Even the mysterious world of Harmony has people who dont quite fit in. Theyre drawn to places like Rainshadow Island a beautiful sanctuary where anyone can feel safe
- & where secrets are closely guarded. Schooled in an exotic form of martial arts & with the ability to detect the auras of dangerous psychic criminals Rachel Bonner & her dust bunny companion have found peace & quiet on Rainshadow Island operating a bookstore & cafe. But her tranquil new life is thrown into chaos when Harry Sebastian the descendant of a notorious pirate arrives to investigate strange developments in the privately owned woods known as the Preserve. Immediately drawn to the amber-eyed woman Harry must tread carefully. While Rachels special talents can help him track down dangerous rogues who have violated the Preserve they can also sense the heart of darkness within him. But desire can weaken the strongest of defenses
- & leave even the strongest man wanting more.. .

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In Lost Perthshire" Ann Lindsay takes us on a fascinating journey through the lost architectural geographical industrial & archaeological heritage of Perthshire. Perth has been the centre to a wide range of industries that flourished & then disappeared including printing ink making book binding boat building glove making salmon curing textiles bleaching dyeing cleaning & insurance (General Accident) many small whisky distilleries newspapers & small shops. All of these were fed by a network of mountain passes drove roads military roads & bridges ferries a flourishing harbour massive rail junction & a wartime aerodrome which have also vanished. Beyond this Ann Lindsay examines how Perthshires boundaries have moved over the last two centuries with much of the original Perthshire now lost due to its incorporation into different counties. Furthermore boglands have been drained glens have been flooded for Hydro electric dams forests have been planted rivers diverted & many upland villages farms & settlements have vanished while other previously sparsely populated areas now densely covered with buildings. In this fascinating yet poignant study Ann Lindsay introduces the many varied aspects of lost Perthshire showing how ancient & even relatively modern Perthshire landscapes
- from stone circles Roman ditches Pictish remains & monasteries to the Bridge of Earn hospital established for expected Dunkirk casualties
- have changed so dramatically often with little thought for conservation or preservation."

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Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded based on Scotts diaries turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent superb depictions of mountains & formations of ice & snow & photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. But these photos have never been seen
- initially fought over neglected then lost
- until now that is. For the first time they are resurrected & are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.

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A mysterious book of prophecies written by a 6th century Irish monk has puzzled scholars through the ages. Foretelling wars plagues & rebellions the Black Book of Bran is said to have predicted the Black Death & the Gunpowder Plot. But is it the result of divine inspiration or the ravings of a madman? A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome & untimely end. ...

In a very readable style the author traces the history of the countys railway lines from their opening in the 19th century their heyday around the turn of the century & in many cases their closure in the 20th century. This work is illustrated. ...

Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf eight-year-old Rashid & his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated & forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved & worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors
- but he has a talent for racing & quickly becomes his stables star jockey. Soon he begins to forget what life was like when he had a proper home. He almost begins to forget about Shari.
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An atmospheric new Fry & Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson & Reginald Hill A May Bank Holiday in the Peak District is ruined by the tragic drowning of an eight-year-old girl in picturesque Dovedale. For Detective Constable Ben Cooper a helpless witness to the tragedy the incident is not only traumatic but leads him to become involved in the tangled lives of the Neilds the dead girls family. As he gets to know them Cooper begins to suspect that one of them is harbouring a secret
- a secret that the whole family might be willing to cover up. Meanwhile Detective Sergeant Diane Fry has a journey of her own to make
- a journey back to her roots. As she finds herself drawn into an investigation of her own among the inner-city streets of Birmingham Fry realises there is only one person she can rely on to provide the help she needs. But that man is Ben Cooper & hes back in Derbyshire where his suspicions are leading him towards a shocking discovery on the banks of another Peak District river.

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We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date & readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ--texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip James the brother of Jesus Mary Magdalen & others. There are Acts originally ascribed to John & to Thecla Pauls female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. & there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife both the glorious ecstasies of the saints & the horrendous torments of the damned & an Epistle by Titus a companion of Paul which argues page after page against sexual love even within marriage on the grounds that physical intimacy leads to damnation. In all the anthology

Includes:: fifteen Gospels five non-canonical Acts of the Apostles thirteen Epistles a number of Apocalypes & Secret Books & several Canon lists. Ehrman has included a general introduction plus brief introductions to each piece. Lost Scriptures gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Bible or the early Church.

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New in paperback by Laurence Gardner the bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail. From the tombs of pharaonic Egypt to the laboratories of modern science comes the extraordinary account of gravity defiance & teleportation in the ancient world & amazing revelations about the past power & future significance of the sacred Ark. * The sacred Ark of the Covenant created from a legendary substance is the source of one of the deepest mysteries of the Western world. No reason is given in the Bible as to why the Ark of the Covenant was so richly contrived & no explanation exists of its alleged awesome & deadly powers. * Laurence Gardner has accessed Rosicrucian archives in liaison with eminent nuclear physicists to reveal where the ark is what it is & how this lost secret of the distant past has led to the phenomenal new science of space-time manipulation. * Gardner's controversial research reveals that the secret of the pharaohs' rite of passage to the Afterlife was due to an amazing magical substance which was directly associated with the pyramids & the biblical Ark of the Covenant. * This substance now known to be superconductive monatomic gold became know as the Philosophers' Stone while in today's corridors of quantum mechanics its attributes are classified as 'the most remarkable physical property in the universe'. ...

My Very First Bible published to high acclaim in 2003 & its popular stories & bright illustrations have since gone onto provide the basis for a number of additional series including board books big books sticker & activity books. 12 key Bible stories have now been made available as great value little paperbacks offering a smart way of collecting multiple books for use in groups & classes for award-giving or for anyone wanting a pocket-money gift. The series
Includes:: In the Beginning; Noah & the Ark; Moses & his Sister; Brave David; Jonah & the Whale; Daniel & the Lions; Baby Jesus; Jesus & the Storm; The Good Samaritan; The Lost Sheep; Our Father; & The Easter Story.
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