A thought experiment in future-shock survivalism' Robert MacFarlane'Gripping ... of all science fiction's apocalypses, this is one of the most haunting' Financial TimesWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANEA post-apocalyptic vision of the world pushed to the brink by famine, John Christopher's science fiction masterpiece The Death of Grass includes an introduction by Robert MacFarlane in Penguin Modern Classics....

When the alien Tripod machines land on Earth, they don't seem much of a threat. The first skirmishes end in victory for the human forces. But the real danger - the insidious mind-controlling powers of the Tripod Masters - is only just beginning. Laurie and his family must flee their homes as the invaders tighten their tentacled grip - and find a place to start the fight back...The thrilling and eerie prequel John Christopher's classic dystopian Tripods series is available for the f...

With its famous hotel, St Pancras is now the London terminus of the Eurostar, with a high speed rail link to the Kent coast and the Channel Tunnel. But it was not always so. Once nearly redundant and threatened with demolition, the station was the London terminus of the Midland Railway, and could proclaim at its opening the largest single span roof in the world. Over GBP800 million saw St Pancras restored and rebuilt for the modern day. Described now as the 'world's most wonderful railway ...

Irish-born Anne Bonny is only a teenager when she is left destitute by her mother’s death. Abandoned by her father, she seems destined to be forgotten by the world. But Anne chooses to seek her fortune in the lush tropics of the colonial West Indies, where she passes herself off as a young man named Bonn. She finds work as a ship’s hand, sailing under the command of Calico Jack Rackam, a notorious and charismatic pirate with a bounty on his head. Calico Jack has his heart set on raiding th...

Will Parker and his friends have escaped the mind-controlling alien Tripods, and found sanctuary in the White Mountains - but when an opportunity arises for them to infiltrate a Tripod city, they realise they have a chance to strike back against the invaders. What they learn there may hold the key to liberating humanity - if they can survive the beauty and terror of the City of Gold and Lead.The second book in John Christopher's classic dystopian series is available for the first t...

Read Christopher John Campion's posts on the Penguin Blog.Indie rock raconteur Chris Campion-one of the few patients ever to escape from Bellevue's locked ward-recalls his band's tumultuous ride, his plummet into addiction, and the strange road back to sobrietyChronicling more than twenty years in the life of a Long Island kid who became a hardcore fixture of Manhattan's indie rock scene, Escape from Bellevue is a coming-of-age tale like no other. ...

Infinitely flexible, they have appeared in short, medium and long wheelbase variants, with a host of body styles and conversions for everything from sixwheeled fire engines to motor homes. It is more than sixty years since the prototype was built in 1948 and the Land Rover of today still resembles the original – although creature comforts may be more evident on the latest Defender models. Whatever form it takes, the Land Rover is one of the few vehicles that can be found on every continent...

This book is commentary on both good and bad examples of leadership in Washington D.C. The backdrop is politics, but the foreground is all about what can make better leaders.

Nobody knows how long it has been since the Tripods came. Nobody remembers life on Earth before they enslaved it. Humans live in scattered farms and villages, kept quiet and obedient by the mind-controlling Caps implanted when they reach their teens.Will Parker's time is fast approaching - but a chance encounter with a madman convinces him that it may still be possible to resist the alien masters. So begins an epic tale of survival and defiance - and Will's journey to the White Mou...

The Gospels of Jesus Unplugged presents a clearer understanding of the Spiritual Way of Love and Non-violence that Jesus taught for us all to follow, to awaken and become Spiritual children of Light of our Loving Spiritual Creator in the Heavenly Spiritual World just as He was. The Old Testament Jewish overlays that have distorted who Jesus really was, and who our Loving Spiritual Creator really is have all been removed to reveal a more truthful and accurate account of what Jesus was actua...

The story is about parents sharing their wisdom to help their children gain intelligent awarenesses and understandings needed to make important and successful decisions and choices with their behaviors and actions, with people, and with life situations.

Release the Spiritual Teachings about Love and Non-violence of Jesus from the grip of the Old Testament and drink the New Wine untainted by the Old Wine.The Spiritual Teachings that Jesus gave of the Universal Way of Love and Non-violence have been heavily influenced and distorted over the years by the influence and God of the Old Testament. The Teachings of Jesus Unplugged is my dedicated work to assist followers of Jesus to untangle themselves from the confusing, conflicting acco...