“The King´s Revenge: Charles II and the Greatest Manhunt in British History”
Following the beheading of his father Charles I in January 1649, the nineteen-year old Prince of Wales vowed to seek vengeance. From exile, he instigated what became the biggest manhunt the nation had ever seen, spreading far and wide and lasting for over thirty years. With show trials and assassination squads scouring foreign countries, he […]
“The Knights of St John in Malta”
The Order of the Knights of St John are synonymous with Malta. However, the events that led to the Order’s arrival in Malta in 1530, their origins and detailed history is often taken for granted or overlooked. This book gives a clear and beautifully illustrated insight into history of The Templars and Hospitallers, their time […]
“The Korean War”
A bracing account of a war that is either misunderstood, forgotten, or willfully ignored For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and […]
“The Last Coin. The Paper Grail. All the Bells on Earth”
Introduction from the Encyclopedia of Sience Fiction From the vaults of The SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal introduction to two-time World Fantasy Award-winner James P. Blaylock, one of modern fantasy´s most unique voices. Mentored by Philip K. Dick, james P. Blaylock is best known […]
“The Law of One. Book I”
by Ra, an humble messenger of The Law of One. Who are the ancient astronauts? Why did they first come to Earth? Why are they returning now? What part did they play in building the great monuments of antiquity? What part did they play in the formation of present and earlier civilizations? With what other […]
“The Law of One. Book II”
by Ra, an humble messenger of The Law of One. In Book Two of The Law of One, the nature of each of the densities or dimensions of this octave of creation is explored in detail, with special emphasis given to how evolution from our third density to the fourth density is accomplished. The relationship […]
“The Law of One. Book III”
by Ra, an humble messenger of The Law of One. The Law of One, Book Three builds on the information presented in Books One and Two, continuing the exploration of the nature and balancing of the energy centers, sexual energy transfers, healing, reincarnation, meditation and wanderers. The nature of psychic prophecy is explored in Book […]
“The Law of One. Book IV”
by Ra, an humble messenger of The Law of One. Book Four of the Law of One is the last of the books in the Law of One series. Book Four explores in great detail the archetypical mind which is the framework provided by our Logos or sun body to aid each of us in […]
“The Letter for the King”
One of the King’s most trusted knights has vanished in the snow, so young Sir Tiuri and his best friend Piak must journey into the shadowy heart of the forest to find him. The Wild Wood is a place of mysteries, rumours and whispered tales. A place of lost cities, ancient curses, robbers, princesses and […]
“The Little Book of Coffee”
Everything you want to know about your favorite subject in on handy volume.
“The Little Book of Tea”
Everything you want to know about your favorite subject in on handy volume.
“The Little Stranger”
One postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country physician, is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once impressive and handsome, is now […]
“The Longman Register of New Words”
So here are gathered together 1200 new pieces in the never-finished jigsaw of the English language. In terms of sheer numbers, of course, this is but a sample – the “Longman Register of New Words” does not set out to be a record of every last coinage over the past three years – but it […]
“The Lost Realms”
Book Four in the Earth Chronicles The Earth Chronicles series is based on the premise that mythology is not fanciful but the repository of ancient memories; that the Bible ought to be read literally as a historic/scientific document; and that ancient civilizations–older and greater than assumed–were the product of knowledge brought to Earth by the […]
“The Madman’s Tale”
Twenty years later, Francis Petrel, once a patient at the hospital, writes his account of the events of the murder and its investigation on the walls of his tiny apartment. As he goes deeper and deeper into his story, he plunges further into the return of his own madness. He remembers how he is co-opted […]
“The Making of the Representative for Planet 8”
The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 is the fourth volume in Doris Lessing´s celebrated space fiction series, “Canopus in Argos: Archives”. In this interlinked quintet of novels, she creates a new, extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions on three powerful galactic empires, Canopus, Sirius […]
“The Makioka Sisters”
“Until the cherries came again the following year, they could close their eyes and see again the colour and line of a trailing brench”. Tanizaki’s masterpiece is the story of four sisters, and the declining fortunes of a traditional Japanese family. It is a loving and nostalgic recreation of the sumptuous, intricate upper-class life of […]
“The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology & Anthropophagy”
Belief in the existence of cannibalism just beyond the borders of one´s own culture is a time-honored, universally accepted notion. In advanced societies, man-eaters are presumed to inhabit mysterious lands on the fringes of civilization. Among primitive peoples, cannibals are said to reside over the next mountain or farther along the river. The author of […]
“The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five”
As narrated by the Chroniclers of Zone Three The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five is the second volume in Doris Lessing´s celebrated space fiction series, “Canopus in Argos: Archives”. In this interlinked quintet of novels, she creates a new, extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and […]
“The Maya”
Ancient Peoples and Places. The Maya has long been established as the best, most readable introduction to the New World´s greatest ancient civilization. In these pages Professor Coe distils a lifetime´s scholarship for the general reader and student. Since the publication of the previous edition, new sites have been uncovered and further excavations in old […]
