Cairo as an intelligence officer in 1916 & vanished into the desert in 1917. He united & led the Arab tribes to defeat the Turks & eventually capture Damascus an adventure he recorded in the classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A born leader utterly fearless & seemingly impervious to pain & danger he remained modest & retiring. Farsighted diplomat brilliant military strategist the first media celebrity & acclaimed writer Lawrence was a visionary whose achievements transcended his time: had his vision for the modern Middle East been carried through the hatred & bloodshed that have since plagued the region might have prevented. The democratic reforms he would have implemented as British High Commissioner of Egypt are those the Egyptians are now demanding 91 years later. Ultimately as this magisterial work demonstrates Lawrence remains the paradigm of the hero in modern times. ...