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Traces the history of the story of Lucius, separating the myth from reality and attempting to restore this King to his rightful place in British history.

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Nickolai Luzhin ist ein geheimnisvoller und unbarmherziger Killer, der für Londons bekannteste Verbrecherorganisation arbeitet. Er handelt gut überlegt und vorsichtig, doch als sich seine Wege mit der unschuldigen Hebamme Anna Khitrova kreuzen, die ungewollt Beweise gegen die Machenschaften seines Syndikats in Händen hält, will er ihr Leben nicht zerstören, muss aber gleichzeitig die Beweise vernichten.

Bei einer Geburt in einem Londoner Krankenhaus stirbt die junge russische Mutter in den Armen der Hebamme Anna. Da die Identität der Toten, einer offensichtlich illegalen osteuropäischen Prostituierten, unbekannt ist, setzt Anna alles daran, die Angehörigen des verwaisten Säuglings zu finden. Ihre einzigen Hinweise sind ein in russisch geschriebenes Tagebuch und ein Streichholzbriefchen mit dem Namen eines russischen Restaurants. Anna folgt de...

This is a complete, illustrated catalogue of the paintings and sculptures of Pop Art pioneer Gerald Laing (1936-2011), who shot to fame in the 1960s with his large-scale, iconic paintings of film-stars such as Brigitte Bardot and Anna Karina, conveyed in styles and colours that aped the crude but powerful printing processes of mass advertising.

In this 1998 book the authors describe how chemists emerged as professionals in fifteen different countries.

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Downstream from Eden is a celebration of water in a less-than-perfect world. It will inspire you and bring you hope, Probably the most comprehensive study of water and the Bible you will find anywhere. Well-researched and highly readable, with stories from Icelandic waterfalls to the Aral Sea, from the origins of the universe to the Apocalypse, the author weaves a conversation that turns water into wine. You will sip and savor page after page....

Downstream from Eden is a celebration of water in a less-than-perfect world. It will inspire you and bring you hope, Probably the most comprehensive study of water and the Bible you will find anywhere. Well-researched and highly readable, with stories from Icelandic waterfalls to the Aral Sea, from the origins of the universe to the Apocalypse, the author weaves a conversation that turns water into wine. You will sip and savor page after page....

Do you want to start your own Business? Do you want to be your own boss? Do you want to make serious money making a living from doing something that you love? If so then YES! YOU CAN START YOUR OWN BUSINESS is the perfect solution for you! David Knight (CEO The Executive Solution) is the author of the award winning book YES! YOU CAN START YOUR OWN BUSINESS and does not hold back in taking the reader through a no holds barred guide through the ...

Ivan Locke, ein hingebungsvoller Ehemann, Vater und hart arbeitender Leiter einer Großbaustelle, steht kurz vor der größten Herausforderung seiner Karriere. Doch dann droht eine einzige, spontan getroffene Entscheidung alles zu zerstören: Ein kleiner, für den sonst pflichtbewussten Ivan völlig untypischer Fehltritt hat ungeahnte Folgen für seinen Job, seine Familie und sein gesamtes Selbstverständnis. Ivan setzt sich ins Auto, beginnt eine Wet...

Ivan Locke, ein hingebungsvoller Ehemann, Vater und hart arbeitender Leiter einer Großbaustelle, steht kurz vor der größten Herausforderung seiner Karriere. Doch dann droht eine einzige, spontan getroffene Entscheidung alles zu zerstören: Ein kleiner, für den sonst pflichtbewussten Ivan völlig untypischer Fehltritt hat ungeahnte Folgen für seinen Job, seine Familie und sein gesamtes Selbstverständnis. Ivan setzt sich ins Auto, beginnt eine Wet...

Christian life is a mystery, says Father Knight. The saints make it look easy, but for most of us, putting divine love into practice can take a minor miracle. Here are practical tips and simple habits we can start doing right now to help. Direct and refreshingly simple, these workable solutions might have us wondering if it's really this easy to grow into "that fullness of life that is the perfections of love." Father Knight assures us that it...

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In this unconventional history of chemistry, David Knight takes the refreshing view that the science has "its glorious future behind it." Today, chemistry is primarily a service science. In its very long history, though, chemistry has taken on very different roles. It has been the esoteric preoccupation of alchemists, the source of mechanist views of matter, the cornerstone of all other sciences and medicine, an archetype of experimental scien...

In 1492 Columbus set out across the Atlantic, in 1776 American colonists declared their independence. Between these two events old authorities collapsed--Luther's Reformation divided churches, and various discoveries revealed the ignorance of the ancient Greeks and Romans. A new, empirical worldview had arrived, focusing now on observation, experiment, and mathematical reasoning. This engaging book takes us along on the great voyage of discove...

First published in 1989, this dictionary of the whole field of the physical sciences is an invaluable guide through the changing terminology and practices of scientific research. Arranged alphabetically, it traces how the meaning of scientific terms have changed over time. It covers a wide range of topics including voyages, observations, magnetism and pendulums, and central subjects such as atom, valency and energy. There are also entries on m...

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Using landscape as its unifying concept, this engaging book explores orchestral music that represents real and imagined physical and cultural spaces, natural forces, and humans and wildlife. Spanning continents and centuries, David Knight links contrasting forms of music through unifying themes of time and space, waterscapes, mythic spaces, extreme landscapes, and realms of death, survival, and remembrance. Orchestral works are rarely perceive...