The Middle Ages inherited from Antiquity a tradition of prophesy & gave it fresh & exuberant life. This tradition foretold a Millennium in which humanity would enjoy a new Paradise on earth free of suffering & sin
- a Kingdom of the Saints. Generation after generation was intermittently seized by a tense expectation of some sudden miraculous event in which the world would be utterly transformed. Often these expectations became enmeshed with social unrest & movements arose which sent tremors through the massive structure of medieval society. Drawing on a huge variety of contemporary sources this unique & compelling book tells the story of those Millenarian fanaticisms of the Middle Ages & points to their persistence in the modern world.
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Chalene Johnson built a fitness empire from the ground up selling over 6 million DVDs & helping legions of loyal fans shed pounds & transform their lives with her trademark enthusiasm & energy. Push" Chalenes first book ever distils the wisdom that has made her a fitness queen into a totally unique 30-day system that will help readers reset their priorities get their lives together & lose weight for good. Chalene gives readers the life-changing tools they need to change their habits with 30 days of practical steps that include pinpointing goals reverse engineering a course of action to achieve them & kicking the clutter
- whether that means junk food draining exercise regimens or toxic relationships. In one month readers will learn how to create layers of accountability & support so that success is their only option. in addition Chalene shares 30 ridiculously easy & delicious Throw-&-Go recipes that she (a self-confessed mess in the kitchen) created herself. & of course no book from Chalene would be complete without a workout! Chalene guides readers to find their soul mate workouts
- the exercises theyll love for life & that will never feel like work. Finally she gives readers the Bangin Body Workout: the 30 moves they need for total body fitness
- for life."


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Some centuries from now the exploration & exploitation of the Solar System is in full swing. On the cold edge of the system Bella Lind captain of the huge commercial spacecraft Rockhopper IV helps fuel this new gold rush by attaching mass-driver motors to organic-rich water-ice comets to move them back to the inner worlds. Her crew are tough blue-collar miners engineers & demolition experts. Around Saturn something inexplicable happens: one of the moons leaves its orbit & accelerates out of the Solar System. The icy mantle peels away to reveal that it was never a moon in the first place just a parked spacecraft millions of years old that has now decided to move on. Rockhopper IV trapped in the pull is hurled across time & space into the deep distant future arriving in a vast alien-constructed chamber. & the crew are not alone for each chamber contains an alien culture dragged into this cosmic menagerie at the end of time. The crew of the Rockhopper IV know a lot about blowing up comets but not much about first contact with ultra-advanced aliens. They have two things to worry about: can they (and their new alien allies) negotiate their way through each harrying contact? & can they assimilate the avalanche of knowledge about their own future
- including all the glittering dangerous technologies that are now theirs for the taking
- without destroying themselves in the process?

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They say be a good girl get good grades be popular. They know nothing about me. I can't remember the night that changed my life. The night I went from popular to loner freak. & my family are determined to keep it that way. They said therapy was supposed to help. They didn't expect Noah. Noah is the dangerous boy my parents warned me about. But the only one who'll listen. The only one who'll help me find the truth. I know every kiss every promise every touch is forbidden. But what if finding your destiny means breaking all the rules? A brave & powerful novel about loss change & growing up but most of all love ...

Fairy stories & traditional tales have a special place in the life of every child. Trust Ladybird" to bring you all the best-loved titles in our famous small hard-wearing format. This tale of " Puss in Boots" is perfect for reading aloud or for older more confident readers to read by themselves. There are 24 " Ladybird Tales" to collect so the only problem is which one to choose first!" ...

Get ready for the swashbuckling tale of Pusss early days: his life in the orphanage his friendship with Humpty Dumpty how he meets the feisty feline Kitty & their search for the Goose Who Laid the Golden Egg. Jam-packed with 96 pages of colouring & activities this is the perfect book to keep any small swashbucklers busy for hours! ...

Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist world champion & the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death on the barren moonscape of the Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour. A man of contradictions Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using banned drugs & was accused of fixing races yet the dapper ' Major Tom' inspired awe & affection for the obsessive will to win which was ultimately to cost him his life. Put Me Back on My Bike revisits the places & people associated with Simpson to produce the definitive story of Britain's greatest ever cyclist. The revised edition of William Fotheringham's classic biography commemorating the fortieth anniversary of Simpson's death features a new foreword & postscript further exploring the truth behind the legend. ...

The eleventh book to feature the classic crime-solving detective Chief Inspector Wexford. Sir Manuel Camargue Kingsmarkham's very own celebrity flautist dies tragically on a snowy night. His death is met with a ruling of misadventure & appears to be an open-&-shut-case. However Wexford as the investigating officer has a few niggling doubts. Nineteen years later Camargue's entrancing daughter Natalie now a considerable heiress suddenly reappears in Kingsmarkham. When her fiance appeals to Wexford for help believing that Natalie is using a false identity the case of the Camargues is once more under investigation. Events soon take a gruesome twist & the pressure is on for Wexford to discover Natalie's true identity & to solve the mystery of the Camargue family once & for all. ...

What happened to the characters of Decline & Fall & Vile Bodies when the war broke out? Put Out More Flags" shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Some of them play a valorous part; others like the scapegrace Basil Sea disclose their incorrigible habit of self-preservation in all circumstances. Basils contribution to the war effort involves the use of his peculiar talents in such spheres of opportunity as the Ministry of Information & an obscure section of Military Security
- adventures which incite Evelyn Waugh to another pungent satire upon the coteries of Mayfair."
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September 1940
- the cruellest year of war for Britain's civilians as the Luftwaffe mercilessly blitz their cities. In Pearl Street
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