From small beginnings as a self-published writer producing booklets in response to demand from people who attended her retreats or quiet days Ann Lewin has gone on to be on of the most successful writers of prayers & reflective poetry. With the Inspire" imprint closing in 2009 Canterbury Press welcomes this fine writer & is pleased to announce a new edition of Anns bestselling book " Watching for the Kingfisher" named after her most well known poem about prayer. Ann draws many insights into the nature of prayer from her love of birdwatching & images from the natural world & from scripture permeate her writing. Wit warmth & economy of expression characterise her style." ...

Bestselling author James Van Praagh is the celebrity medium whose work is a major inspiration behind the hit TV show Ghost Whisperer". During his international career as a messenger of the spirit world he has been astounded by the incredible proof of life after death. & he has been amazed by how involved the spirits are in our daily lives. Our loved ones may have passed over yet they still care. This dazzling book is brimming with stories that show how keen the spirits are to help us learn from their mistakes so we can avoid the traps that caught them out on earth. " Watching Over Us" is a life manual with a difference full of wisdom from the other side
- empowering us to have our time again here & now."
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Banks is back
- & this time hes investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Reid is killed by a crossbow
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Banks is back
- & this time he's investigating the murder of one of his own. Detective Inspector Bill Quinn is killed by a crossbow
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In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks habits & foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope & finds a strange & fascinating culture governed by complex sets of unspoken rules & byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. The reflex apology rule. The paranoid-pantomime rule. Class indicators & class anxiety tests. The money-talk taboo & many more.. . Through a mixture of anthropological analysis & her own unorthodox experiments (using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig) Kate Fox discovers what these unwritten behaviour codes tell us about Englishness. ...

This book introduces some 75 species of wetland birds to readers through the eyes of Kate Humble. As she freely admits herself Kate is still learning her birds so to find out more she contacted Martin Mc Gill of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust to act as her guide. Their birdwatching sessions together form the basis of this book. As Kate learns the difference between a Canada Goose & a Barnacle Goose which ducks dive & which ducks dabble & how to tell apart those little brown jobs that warble from the reedbeds so she passes on the information to the reader as she goes. The effect is not dissimilar to the Last Chance to See series in which Mark Carwardine & Stephen Fry scour the world for endangered species. The difference between Canada Geese & Barnacle Geese? Just remember that the C-anada goose has a C-hin-strap. The Teal is the Ziggy Stardust of the duck world while the Shoveler feeds as though its dropped its contact lenses. Each species takes up Approx. two pages complete with photographs & illustrations to bring out the key identification & behavioural points. The birds are divided into simply titled groups
- large waddling birds little brown jobs & so on. Other chapters in the book cover topics such as basic equipment clothing hide etiquette & more each written for the beginner in Kates style. WWT centres: Slimbridge (Glos) Arundel (Sussex) Wetland Centre (Barnes) Welney (Norfolk) Washington (Tyne & Wear) Caerlaverock (Dumfries) Martin Mere (Lancs) Llanelli (Wales) Castle Espie (N Ireland).
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Get up close & personal with East Africas incredible wildlife with this all-in-one safari guide The hoofbeats of 500 000 wildebeests echo across the Serengeti Plains; a group of mountain gorillas lounge in shady undergrowth; a pink haze of flamingos wade in the shallows. Whether youre on a top-shelf luxury safari or going it alone in a rented minivan prepare for the wildlife experience of your life. In This Guide: What do you want to see? Highlights & customized itineraries give you the top wildlife experiences Plan your safai with practical advice from Lonely Planets Africa experts Discover whats where & how to find it
- indepth coverage of the major parks & reserves Be first to name-check a Kirks dik-dik with our essential wildlife-spotting guide
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Get up close & personal with Southern Africa's amazing wildlife with this all-in-one safari guide Cheetah & springbok race in a 100km/hour sprint to the death in the Kalahari; a vast grey mass of elephants surround you on their way to the riverbanks; a million flamingos lay a pink planket over the mudflats. Whether you're on a top-shelf luxury safari or going it alone in a rented minivan prepare for the wildlife experience of your life. In This Guide: What do you want to see? Highlights & customized itineraries give you the top wildlife experiences Plan your safai with practical advice from Lonely Planet's Africa experts Discover what's where & how to find it
- indepth coverage of the major parks & reserves Be first to name-check a samango moneky with our essential wildlife-spotting guide
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Twenty-eight years after its first publication the best-selling Watchmaking" continues to inspire & encourage the art of watchmaking especially among new generations of enthusiasts. As a supreme master of his art George Daniels' advice is constantly sought by both students & watch repairers his understanding of the problems that can beset the would-be watchmaker especially in an age of mass production & his expert knowledge of the history of watchmaking being second to none. Here the making of the precision timekeeper is described step by step & illustrated at each stage with line drawings & brief explanatory captions. The text is easy to follow & care has been taken to avoid complicated technical descriptions. As Daniels is particularly interested in the development of the escapement
- many are described in this book several of his own design
- the reader is encouraged to explore this aspect of watchmaking in even greater detail. This classic handbook still remains indispensable to generations of watchmakers & repairers & also provides a fascinating insight to the enthusiast & watch-collector who until its publication had often been able only to admire the superb craftsmanship of a fine watch without understanding how it works."

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SAS Captain Alex Temple is on an urgent mission. Someone has been murdering MI5 officers & it looks as if the killer is an insider one of the Regiment's own. Alex's task is to track down & eliminate the killer & to assist him he is assigned an MI5 liason officer
- the attractive but abrasive Dawn Harding. The body-count is mounting & a deadly & relentless manhunt begins. Soon Alex will learn the bitter truth: in the shadowy battlegrounds of the Intelligence wars there is no good & no evil
- only winners & losers. This relentless unputdownable thriller helps establish Chris Ryan as the master of no-holds-barred action storytelling.

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