novel,iRedwall/i, for the children at a school for the blind in Liverpool. Since 1986, his descriptive style of writing has captivated readers from age 8 to 80. His books have won international awards and acclaim and have been made into a TV series.brbrbriFrom the Paperback edition./iThe thirteenth tale in the highly popular Redwall series, now in paperback.brbr“Peace has gone on too long. Something inside me says that trouble such as these shores have never known is headed our way.”brbrSalamandastron, under the guardianship of old Lord Stonepaw, is under threat from an enemy of immense and terrifying power. Ungatt Trunn, the wildcat who can make the stars fall from the sky, has attacked with his Blue Hordes and is determined that the fortress should be his. The mountain’s defenses are weak and it seems that nothing can stand in his way. Nothing, that is, but the badger Lord Brocktree, who is drawn to Salamandastron by an undeniable sense of destiny. But if he is to rescue the mountain from Trunn and his verminous hordes, he must gather about him an army capable of defeating them in battle.brbrbriFrom the Paperback edition./i“He is a wonderful storyteller, immersed in his own kingdom.” –iThe Guardian/ibrbr“Not since Roald Dahl have children filled their shelves so compulsively.” –iThe Times/ibrbrbriFrom the Paperback edition./i  (less)

in the US version. In this version both Ashe Marson and Joan Valentine are Americans living in England. George Emerson is not a Hong Kong policeman, but a member of a New York law firm. Ashe and Joan meet and find they work for the same firm. They are for various reasons attempting to retrieve a scarab belonging to an American millionaire, absent-minded Lord Emsworth. Once within the Castle''s idyllic walls, impersonating servants, a romance stirs. Meanwhile, Freddie Threepwood, who is engaged to the millionaire''s daughter is worried about some incriminating letters.  (less)

novel,iRedwall/i, for the children at a school for the blind in Liverpool. Since 1986, his descriptive style of writing has captivated readers from age 8 to 80. His books have won international awards and acclaim and have been made into a TV series.The thirteenth tale in the highly popular Redwall series, now in paperback.brbr“Peace has gone on too long. Something inside me says that trouble such as these shores have never known is headed our way.”brbrSalamandastron, under the guardianship of old Lord Stonepaw, is under threat from an enemy of immense and terrifying power. Ungatt Trunn, the wildcat who can make the stars fall from the sky, has attacked with his Blue Hordes and is determined that the fortress should be his. The mountain’s defenses are weak and it seems that nothing can stand in his way. Nothing, that is, but the badger Lord Brocktree, who is drawn to Salamandastron by an undeniable sense of destiny. But if he is to rescue the mountain from Trunn and his verminous hordes, he must gather about him an army capable of defeating them in battle.“He is a wonderful storyteller, immersed in his own kingdom.” –iThe Guardian/ibrbr“Not since Roald Dahl have children filled their shelves so compulsively.” –iThe Times/i  (less)

Isn''t'' that witchcraft or something? If we are under the Blood we are no longer under the curse; so isn''t that all we need to know as Christians? Is there some evil force hiding in the closet that plays any part in our ability to serve freely the LORD Jesus?  (less)

conditions with a sharp eye, a truthful insight, and a unique style that leaves her readers breathless and wanting more.brbrJenny is living a typical suburban life, one she's no longer sure she really wants and doesn't know how to change. When she stumbles upon an online community where people create their own lives through words, she dives in headfirst, eager for something new.brbrBut soon Jenny becomes so far removed from her life that she can no longer even see the line between reality and fantasy; she's even got an online lover who insists that he will leave his own family, take her away from it all, and make their virtual life a reality. Eventually Jenny will have to make a choice: return to her husband, her children, her home, her real life--or escape into the arms of a fantasy world that may never become truly real.br/divDIVKit Reed brings her subtle mastery of twentieth-century fiction into the new millenium without missing a beat. @expectations is a funny, warm, and surprising story about a cold new world. Don't miss it. --Peter Blauner, author ofiSlow Motion Riot/ibrbrOh, what a tangled Web Reed weaves! In the chilling tradition of future shocks--Orwell's 1984, Levin's Stepford Wives--@expectations leads us into the amazing temptations of online life and love. Log on at your peril. --Lois Gould, author ofiMommy Dressing/ibrbrIn her dark, dangerous, irrestistible novel, Kit Reed plunges the reader into the psychological equivalent of a seedy waterfront bar-a band of desperate misfits, linked by modem, whose passions and projections shatter their real lives. @expectations, however, is less a snapshot of cyber-life than a portrait of our hidden selves. --M. G. Lord, author?ø  (less)

home. This is the time to be in London, to see the secrets it keeps ad experience events usually reserved for residents.brThe authors, travel industry experts and longtime aficionados of the city, have compiled an insider's guide to seeing London, concentrating on the special events, bargains and opportunities of an off-season visit. Includes:brbrA calendar of major and little-known events throughout the yearbrSales, off-season rates, and how to sniff out bargains all year longbrContext and historical anecdotes for the places you'll visitbrAuthentic alternatives to overtourists sightsbrSpecial day trips sectionbrMaps, directions, phone numbers, and opening hoursbrbrWithiLondon Offf-Season and On/i, you will be prepared to see and do more on your visit to London. Cheers!br/divDIVThis books is packed full of useful information and advice. It is the London I was born in, and love. --The Lord Montague of Oxford, CBE, former chairman of the English Tourist BoardbrbrThe books is brilliantly succinct in covering the most revelant points and has made me want to visit all the places I have not see already. --Anthony E. Wieler, Esq., Former Resident of Her Majesty's Tower of Londonbr/divDIVbDoris Lehman/bhas worked in the travel industry for many years and is the author ofiThe Riviera Off-Season and On/i.brbrbAmy Lehman/bis a fire arts graduate of Malacaster College.brbrbRobert Haru Fisher/bhas been writing and editing guidebooks for more than thirty years. A former resident of London, he was editor-in-chief of the Fodor Travel Guides series and is now executive editor of the Frommer on-line Web site.br/div  (less)

off the buzz, swung out of bed, smiled, and cried, "It's gone! It's completely gone!"brI wanted to moan and groan and say "Oh, please!" from under the covers, but instead I asked, "Your headache?"brShe stands up. "Yes! C'mon, girls. Rise and shine! I told LeBrandi we'd switch back right at six-thirty. She's got to get her things, and I've got to get mine." She comes over and sits on my edge of the bed. "Samantha, I'm really sorry about this. About all of this. And I'll come home the first chance I get so that we can talkónow that I know you want to talk. But I think you can see that this is not the time to discuss things. If I can get the part of Jewel, then we'll have some options. But in order for me to do that, I've got to live and breathe nothing but Jewel so that I can become sort of a reincarnation of her."brMarissa sits up and rubs her eyes. "Why can't you just be a new Jewel?"brMy mother takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. "Jewel is already an established character. And sure, it'd be a lot more fun for me to do my own interpretation of her, but this is a big, big role. The casting director has made it very clear that the producer wants to fill the part as closely as possible in likeness, manner, and voice to the old Jewel, so that Lords fans will embrace her return. Once you're accepted by the viewers, then you can start making subtle changes."br"Is that why your hair's all . . ." Marissa ruffled the top of her head, trying to find the words.br"Exactly. It has really helped me get into character. Max says it also shows commitment, which is something this casting director is looking for. And now that I think about i?Р (less)

you the story of a very singular historical development, how the greatest humorous creation of Shakspeare grew out of something, on the first glance, as remote from it as possible; and by what a curious series of fatalities the popular tradition of a real person, and one noted chiefly for his connexion with a Protestant religious movement, was gradually modified into the witty and unscrupulous knight we all know so well. For it was one of the most famous followers of John Wiclif, Sir John Old- castle, who is the undeniable origin of Sir John Falstaff. The outline of the story connecting the two is familiar to Shakspearian scholars, but it will bear telling over again, and I think you will not grudge my occupying my first ten minutes or so in a brief historical summary, seeing that I shall hope to show you later on how Shakspeare's character bears unmistakably in the grain of it certain ineffaceable marks of its origin. Let me first briefly remind you of what history tells us of the real Sir John Oldcastle. He was born in Edward III.'s reign, probably about the year 1360. Whether of Welsh origin or not, I cannot tell you, but his earlier military services were rendered in Wales and in the adjoining counties of England, and in 1406 we find him High Sheriff of Herefordshire. But in 1409 he made a very important and distinguished marriage. He married (as her fourth husband) the granddaughter and heiress of the wealthy and powerful nobleman Lord Cobham of Cowling Castle, near Rochester ; and, after the usual custom, inherited the title as well as the estates of his wife's family, and in the twelfth year of Henry IV.'s reign (1411) was summoned to Parliament by the title, by which he came to be familiarly known, of Lord Cobham....@AJ=p£×ÿ¾Û€  (less)

by the Right Honorable Lord Henry Howard late Earl of Surrey and other, more briefly referred to as Tottel's Miscellany. ""Whoso List to Hunt"" is held to be Wyatt's imitation of ""Rime 190,"" written by Petrarch, a fourteenth-century Italian poet and scholar. In ""Whoso List to Hunt,"" Wyatt describes a hunt wherein a deer is pursued and ultimately owned by the royal who owns the land. Scholars generally believe that the poem is an allegory referring to Anne Boleyn's courtship by King Henry VIII, such that when Wyatt speaks of the deer as royal property not to be hunted by others, he is acknowledging that Anne has become the property of the King alone. Wyatt was said to have been interested in Anne-and may have been her lover-but would have withdrawn as a suitor after the King made clear his wish to claim her. Wyatt introduced the sonnet, a fourteen-line poem with a fixed format and rhyme scheme, to England. Despite not publishing his poetry, Wyatt would have made his poems readily available to others. During the Elizabethan period, poets passed their work around in aristocratic circles, in what has been described as a sort of game of one-upmanship: each poet's work inspired his readers to create something comparable or better...."  (less)

We know the most essential things about the home of Jesus, for we know the character of Joseph and Mary, and we also know something about the brothers and sisters. Joseph and Mary belonged to that small circle of Jews who, even in the time when Pharisaism dominated the life of the people, maintained a spiritual religion. To this circle belonged John the Baptist with his parents, and also Simeon and Anna. Joseph was a righteous man (Matt. i. 19), and obedient to the will of the Lord as that was made known to him (Matt. i. 24; ii. 14, 21-22). Like Abraham, he had a heart that was open to receive heavenly messages, and he was not slow to respond to them. He appears in the Gospel narrative as having implicit trust in Mary, and the tenderest regard for her (Matt. i. 19-21). He seems to have taught Jesus his own trade of carpenter (Mark vi. 3; Matt. xiii. 55), thus fitting his child to support Himself. He lived until Jesus was twelve years old (Luke ii. 42), and perhaps considerably longer,1 but he seems to havedied before the public ministry of Jesus began (Matt. xiii. 55; Mark vi. 3). Jesus never refers in a direct manner to His earthly father, but it seems natural to suppose that the fatherhood which He had known in the home in Nazareth was to him a stepping-stone to the conception and the experience of the heavenly fatherhood ; and if so, it must have been rich in love and wisdom. Again, it may be allowable to think that Jesus' appreciation of childhood, His love for children, and His sympathy with them, argue sweet memories of His own childhood, and hence throw a gracious light upon Joseph and Mary (Mark x. 13-16; ix. 36; Matt. xviii. 10). From the glimpses which we have into the early life of Jesus, and from His work as ...@6¸Që…ÿ¾Û€  (less)

is corroborated by more than one independent witness, frequently a member of the police, or the military, whose integrity there can be no reason to doubt." -Admiral Hill-Norton in the ForewordbrbrThe leading authority on UFOs reveals for the first time sensational information provided to him by high level sources who confirm that aliens have established subterranean and submarine bases on Earth and that contact has been made with a select group in the US military and scientific intelligence community. This is a story of alien bases, alien contacts and abductions, genetic mutants, animal mutilations and government paranoia. The most significant evidence has been in Puerto Rico where Timothy Good has focused much of his research. He proves that something truly sensational is happening there."Timothy Good, and his findings are supported by one of Britain’s most senior military men, retired Admiral of the Fleet Lord Hill-Norton." –iDaily Mail/ibrbrbriFrom the Paperback edition./i  (less)

believed she had cost him his career. But when Grace learns her son has become the bargaining chip in a deadly game involving her corrupt ex-husband and a depraved crime lord, she knows Joe is the only man who can help.Seeing Grace again opens old wounds - and longings - for Joe, who's made his fortune freelancing as a kidnap specialist for a global company. But he can't turn her down. Once back in the shadows, tracking a violent killer, Joe is as ruthless as his prey. Maybe he senses the true nature of his bond with Grace is something worth fighting for, something he'd give his own life to defend.  (less)