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The Harrying of the North...In 1069 Northumbria is in revolt against Norman rule. William the Conqueror's brutal reprisal devastates the province and brings untold suffering to its people. Caught between the Northumbrian rebels and their new Norman masters, the Community of Saint Cuthbert at Durham is struggling to survive.But the mysterious influence of the Saint brings aid from the furthest corners of the kingdom-and from some of the least likely of his followers:Thorgot, an Anglo-Norse adventurer from Lincoln on the run from the NormansEdith, the repudiated wife of Durham's deanAldwyn, a visionary monk of WinchcombeExtraordinary twists of destiny draw the three together to bring about a new order from the ashes of the old. By the time the foundation stone is laid for a new cathedral at Durham, their lives have changed for ever and the survival of the shrine is assured.A gripping story of violence, heartbreak and redemption that brings the trilogy of novels about Northumbria's warrior saint to a dramatic conclusion.

"e;I am valor for my Valor, the King. I am strength for my Strength, the King..."e;A broken vow. A murdered king. A missing prince.And a villain's plot distressingly incomplete.The King's Guardsmen of Rilken are legendary for their strength, skill, and loyalty. How is it then that the king of Rilken is murdered on a forest road while surrounded by the elite Guardsmen who have sworn to give their lives to protect him?The king's death, the loss of his eldest son, and the death of the Guardsmen drive the last remaining prince into a spiral of grief and the country into confusion. The blame falls on Bevan, a Guardsman captain, and as punishment his wife and daughters are cast friendless out of the capital city.Deep in the woods, the women-observant Silvie, impulsive Rosie, and their determined mother Tara-scrape out a home for themselves. They seek to keep hidden, but surprising friends appear. So do hunters and spies, and an unearthly bear no weapon can harm.When the heartbreaking truth surrounding the king's death slowly comes to light, Silvie, Rosie, and Tara must turn to the wisdom of the Guardsmen for strength to face the foe and dare the impossible.

After a car accident claims his older brothers life, Mark Murphys world is turned upside down. The silence of their shared bedroom, the memories of Mitch's guidance, and his mother's drunken spiral are constant reminders of the cost of his absence. But Mark isn't ready to grieve. He isn't ready to accept that his brother is truly gone. Despite the insistence of the adults in his life that he accept Mitchs death, Mark is undeterred. They don't know what he knows. They don't know the story of the Witch on Spook Hill.Aided by his loyal band of misfit friends, Mark's plan to carry Mitch's ashes to the witch is complicated by the pursuit of the town sheriff and the cousin responsible for his brother's death. With no time to regroup, Mark and his friends must navigate the dangerous path to Spook Hill before the sun sets, so that Mitch can be resurrected in exchange for the life of the one who took it.

The winter holiday season is a time for gifts and music, for snow and miracles, and for family and going home. For Jessie Malone, it's a time for sorrow. Jessie is a graduate student living in London, where she hopes to be one of the first folklorists ever to trace an urban legend back to its original source. She's also a grieving young widow unable to heal from the agony of her life-shattering loss. In the bleak midwinter, Jessie learns of an urban legend about a lonely, wandering ghost, a British sailor named Sam who promised his bride that he'd be home for Christmas. The legends say he's been trying to make it back to her since World War II. As she investigates, Jessie learns that Sam's story defies the patterns of how urban legends are supposed to work. It's a puzzle she can't let go. To solve the mystery, she must confront the impossible and, just perhaps, discover a miracle of Christmas love that survives beyond the grave. A story that will engage all your emotions, Christmas Past bursts with wonder, enigma, romance, and the unquenchable spirit that comes from promises that must be kept.

The Kob Antelope Woman and Other Human-Animal Folktales from the Mwaghavul of Nigeria is a collection of thirty-eight indigenous folktales from the Mwaghavul people, an indigenous community in the central zone of the present Plateau State of Nigeria. These folktales are well cherished by the Mwaghavul people. Folktales are rich and authentic sources of African values. Used deliberately to inculcate positive values in children, they are, therefore, didactic and morality-laden. These tales contain unique cultural knowledge. This book is written in a bilingual style and the translation is done with precision and clarity in order not to lose the flavour of its original form. The tales, though traditional, include contemporary real-life lessons and insights from a wide spectrum of experiences.

The Hunter's Order: an ancient organization dedicated to an endless war to fight the creatures of myth and legend, safeguarding humanity and the world for thousands of years.The Phantom: a title passed down from the first hunter to signify one of the strongest and most skilled of the Order so feared by all that it is said that wherever a Phantom goes, death is sure to follow.For the current Phantom, Dante, it used to be so simple-protect humanity, kill the monsters, black and white, simple and clean, that was the way of things and all he ever knew. His latest assignment will change all that as he begins to question what defines humans and monsters. Finding a safe haven for what he hunted, he now has to see them in a new light while still continuing his mission for the Order.

When Buckley the Duck falls asleep under a tree, he mistakenly gets left behind by his friends. Sad and lonely, Buckley wonders if he should fly away or stay and hope his friends return to find him. While he is deciding, a mysterious but friendly visitor comes along and offers Buckley a very important job as a birthday duck. Will Buckley accept the challenge and become an inspiration to children of all ages? Read this heartwarming story to find out.

Ancient peoples knew there were lands given over to shadow and spirit. The world is full of haunted places that exact a terrible toll on trespassers. Our forebears paid a heavy price to earn the wisdom and the warning they bequeathed to future generations. Time transformed their precious knowledge into superstition, but there are those whose hearts beat in rhythm with the past and whose vision is not clouded by modernity. Seeking to reclaim humanity's early secrets, the Umbra Arca Society was forged. For centuries, this private league of explorers dedicated their lives to uncovering the oldest mysteries of the Americas. Armed with boldness and guile, and equipped with only a compass, a journal, and devotion to truth, these adventurers braved cursed landscapes, dared unnatural adversaries, and exposed hidden civilizations. Many did not survive. None were forgotten. Their stories are maps revealing the topography and contours of landscapes unimaginable and dark. The Shadow Atlas collects their adventures.

Tall Tales of Malaysia is a collection of 18 vivid and memorable short stories about life in the Federation of Malaysia. The stories vary greatly in scope and theme. However, taken together, they capture the distinctive flavour of the people and states that make up modern Malaysia, its exotic rainforest, its diverse races, its indigenous people and their belief in ghosts, djinns and bomohs. There is a good deal of flashback to the colonial era and some mention of the legacy issues which still remain. The stories are entirely fictional and belong to the rich oral tradition of storytelling across Southeast Asia. Tall Tales of Malaysia are refreshingly different. They are gripping and a joy to read.

This book has five stories: some were written during the author's European Voluntary Service (EVS) experience in Romania to entertain the children while they were at nursery and in the library. Others she collected, influenced by her current residence within the magic of Scotland and also being in love with a mysterious Igbo man from Africa. She has finally made her dreams come true by publishing her first book which she can now read to her two gorgeous daughters Chikaima Maitea and Chimamanda Lavinia. The final tale was a team effort between four talented European volunteers, taking folklore from different countries to spark the imagination of the readers. The narrators of these stories are the members of the Chuk family: a tiger, a panda, a ladybug and an elephant. During the day, they learn from each other the importance of breakfast around the world, and how a traditional Scottish breakfast is eaten. They will teach the readers the names of the colours in the Igbo language, from a part of Nigeria. This book is to be enjoyed with your loved ones, to experience happy moments with your family and friends while also learning about different cultures. The quote by Wole Soyinka "e;the death of nations and the existence of humanity"e; was the main inspiration for A Gathering of Tales from a Cosmopolitan Family, hoping that the stories will bring people together from all over the world celebrating the beauty of diversity through these wondrous characters.

Hiwa, originally Published in 1900. TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER I: KU IS AVENGEDCHAPTER II: THE VOWCHAPTER III: A ROYAL MARRIAGECHAPTER IV: THE RESCUE OF THE BOATCHAPTER V: TRAINING A WARRIORCHAPTER VI: HIWA'S VISITCHAPTER VII: HIWA'S TEACHINGSCHAPTER VIII: MANOACHAPTER IX: KAANAANACHAPTER X: "e;THE THUNDERBOLT IS SWIFTER THAN THUNDER"e;CHAPTER XI: OVER THE MOUNTAINSCHAPTER XII: THE BATTLECHAPTER XIII: THE SACRIFICEGLOSSARY

All Hallows' Eve Night is a story about mischief on Halloween night. But when they torment an old woman, she takes her revenge - turning them into scarecrows until they decide in their heart they will change and be good children.

This book of short stories and poems reflect the wisdom of lessons, the caring, loving, and sharing through the eyes of children, animals, and nature. It inspires your imagination and often makes you feel like you are actually in the story or poem. It is a memory, thought, or actual life situation. This book is fun and a joy to read!

Mr. Catfish is lonely and tries to find companionship through pets. He soon discovers that making friends is an easy task.

Discover how each reindeer was given a special name and gift. Learn how important it is to be a good friend. Read the surprise ending about another reindeer with a shiny red nose.

Télémaque, conduit par Minerve qui a pris la figure de Mentor, est jeté par une tempête dans l'île de Calypso. Cette déesse, inconsolable du départ d'Ulysse, fait au fils de ce héros l'accueil le plus favorable, et, concevant aussitôt pour lui une violente passion, elle lui offre l'immortalité, s'il veut demeurer avec elle. Pressé par Calypso de faire le récit de ses aventures, il lui raconte son voyage à Pylos et à Sparte, son naufrage sur la côte de Sicile, le danger qu'il y courut d'être immolé aux mânes d'Anchise, le secours que Mentor et lui donnèrent à Aceste, dans une incursion de Barbares. Puis, la reconnaissance que ce prince leur en témoigna, en leur donnant un vaisseau phénicien pour retourner dans leur pays.

Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900) was appointed to the post of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Regius Professor of Astronomy at Edinburgh University in 1846. He was respected for his practical work, and his Teneriffe, an Astronomer's Experiment (1858) is also reissued in this series. However, this book, first published in 1864, is testimony to the author's interest in 'pyramidology', and although it was so popular in his own lifetime that it was reprinted five times, his eccentric interpretation of the data he had collected by measuring all aspects of the Great Pyramid of Giza damaged his scientific reputation. Smyth was convinced that the British measurement standard of an inch as a basic unit of length was associated with the sacred cubit of the Bible. This measure was supposedly incorporated in the Pyramid, which he claimed was built under divine guidance by the Ancient Israelites, and enshrined scientific information.

We are all just killing time, until time eventually kills us. We go through life knowing death is waiting, but not knowing what comes next. I dont have to wonder anymore, because I died.The sages say, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Mine started with just a single click. This is an epic tale full of danger, adventure, friends, and a wolf the size of a bull moose, and it all started on my living room couch.Operation Ragnarok is a fantastical adventure with comedic elements about a group of gamers going through a mid-life crisis, instead of the little red corvette, they decide to steal a Viking longship from a museum. Its a story of friendship, sacrifice, and unleashing Hel on Earth...

Intimate passionate love has been the undying quest of human beings in western cultures and immortalised in movies, literature and the arts. The desire to be intimately related to another to whom one feels cherished, precious and unconditionally accepted and understood is at the heart of the dream. Once found we wake to the realities of intimacy with all the passion and pain of living in an intimate relationship. It becomes a furnace for the burnishing of our minds and hearts evoking both aversion and desire, longing and avoidance, warmth and coldness, intimacy and alienation.This book provides a deep and enlightening revelation on how and why relationships can sometimes be a roller coaster of emotions and it elucidates not only the biological drives that bring us together but the deepest psycho-spiritual karmas that drive the meeting. It provides signposts that herald danger and strategies for maximising the potential strength in your intimate relationship.A must read for anyone who has ever asked the question: How could such intense love and passion end this way?