Stone monuments and objects are highly accessible today and formed a focus for engagement, transformation and re-use in the past. Stone is inextricably linked to ideas of monumentality and remembrance. It formed an active medium in the creation of identities and memory in a range of social contexts and practices, including the embodied, performative and incorporated practices of daily activities and traditions. It can be argued that the material presence and physical character of stone obj...

What lies buried in the murky waters of the Louisiana Bayou?What does a message and an old photo album have to do with Donna's mother? Is she still alive?Who is Constance Manning, and what is her connection with Donna's mother? Where and what is Spirit Canyon, and what important secret does it protect?What is Sam hiding from Sir Richard and Donna? Who are Abigail Kaliea and Matthew Jones? How do they fit in with the Triplets and what do they have to do with Sam? What...

An unbelievable short story.If you were struck by lightning and survived unharmed would you voluntarily risk it again? You might if you were on a time travel mission.A short timetravel story.

Who are the Sky People and what is the Sky’s Eye? What do they have to do with the ancient document held by the Triplet family since 1099? What is the purpose of the mysterious stone, kept with the document? Why was the document written in thirteen different languages? Does the number thirteen provide a clue? When translated, what is the ultimate power the document speaks of?Sir Richard and his ‘family’ will begin a quest for the answers. Unfortunately, he and his group aren’t the ...

Shortly upon their arrival in the UK, Ian Allen and Andrew Forrestson find themselves behind bars for charges brought against them by a dead woman. Why are they so reluctant to tell their side of the story?Bored rigid from attempting to enter nearly fourmillion characters of binary alien code by hand, James takes Candice on an exploration of the old lead mine tunnels. They're trapped behind an invisible barrier. In order to bring it down, Sam and Donna have to break James's ...

The doctor who developed the immortality virus is dead. Her body has been treated with her drug though; can she be brought back to life?The second part of the 'A Vested Interest' series - follows 'Immortality Gene.'Dr. Donna Rigden is clinically dead. Two letters and two secrets steered her future, now one is missing. Who took it and why? Who blackmailed her into marrying Richard Triplet when she was still in love with Jared Thundercloud, and more attracted to Dr. Sam Kalie...

You won't believe this, but I'm about to tell you a story that will change the course of history. A story about time travel, secret agents, and paradoxes. It's a story that will start with a chance encounter with a time traveler known as Jack the Ripper, and it will end with the founding of TACO, the Time Acency Chronoclasm Organisation, a powerful agency controlling time travel throughout history.The second short story tells how I was coerced into joining TACO as an observer on a m...

The world of 1493 was not ready for flying machines. Time-travellers needed to persuade Leonardo da Vinci. He agreed, but we ended up not only helping him to complete one, but then go with him on its first flight.As if that wasn't enough, we also solved two mysteries:• What happened on the Mary Celeste?• Who exactly was Mona Lisa?'Time Flies' is book 4 of the short story series in which the author travels through time as a Time Agency Chronoclasm Organisation (T...

Leading a counseling group is different from leading a general discipleship group, even if both exist at the same church. A counseling group focuses on a specific need, garners heightened levels of vulnerability about matters of greater sensitivity, and requires more skill and intentionality from its leader. When a layperson is well-equipped, this kind of ministry is tremendously rewarding, as they see God multiply the work he did in their life with people walking a similar journey.

You're not going to believe this short story. It's the tale of how I was infected with timebots. I could die, have them removed and then be restored to life by Alex Pierson (aka Jack the Ripper) or take a trip through time to Maryland in 1785 and rescue a witch. Time travel - here I come.Almost forgot to tell you - My trip was arranged by T.A.C.O. (Time AntiChronoclasm Organisation) and in it you'll learn about B.E.L.L. (no clue what that stands for). The trip lasts three seconds / ...

I'm a reluctant time traveller. You won't believe that but that doesn't matter because someone will eventually read this and start thinking, "Maybe..."This was my second time travel trip and I wasn't looking forward to it. If I went on the Titanic, I would die. If I didn't go the Titanic disaster would never happen and millions would die as a result - and I would never be born because that would kill my grandfather. You're probably confused. I was, but when you are time travelling, ...

This memoir is not really about research questions or main conclusions. It tells the story of a boy growing up in Plymouth, Devon, getting excited about archaeology after visits to mainland Greece and Crete, trying to get into Greek archaeology and relocating northwards into the Balkans, where he spent a career in prehistoric research. The chapters alternate between museum/university experiences and my major research projects. The experiences of working in that part of the world as the Thi...