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The medieval world, in all its piety, passion, romance, superstition and bloody barbarity, comes to vivid life through the eyes of an ambitious court jester to tell the true story of Edward Longshanks, who literally battled his way to his rightful inheritance, the throne of England. This is the purportedly...

The first book to detail the speculative history and hidden humour behind the definition of British place names.   There are over 150 homographs in common use. Consider: ‘bow’ meaning bow or bow, ‘object’ meaning object or object, ‘moped’ meaning moped or moped; the list...

Light after Dark III: The Mathematics of Gravity and Quanta proves the most important results described in Light after Dark II, from fundamental principles, as elegantly as possible and with the minimum of verbiage. This is a first principles account of the mathematical structure of modern theoretical...

In Light after Dark II: The Large and the Small, Dr Francis explores the physics and the philosophy pertinent to the conceptual foundations of modern physical theory, avoiding equations and with sufficient explanation to be accessible to general readers. A comprehensive rationale is described for...

This book presents information about live cell therapy which uses metal precursor stem cell transplants prepared by the state-of-the-art primary tissue cultures. These precursor stem cells are from foetuses of rabbits coming from accredit closed colonies reared in accordance with the rules and regulations...

This book does not champion some of the popular misconceptions surrounding Islamic law. It does not advocate stoning to death; amputating the hands of thieves; call for the death penalty for those who leave the fold of Islam; or urge Muslims to save their souls from Hellfire by shunning bank loans...

“Rest easy, William, Leicester will look after you and keep you safe from harm.” A heartwarming biography of William Bentney, Leicester’s long–forgotten Jesuit priest. For fans of Niall Williams and James Martin, SJ. In Plain Sight documents the life of a man who...

“Dear Millie, I am writing you this letter in the hope that life has afforded you the opportunity to grow old enough to read it…” So starts the most extraordinary diary about a seven-year-old girl and her family, violently thrown into the most dreaded abyss when they discover she has cancer...

From the author of one of Troubador’s best sellers, Ancell’s Quest**, comes another gripping seafaring adventure of Ancell, the timidly-heroic hedgehog, his motley animal crew, and of course a dastardly pirate…**   Ancell and the intrepid crew of “Misty Dawn” sail for South...

A unique, readable account of the 20th century for the general reader. Informative and packed with detail, The Greatest Leap offers a clear and readable account of of the history of Britain and the World in the 20th century, one of the most exciting in the history of mankind... Beginning with the...

The follow-up to Baring All Down Under: Hilarious Confessions of a Bewildered Backpacker, sees Steve Deeks coerced into one final hurrah before he returns to the UK. Having grown irritated at hearing endless backpacker stories of how great the east coast is, Deeks decides to put the theory to the...

Lake Como, with it’s four different shores and surrounding picturesque mountains, invites travellers to discover and enjoy. ‘Fascinating Lake Como’ describes, based on many local insights of the area – what’s to be seen, sensed, experienced and discovered around Lake Como. Here, luxuriant...

Lucy is a fourteen-year-old girl brought up in a fanatical religious sect that aims to take over the whole world under a deity called ‘the Magnifico’. Children born into the sect are raised in communes headed by ‘Fathers’. For some unknown reason, Lucy and another child, Paul, do not live...

The Whispering Wind is a moving story of two lovers, set on the beautiful island of Sardinia, where Elise goes on holiday to escape a loveless and violent marriage. Whilst there, she meets and falls in love with Beppe, a local Sard. Despite religious and cultural complications, they embark on a romantic...