The gripping new Shepherd series novel from America's most exciting new thriller writer. OLD ENEMIES. Francis Ackerman is America's most terrifying serial killer. Brutal & cunning he is ready to take his evil games to a new level. NEW THREATS. Special Agent Marcus Williams cannot shake Ackerman from his mind. Yet now he must focus on catching the Anarchist a new killer who abducts women before burning them alive. HIDDEN TERRORS. The Anarchist will strike again soon. & Ackerman is still free. But even worse than this is a mysterious figure unknown to the authorities
- & his plans are more terrible than anyone imagines.
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The Prophet an international besteller & translated into over fifty languages is the best-known & best-loved of Kahil Gibran's many spiritual & religious writings. Inspired largely by the beauty & timelessness of nature The Prophet arrayed as twentysix prose poetry essays speaks of love & marriage joy & sorrow reason & passion beauty & death & conveys the yearning for a Unity of Being that can only be achieved through love. These qualities made The Prophet the iconic book of the 1960s counter-culture which embraced love & spirituality. Illustrated with his own enchanting & mystical drawings The Prophet is a masterpiece the most famous work of religious fiction of the Twentieth Century & a wonderful companion for anybody embarking on their own spiritual journey. ...

Two brothers with a shared tragic past caused by a two-second decision that haunts them both. One decides to avenge it. The other to forgive. Both will pay for their choices
- more than they could ever imagine. When he was a teenager Adam Austin made a decision that led to the death of his little sister. His brother Kent learned to forgive her murderer but he never forgave Adam. Twenty years later Kent is the coach of the successful high school football team in Chambers Ohio & Adam is the towns bail bondsman
- someone people turn to when they need help. When the girlfriend of one of Kents star players asks Adam to track down her father who has just been released from prison Adam agrees. Days later she is murdered at the address he gave her. Overwhelmed by guilt in this horrifying echo of the past
- Adam is determined to atone for his mistakes. But this is a game outside of the brothers control. & every decision they make is matter of life & death.. .THE PROPHET is the story of family of guilt & redemption. Epic in its page-turning power building suspense all the way to its viscerally compelling climax.


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Poet philosopher & artist Kahlil Gibran wrote about twenty-five books during his lifetime. In The Prophet" Gibran talks to us about every aspect of our daily lives -- love & marriage joy & sorrow eating & drinking buying & selling crime & punishment reason & passion self-knowledge friendship time prayer freedom & beauty religion & death. He aims to awaken the spiritual consciousness that is inherent in all of us." ...

Originally published in 1923 The Prophet continues to inspire millions worldwide with its timeless words of love & mystical longing. Writing with insight hope & a remarkable compassion for the human condition Kahlil Gibran explores ideas of joy & sorrow friendship good & evil pleasure reason & passion expressing humanity's yearning for a Unity of Being only achieved through love. Introduced & annotated throughout by world expert Suheil Bushrui this revised & updated edition is a truly enlightening experience for anyone seeking solace & wisdom in the chaotic modern age. ...

Lady Gwendoline Muir has experienced her fair share of tragedies in her short life: she lost her husband to a freak accident & developed a limp after falling from horseback. Still young Gwen is sure that shes done with love & that she will never be married again. Gwen tries to be content with her life as it is & to live through the happy marriages of her brother & her best friend Viscountess Ravensberg. Shes happy for them & for years that is enough for her.. .until she meets Lord Trentham
- a man who returned from the Peninsula Wars a hero but is unable to escape the bite of his survivors guilt. For he might just be the man who can convince her to believe in second chances.
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The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature & our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age it tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic & recounts the battles that follow as gods giants dwarves & elves struggle for survival. It also preserves the oral memory of heroes warrior kings & queens. In clear prose interspersed with powerful verse the Edda provides unparalleled insight into the gods tragic realization that the future holds one final cataclysmic battle Ragnarok when the world will be destroyed. These tales from the pagan era have proved to be among the most influential of all myths & legends inspiring modern works as diverse as Wagners Ring Cycle & Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings. ...

Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity & well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? In this explosive book Tim Jackson
- a top sustainability adviser to the UK government
- makes a compelling case against continued economic growth in developed nations. No one denies that development is essential for poorer nations. But in the advanced economies there is mounting evidence that ever-increasing consumption adds little to human happiness & may even impede it. More urgently it is now clear that the ecosystems that sustain our economies are collapsing under the impacts of rising consumption. Unless we can radically lower the environmental impact of economic activity
- & there is no evidence to suggest that we can
- we will have to devise a path to prosperity that does not rely on continued growth. Economic heresy? Or an opportunity to improve the sources of well-being creativity & lasting prosperity that lie outside the realm of the market? Tim Jackson provides a credible vision of how human society can flourish
- within the ecological limits of a finite planet. Fulfilling this vision is simply the most urgent task of our times. This book is a substantially revised & updated version of Jacksons controversial study for the Sustainable Development Commission an advisory body to the UK Government. The study rapidly became the most downloaded report in the Commissions nine year history when it was launched earlier this year.




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The Emperor is enraged. Primarch Magnus the Red of the Thousand Sons Legion has made a catastrophic mistake that endangers the safety of Terra. With no other choice the Emperor charges Leman Russ Primarch of the Space Wolves with the apprehension of his brother from the Thousand Sons home world of Prospero. This planet of sorcerers will not be easy to overcome but Russ & his Space Wolves are not easily deterred. With wrath in his heart Russ is determined to bring Magnus to justice & cause the fall of Prospero. ...

Following the international success of Your Life in Your Hands the groundbreaking book on breast cancer Professor Jane Plant explains how her diet & lifestyle plan can be used to combat prostate cancer. This revised & updated edition

Includes:: new information to help those with other types of cancer such as colorectal cancer & testicular cancer. In this groundbreaking book Professor Plant illuminates the relationship between cancer & diet. The book explains the science behind the 'no dairy' diet & then gives useful advice on diet & lifestyle to maximise your health & avoid contracting cancer. For sufferers their families & anyone who is concerned about the risk of cancer this book is essential.

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