“The Reckoning”
Like its champion Simon de Montfort, the People’s Charter lies dead and broken under the harsh heel of England’s new king, Edward, and only in Llewelyn’s troubled Wales does the light of liberty flicker on. Yet it is no easy task to guard the flame from the threatening storms. Llewelyn’s beloved bride, Ellen, Simon’s daughter, […]
“The Red Pony. The Pearl”
The Red Pony: Set on a ranch in the California mountains this is the story of the joy and sorrow a young boy finds in his responsibility for his horse. The Pearl: When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds “the Pearl of the world” he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry […]
“The Reign of Charles V – European History in Perspective”
Why should we remember the reign of Charles V? What happened in those years that altered the course of history and helped to shape the world we live in today? Few ages have been more important to the history of Europe and America than the reign of Charles V. Charles ruled the first truly global […]
“The Resident”
Every year, three million single women in America move into an apartment for the first time. Few of them change the locks. Juliet Devereau can’t believe her luck: after weeks of looking for a place to live, she’s found a beautiful, spacious apartment overlooking Brooklyn Bridge. It almost seems to good to be true. It […]
“The Return of the God Hypothesis”
The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, based on breakthroughs in physics, cosmology, and biology. Beginning in the late 19th century, many intellectuals began to insist that scientific knowledge conflicts with traditional theistic belief–that science and belief in God are “at war.” Philosopher of […]
“The Return”
The New York Times Bestseller! StarTrek Veridian III: A world has been saved, the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D lies in ruins, and one of the galaxy´s greatest heroes rests beneath a simple cairn of rocks on a lonely hillside. But as a legendary Vulcan ambassador comes at last to the grave of his best and dearest […]
“The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty: The Husaynis, 1700-1948”
In this deeply researched political biography, Ilan Pappe traces the rise of the Husayni family of Jerusalem, who dominated Palestinian history from the early 1700s until the second half of the twentieth century. Viewing this sweeping saga through the prism of one family, the book sheds new light on crucial events-the invasion of Palestine by […]
“The Road to Middle-Earth”
Revised Edition A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien’s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Tom Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien’s professional background led him to write […]
“The Robots of Dawn”
Isaac Asimov´s ROBOT series – spanning from the iconic I, ROBOT to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day. On Aurora, the first […]
“The Romance of the Three Kingdoms”
A new translation and abridgement of one of the four classical Chinese novels – an epic story of warring factions in the era of China’s Han dynasty Part historical and part legend, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms dramatizes the lives of feudal lords and their retainers, recounting their personal and military battles, intrigues and […]
“The Rough Guide to Evolution”
Have you ever wondered what Charles Darwin would have had on his iPod? Or exactly how Cartman from South Park fits into the Theory of Evolution? The Rough Guide to Evolution delves into all of this and more, from the life and works of the eminent scientist to the impact of evolutionary thinking on modern […]
“The Rules of Wolfe”
A border noir Longlisted for the 2015 CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger Award Eddie Gato Wolfe is a young, impetuous member of the Wolfe family of Texas gunrunners that goes back generations. Increasingly unfulfilled by his minor role in family operations and eager to set out on his own, Eddie crosses the border to work security […]
“The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea”
“At thirteen Noboru was convinced of his own genius”. A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call ‘objectivity’. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship’s officer, he and his friends idealise the man […]
“The Sanity We Are Born With”
A Buddhist Approach to Psychology. “Chögyam Trungpa was the first Buddhist master to present Buddhism in a psychological language that spoke directly to the Western mind. This highly recommended volume, which brings together his penetrating views on Buddhist and Western psychology, will be of great interest to psychotherapists, students of Dharma, and anyone who is […]
“The Science Of The Spoken Word”
The authors present the most powerful and profound message on techniques of spoken prayer in print today. This important work explains how to use worded formulas to access the full spectrum of spiritual light for personal and world transformation. The Prophets introduce the violet flame, an accelerated spiritual energy that can transmute the cause behind […]
“The Scramble for Africa”
In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by them. The rest – 10 million square miles with 110 million bewildered new subjects – had been carved up by five European powers (and one extraordinary individual) in the name of Commerce, […]
“The Scythians. Nomad Warriors of the Steppe”
Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the south – the Chinese, the Persians […]
“The Sea”
In this luminous new novel about love, loss, and the unpredictable power of memory, John Banville introduces us to Max Morden, a middle-aged Irishman who has gone back to the seaside town where he spent his summer holidays as a child to cope with the recent loss of his wife. It is also a return […]
“The Secret Gateway”
Modern Theosophy and the Ancient Wisdom Tradition. Praise for The Secret Gateway, portal to the wisdom of the inner self. Edward Abdill simplifies the essence of Theosophy using the power and beauty of story. He points out that we need a very different kind of science – a “science of spirit” – to explore the […]
“The Secret of the Runes”
The runes are said to have “revealed themselves” to von List, uncovering a complete cosmology and esoteric understanding of the primeval Teutonic/Aryan peoples, and becoming the cornerstone of his ideology. No other work so clearly and simply sets forth the full spectrum of von List’s fantastic vision of a mystical philosophy based on Germanic principles.
