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Ten years from now, from the faraway constellation of Andromeda, a complex series of signals are collected which prove to be a programme for a giant computer. When the computer begins to relay the information it receives from Andromeda, scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to man. Knowledge of such a nature that the security of human life itself is threatened.Not surprisingly from this collaboration between one of...

Neville Cardus watched and chronicled cricket for over fifty years and no other writer has so understood (and was equipped to explore) the peculiar magic of this most English of games. His writing span cricket's changes, from the 1920's when it was run by amateurs, to the 1950's when the professionals took over. In this collection of writings (many previously unpublished in book form) we see how cricket reflected the atmosphere and spirit of e...

Cardus in the Covers is a companion volume to Neville Cardus's Cardus on Cricket and draws on his writing from 1920 into the 1950's and, even, the 1960's. Cardus celebrates many of the greatest cricketers to play the game, Len Hutton and Denis Compton to Richie Benaud and Gary Sobers. The collection contains Neville Cardus's reportage of the Coronation Test series of 1953, the last test matches that he fully reported on. It spans the full rang...

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Fifty years of the essays, newspaper articles and press reports from Neville Cardus, the great cricket writer. Sir Neville Cardus urges that the game itself is more important than winning, players should fully express themselves in the game and he writes about those players who delight the senses: Hurst and Hutton, McCabe and Compton. There are essays on the Indians, West Indians and the 1948 Australians who Cardus considered the best team eve...

A classic of radical literature, this revolutionary study has challenged conventional knowledge and assumptions for decades, offering unique perspectives on everything from alchemy, politics, history, and supernatural phenomena to magic, Nazi occultism, and mankind's place in the universe. Drawing from the work of Charles Fort and Carl Jung, among others, the authors explore the importance of history and its varied perceptions and propose new ...

Jani, the strange and lovely heroine, has been brought up in a remote region of the Himalayas in Tibet by a runaway English soldier. Both Jani's past and that of her soldier protector are shrouded in a mystery that grows ever deeper for Jani when the foreign demon on a black horse comes from the south to take her away to a new and frightening world - a London orphanage.Later, when she moves on and finds the Woman in Red, Jani becomes one of th...

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Over 300, 000 people in the UK suffer from Tourette's. Here, Jessica Thom reveals the restrictions it places on their lives as well as its creative role with an inspirational wit. Jessica Thom was one of the stars of Stephen Fry's "Planet Word".

The death of a beloved companion animal can cause as much grief as the death of a human being, and it may be more difficult to bear if others fail to appreciate how acute the pain of loss can be. This poem provides the comfort that helps to bring acceptance of a pet s death. The book includes addresses of societies that offer grief counseling to those who have lost a companion animal.

Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep' is a beautiful and moving poem written by an unknown author, it was left by a soldier killed in Northern Ireland to "all my loved ones". The poem gained national renown when it was read by the soldier's father on Remembrance Sunday some years later on the Bookworm TV programme.This special edition of 'Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep', illustrated by Paul Saunders, is intended to be a lasting memorial for al...

The novels of Madeleine Brent, one of the world's leading romance adventure writers, are now available in paperback editions.

Mindy Blake's The Golf Swing of the Future has been a talking-point among golfers for decades.

Paperback edition of the accessible and intelligent guide to Thailand's ladyboys, which discusses an issue that fascinates Western culture while raising questions about the West's attitudes to sexuality.

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First published as: A gay dog. Heinemann, 1905.

This uniquely valuable book arose from the author's work with profoundly handicapped children in a special needs school. The sensory impairment of the children meant that they were unable to learn from traditional teaching methods as they were unaware of the world around them.Our very first awareness of our surroundings and ourselves come through our senses of smell, touch, taste, sight, hearing and movement, and without them we are isolated. ...

In this totally practical and imaginative work, full of stimulating ideas, the art of puppetry is brought to life for anyone interested in animated theatre. This inspirational book will provide an invaluable manual for students, teachers and parents alike.

Today's unstable and insecure business world is a far cry from that of the recent past. And the coming years will bring even more change. Managers can survive and surmount the current turmoil by learning the Alice Principle: "To be employed is to be at risk, to be employable is to be secure." In this uncommon business book, the author uses, by analogy, the world of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, examining the dialogue from ...

Claire Nahmad not only believes in them but she can communicate with them. Fairies are benign spirits who can guide us to knowledge of our inner selves and restore our unity with the natural world.Reawaken your childhood self and recapture the sense of awe and wonder that we lose as adults. Only then can you approach the fairy realm and become the friend of fairy folk.This is a complete guide to how to meet fairies, explaining the most favoura...