As young Hippolyte comes of age, Queen Hippolyta's realm is facing a new threat after many years of peace. A small army of unknown warriors, led by a general who seems not far short of totally insane, is robbing and burning villages, and killing the villagers.Will Hippolyte's inexperience prove disastrous when she leads her mother's armies to try to save the villages and destroy the invaders? Will she rely on the help and advice of her barbarian hunters, or will she think that she ...

"A worthy tribute to the John Brown company and to British shipbuilding . . . a joy to enthusiasts of the great ships of the past."—Australian Naval InstituteThe Clydebank shipyard built some of the most famous vessels in maritime history—great transatlantic liners like Lusitania, Queen Mary and QE2, and iconic warships like the battlecruiser Hood, and Britain's last battleship, HMS Vanguard. Starting life as J & G Thoms...

As told in the "The Dunce At The Back Of The Class", William was an unwanted child. He was mistreated, beaten, mentally abused by his father, his brother and by his teachers, and yet he fought back – not physically, but with a sold determination to succeed that led to him joining the Parachute Regiment and, against all odds, passing through the training to take his place among the elite Special Forces.This second book tells of his time as a soldier, his postings to trouble spots an...

Two years had passed since Hippolyta's Amazon warriors had defeated a rogue general leading a large contingent of Attila's army and subsequently dealt with the treachery of the Alani. Now the village that was Hippolyta's home and from where she ruled her realm was becoming an active port on the Black Sea and an important point on major trade routes. But all was not peace and tranquillity. The Alani armies were growing, and even if Hippolyta made a pact with Attila, the Alani might prove di...

Most books concerned with physics and music take an approach that puts physical theory before application. Consequently, these works tend to dampen aesthetic fascination with preludes burdened by an overabundance of algebraic formulae. In Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music Third Edition, Ian Johnston a professor of astrophysics and a connoisseur of music, offers an informal historical approach that shows the evolution of both theory and application at the i...

Lord Douglas Ahearn Stuart (Ahearn = Scottish Gaelic for Lord of the horses) has now turned thirty but still at war with the bad part of the Clan Douglas. James Douglas is in prison but his three cousins that Ahearn crossed and lost them their jobs are still out for vengeance. They once again pick on Morag (Lady Stuart) dragging her name through the mud, but she has a general fighting her case that surprises Ahearn.Andrew is still translating the diary of the first Lord Douglas Ahe...

In the back of Nathan's mind was a secret, vaguely remembered from his childhood. It was a secret that would change not only his life but also the lives of everyone around him. There was a house, a very special house where the Mistress battled to drive out demons from those they possessed, and it was inevitable when Nathan was wrongly accused of infidelity by his wife that he would be drawn back towards the house. Only slowly would the secrets of the past be revealed for Nathan and, too, f...

Ian Johnstone didn't just survive childhood trauma —he dismantled it.Victim, Survivor to Thriver is not a memoir dressed up as inspiration. It's raw, darkly funny, and brutally honest.A lived account of what it takes to move from victim, to survivor, to something stronger. No clichés. No soft edges.Just practical tools, hard truths, and a clear path forward —for anyone ready to stop Surviving and start taking control.

This epic finale to the thrilling Mirror Chronicles trilogy sees our heroes undertake the perilous journey to Old Kemet, the place that first broke the worlds in two . . .“It will come in a final darkness, a last night, from which there will be no dawn.”The black oozes across pavements, seeps into gutters and rivers. Darker than death, it is the first of five “Undoings” to be unleashed by Thoth in a bid to bring both worlds under his power.If anyone...

From 1960 to 1990, islands across the Pacific gained independence or self-government. In the years following this, Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles interviewed the Pacific people in key leadership positions in the lead-up to and achievement of independence, many of whom became well-known in the Pacific and more widely. This book presents a nation-by-nation history of this change from being colonial subjects to citizens of Pacific nations from the point of view of the leaders involved. Acco...

How this little book came about.Upon discharge from hospital on the second occasion after a battle with a brain tumour, my wife Ruth and I set about the first appropriate step in cleaning out the cupboard of our lives, as we termed it. Up until this point, we had paid little attention to the stresses in our lives, just accepting what is.Our first priority was to habitually harness more the developed awareness from our life experiences. We focused m...

The book explodes the myths that currently drive society's view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge in a non-technical way and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and public health. It uses examples from the media and from public policy debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy approach and offers preventive medicine principles to take the field forward.