The Song of Roland is as canonical and significant as the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf. It extols the chivalric ideals in the France of Charlemagne through the exploits of Charlemagne's nephew, the warrior Roland, who fights bravely to his death in a legendary battle. Against the bloody backdrop of the struggle between Christianity and Islam, The Song of Roland remains a vivid portrayal of medieval life, knightly adventure, and feudal politics.

Brought to you by Penguin.It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extraordinary mystery...December 1935. Director Monty Harrison's production of A Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on its tour of regional theatres. With tensions amongst the cast running high, the company reach their final stop - London's Theatre Royale.Catastrophe, however, strikes on opening night...

The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery!Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen… and then disaster strikes.Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions simmer on Christmas Eve, the champagne flows, the silver sparkles and upstairs the bedrooms are made up ready for their occupants. But one bed will lie empty ...

It's Christmas at London's Theatre Royale and journalist Daphne King is determined to solve an extraordinary mystery...December 1935. Director Chester Harrison's production of A Christmas Carol has had a troubled run on its tour of regional theatres. With tensions amongst the cast running high, the company reach their final stop - London's Theatre Royale - a few days before Christmas.Catastrophe, however, strikes on opening night: 'Scrooge' dies on stage, s...

- Jesus spent decades in India.- Ethiopians, not Jews, are the real chosen people.- A religion in Iran predicted the Virgin Birth, hundreds of years before Christ.- Abraham was an Iraqi.- Lenin was a Saint.- Worms have souls.- There’s no such thing as the Holy Trinity.- All religions are the same.These are not conspiracy theories – but the genuine beliefs of the some of the world’s major religions. In God: A Users’ Guide, broa...

Freedom.Most entrepreneurs begin with purpose, passion, and the desire to build something meaningful. They want to make a difference, create opportunities for others, and design a life defined by freedom.But as the business grows, many founders find themselves trapped inside the very company they created-carrying the weight of every decision and wondering how the freedom they once imagined slipped away.In Finding Freedom, entrepreneur and leadership coach Jean Moncr...

What does it mean to be Irish?'We've been clever and stupid, principled and corrupt. We can be kind and cruel, guilty of dopey optimism and chronic fatalism. We're friendly, but near impossible to get to know. We're proud to be Irish but often crippled with self-loathing. We think we're great, but not really. We find ourselves fascinating. Of course we do. We're a paradox.'There's something about Irish people, about the way their minds work. But what does it mean to be Irish?In his search ...

Dinkville is a popular tourist destination.Everyone wants the rare commodity this town enjoys…That is until a sneaky stranger slithers into the picture and works his mischief.Will Sansoufflé get away with turning Dinkville’s pure water fountain into a spout of purple pop?Dinkville, the third book in the ZEST series, transforms health education into high adventure.This funny rhyming tale espouses the value of pure water.

Redtails in the Sunset follows the story of an Aussie rules football team from Central Australia fighting to enter the game’s final frontier and play in the Premier League in Darwin.This book tells the gripping tale of a mighty four-year effort to take a rag-tag bunch of footy part-timers and community Countrymen head-to-head against their semi-professional city-cousin counterparts.Coming up against the ‘butterfly effect’ of a rising bloc of south Asian nations, a ...

Winner of the 2019 Heritage Toronto Book AwardShortlisted for the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize“Moncrieff eloquently reminds readers of the bounty and beauty that surround them.” —Publishers WeeklyOur cities are places of food polarities — food deserts and farmers’ markets, hunger and food waste, fast food delivery and urban gardening. While locavores and preserving pros abound, many of us can’t identify ...

In this insightful new book, Moncrieffe argues that the traditionally narrow interpretation of accountability obscures relationships, power dynamics, structures, processes and complexities. The relational view, in contrast, seeks to understand the ways in which people perform in their roles as social actors, and how the quality of relationships influences the character of accountability.This book will provide a grounded theoretical background to accountability, using vivid case evi...

The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery!Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen . . . and then disaster strikes.Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions simmer on Christmas Eve, the champagne flows, the silver sparkles and upstairs the bedrooms are made up ready for their occupants. But one bed will lie e...