A game of chess. The sacrifice of a queen.In London, 1973, two strangers sit across from each other in a park playing a game that will change both their lives forever.One simple gambit will draw both Evelyn Copeland, a researcher, and Krystyna Zygalska, daughter of a Polish diplomat, into a labyrinth of secrets, betrayal and death, as conflicting realities lead to the uncovering of an event that occurred twenty-eight years earlier in 1945. An event that one person will go to ...

Hilarious ways people have met their deaths, from the unusual to the absurd. Plus lots of stories on people who didn't die, but others thought they had kicked the bucket.These deaths are similar to the Darwin Awards, where people died by accident in the most weird ways thought possible.Crazy ways to die include:Death by MolassesDeath by ChessDeath by HoardingDeath by LaughingDeath by ArousalDeath by BeerDeath by SHCDe...

Spooky, nocturnal creatures heavily associated with vampires and witchcraft, bats are the only true flying mammal. With 17 different species across the UK, bats are crucial to insect control and pollination. This book explores many of the species living in the UK looking at their physiology, as well as the threats to bats and their inclusion in myth and legend.

What are the seven key concepts that drove Da Vinci's inventive thinking and how can we still use them to improve our own creativity, 500 years after his death? In pursuit of the unified learning principles that sit at the heart of his work, Ian Warwick and Ray Speakman brilliantly explore the approaches that we need to take to make our own learning more original and thoughtful.

Film Figures develops a figural account of the memory structure of films.Employing theoretical concepts drawn from a range of sources, including French post-humanist philosophy and German Idealism, the book undertakes an organology of film guided by the work of Bernard Stiegler whose philosophy of mnemotechnesis provides the framework of analysis. Situating films in the quantum field of spacetime relativity as a field of cosmic views, inquiry into...

Haiku-ish Soundbites Book 1 contains 104 photographs, each with a 'soundbite' in approximately Haiku form. Because it contains colour images, it may not work in all e-book readers. It has been tested in Calibre, Kindle for Android and the Google online e-book reader.. Size may be 10-60 MB depending on the retailer chosen. The soundbites are impressions of and reflections on the landscape of Longdendale (Derbyshire, UK) and beyond.

"The Red Saint" is set in the early 20th century and follows the story of a mysterious and charismatic figure known as the Red Saint. The character is enigmatic and becomes a symbol of hope and rebellion for many. The narrative explores his impact on the lives of those around him and the larger society.The novel delves into themes of social justice, personal sacrifice, and the struggle for moral integrity in a world filled with corruption and injustice. The Red Saint’s journey is marked by...

It can be easy to think that we live in a daylight world we see the flowers, hear the birds, watch butterflies then we go to bed and it all stops. Or rather, we stop paying attention. However, what goes on at night is every bit as exciting.Five Nights Out takes us on a journey through Hugh’s interactions with some of our favourite nocturnal creatures including hedgehogs, bats, owls and more. Including many facts about each creature and a re-telling of some of Hugh’s own journeys try...

Warwick Deeping returns to the field of romance and adventure with the story of a simple monk who became a knight and won love and fame in the Wars of the Roses.

The year is 1689, and John Gyles, a young eleven year old boy of an English family farm near Pemaquid Harbor in New England, is captured by Indians (North American aboriginals) and remains with them in captivity for the next five years. In this story we relive his experiences through those years within the background of the War of the Grand Alliance (1689 to 1697) between France and England, fought in Europe and in North America.The author has gone to great lengths to ensure histori...

The first edition from poetry by us/you&i is containing affection as well as love within chapter one. Chapter two containing reality along with what life throws at us. Inside of chapter three, there you will find forfeiture, loss and hurt. Yet the last chapter four is light-hearted amusement to bring out the laughter from within. Based on present time my life and others I have known and briefly meet, passing inside life.

‘A carefully researched book on a long-neglected subject which fills a major gap in our Second World War knowledge’ – Norman Longmate, author of If Britain Had FallenBritish Secret Intelligence Service officers and others in the War Office were never convinced that appeasement would prevent a Nazi invasion. Defying high-level opposition, they quietly worked instead on preemptive ‘Last Ditch’ survival plans. These included a secret resistance network known as the GHQ Auxiliary Units...