An "extremely rewarding" exploration of how these two great human endeavors can not only coexist but enrich each other ( Times Literary Supplement).The conflict between science and religion seems indelible, even eternal. Surely two such divergent views of the universe have always been in fierce opposition? Actually, that's not the case, says Peter Harrison: Our very concepts of science and religion are relatively recent, emerging only in the past three hund...

Late fifties, North-East England, and chaos in the Connelly Family as womanising husband, George, throws in the towel, abandons wife and children and disappears into darkest Yorkshire with his newest love. Vera Connelly, feisty and temperamental, reluctantly vacates her colliery home, moves herself and her two boys to nearby Easington Village and finds shelter with her widowed mother and tries to rebuild her shattered life.Along the way she becomes involved with the monied Stoker f...

Touching sixty, with little money and even less pride, Patrick, brother of the late, infamous Michael Awkwright, leads a miserable existence fetching and carrying for his grouchy, pining sister-in-law.Fate suddenly points a Lotto finger at the old man when a bag of cocaine lands on his proverbial lap. After unsuccessfully trying to offload the haul, the notorious Turner twins, undersized psychopaths and ancient rivals of the Awkwright family, focus on Patrick as they search for thei...

Set in the North East in the early Eighties. Jackie 'Hovis' Brown is clinging to the gutter of life. A bully and an enforcer, he was imprisoned for blindly obeying the woman he loved, then set free to slide into a life of crime, longing to find a true love. His past looks like catching up to him and dragging him down but a twist of fate may yet lead him out the other side.

This ebook is based on the original paperback but has been put back to the 1960s and amended slightly.The year is 1960. The Hill Family: Adam, Rebecca and son Charlie are all battling their own private demons; surviving - existing - in the wild and wonderful North-East of England.Rebecca, an alcoholic with morals of an alley-cat, still festers over a long-ago broken romance with the local gigolo, Jimmy Shannon, and carries a dreadful secret about her violent, miscreant teen...

He was the biggest star on television. From a small, walk-on part in Emmerdale, the charismatic Levi James soon headlines Eastenders as bad boy Wayne Gibson. Some years later the ex-amateur boxer is lured to I.T.V. where his portrayal of Lothario Jake Thackeray adds a million viewers to the ailing Coronation Street. It couldn't last. Fame and fortune were James's Achilles Heel. Months into his new contract, Levi James is unceremoniously dismissed from the Soap. Drunken brawls, missed rehea...

It's midnight and security guard Shaun Wynn is having a well-earned break from his duties. On permanent nights at the local factory, the last thing he expects to hear is a distant cry for help from a frantic female. More through luck than good judgement Shaun manages to rescue the gorgeous Chantelle Pope from her attacker and is richly rewarded by a mysterious stranger for his courageous efforts.Chantelle and her twin sister Amy Pope are habitual drug addicts and work for the notor...

Samuel and Kieran O'Hara are brothers; the pair intelligent and strong-willed. Twins, although you would never know it. Samuel is tall and rangy with sharp, alert features. Kieran suffers from achondroplasia and has a typical dwarfs` features: he is short and dumpy with a jowly countenance and wispy, receding fair hair.More out of luck than good judgment, Samuel inherits a smallholding in Wickford, Essex, close to the notorious Dale Farm, once the home of a gypsy stronghold. Within ...

When it is discovered that nineteen year old John Briggs, a married man with two young children, has seduced his thirteen-year old babysitter he is locked up for one year in a Young Offender's Institution. His reputation forever tarnished because of the incident, and after a savage assault by a psychotic inmate, a promising career as a professional footballer is also ruined. Money, fame and fortune disappear down life`s plug-hole.A year later, older, a little wiser, he returns to h...

After a decade in prison, triple-killer Emanuel black is finally freed to resume a normal life. Within days of his release his ex-love - stripper and good-time girl, Melody Campion, is murdered. all fingers point to the ex-con. when the murder weapon is found the police start the search for a disgraced cop with a score to settle. they find him … dead. then Emanuel’s thirteen year old daughter, Blanche, is kidnapped. are the crimes related, is Emanuel black the link between the two incident...

Late fifties. North-East hoodlum, Greg Tully, recently chased from of Middlesbrough by a rival mob, heads north where he raids a local businessman. Realising the true wealth of the family, the roly-poly criminal kidnaps the son and demands a ransom. Through fate and good fortune a tenacious youngster, Joe Keaton, discovers the captive boy and foils the plot. Young Joe is instrumental in jailing Greg Tully and his accomplice, Nathan Scott.Years later Joe starts work at the local coll...

The Middle Ages, often depicted as a time of knights, castles, and religious fervor, was also a period rich in storytelling. Legends and myths from this era were not merely products of imagination but served as a means for people to interpret their world, cope with hardship, and transmit cultural values. These stories provided a moral framework, explained natural phenomena, and linked the human experience with the divine. The blend of Christian beliefs with pagan traditions, classical heri...