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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A powerful story of abuse neglect...and hope from this well-loved writer When a mysterious fire kills her adoptive parents Madeleines worst fear comes true
- she & her beloved brother Oliver are separated. Worse still Maddie is blamed for starting the fire & labelled a difficult child she is sent to a childrens home. Far from idyllic & buried deep in the countryside the home well conceals the misery of its young occupants. Subjected to a harsh regime of abuse & degradation Maddie makes a brave attempt to escape. But her brief weeks of freedom are thwarted when she is caught & taken back to River House. Maddie clings to her determination to one day be reunited with Oli & it is this which gives her the strength to endure what lies ahead. For she knows she can rely only on herself
- there is no one else to keep her safe...

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Jane Boyle has long since known that her mother-in-law is a witch but she'd never imagined Lynne Doran was actually the embodiment of a powerful ancient body-snatching evil! Now that Jane & her friends have uncovered Lynne & 666 Park Avenue's dark truth they must race against the clock to find a way to destroy the ancient witch before she finds her next unwilling host. & as Jane attempts to tap into power stronger than her enemy's her estranged husband Malcom arrives in time to join the fight.. .but can she grow to trust him before it's too late? ...

Sometimes the worst nightmares happen in broad daylight! An utterly gripping novel for fans of Peter James & Mark Billingham from a rising star in the crime genre. A woman is found brutally murdered on a quiet housing estate her tongue & eyes ritualistically gouged out. Children are being abducted & then returned to their families days later without a scratch & with no knowledge or where they have been
- or with whom. If DC Laura Mc Ganity thought moving from London to sleepy Lancashire was taking the easy option then she can think again. Already worried about uprooting young son Bobby to follow her reporter boyfriend Jack Garrett back to his hometown she must quickly get a handle on these mystifying cases terrifying the people of Blackley
- without putting the local officers noses out of joint. Meanwhile restless Jack is itching to get back to his writing & the cases provide the perfect opportunity to do so. But as he delves deeper into them he finds murky connections between the two crimes & skeletons buried in the most unlikely of closets. Most astonishing of all he meets a man who paints the future
- terrible events come to him in vivid dreams which he then puts onto canvas. This precognition is not so much a gift as a curse & to Jack it becomes terrifyingly that many people including his own family are in danger!


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Follows the events in the Midway Star System during the same period as Dreadnaught & Invincible. In this title the story of the Lost Fleet universe is told through the eyes of citizens of the Syndicate Worlds as they deal with defeat in the war threats from all sides & the crumbling of the Syndicate empire. ...

The recent decease of one of the descendents of Dr. Watson has brought to light his personal papers. These include a number of stories that Dr. Watson suppressed at the time for various reasons. As all involved are long dead the inheritor has agreed to the publication of a set of eight of the most interesting adventures. ...

In the months before she died Florence Ballard the spunky teenager who founded the most successful female vocal group in history -- the Supremes -- told her own side of the story. Recorded on tape Flo shed light on all areas of her life including the surprising identity of the man by whom she was raped prior to her entering the music business the details of her love-hate relationship with Motown Records czar Berry Gordy her drinking problem & pleas for help a never-ending desire to be the Supremes lead singer & her attempts to get her life back on track after being brutally expelled from the group. This is a tumultuous & heartbreaking story of a world-famous performer whose life ended at the age of 32 as a lonely mother of three who had only recently recovered from years of poverty & despair. ...

The Capitol Building Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom. When Langdon's mentor Peter Solomon
- prominent mason & philanthropist
- is kidnapped Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons. It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington's dark history. All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy mythical world in which Masonic secrets & never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible & inconceivable truth...

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What was lost will be found... Harvard professor Robert Langdon is summoned to deliver an evening lecture in the Capitol Building Washington DC. But within minutes of his arrival a gruesome & disturbing discovery is made at the epicentre of the Rotunda. Langdon recognizes it as an ancient invitation beckoning its recipient towards a long-lost world of hidden wisdom. & when Langdons revered mentor is brutally kidnapped he realizes his only chance to save his old friend is to accept this sinister summons... All that was familiar is transformed into a shadowy clandestine world in which Masonic secrets & never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible & inconceivable truth. As Langdon will discover there is nothing more extraordinary or shocking than the secret which hides in plain sight...A brilliantly composed tapestry of veiled histories arcane icons & enigmatic codes The Lost Symbol" is an intelligent lightning-paced thriller that offers surprises at every turn. This exclusive edition features over 250 photographs & illustrations allowing the reader to explore the rich historical research from which Dan Brown drew his inspiration & uniquely complementing the reading experience." ...