Arguably one of the most significant writers of the 20th century, Solzhenitsyn has, since the fall of Communism, spoken out against the current Russian regime and now lives in seclusion. His faith has always deeply informed his literary and artistic approach and his response to the excesses of modern materialism. On the spiritual, cultural, and socio-political level, his writings have much to teach the world as it prepares for the new millennium. Based on personal interviews with Solzhenitsyn and his family, Joseph Pearce's major new book provides a profoundly fascinating insight into a towering literary and political figure.

Solzhenitsyn

Joseph Pearce

Literature & Fiction

Harper Collins Pb

From the author of Tabloid Bible, another original and hilarious discovery from Bible times -- a whole filing cabinet full of papers dating from actual Bible events. In a long forgotten cave, off the beaten track, Nick Page has found something even more startling than the Dead Sea Scrolls. In an ancient filing cabinet he has come across the actual documents, bills, receipts, memos and reports from Bible events centuries ago. They include: * A take-away menu from Manna-u-like * Advice on how to fill in your Levitical Tax Form * Minutes from the first tribes meeting * A market research report on the 10 commandments * Architect's designs for the Temple * The Big Issue, Bethlehem edition

Dead Sea Files

Humor & Entertainment

Nick Page

Humor

The 20th century has been marked both by belief and unbelief. While attendance at church has declined dramatically, the lives of many leaders have been influenced and inspired by Christianity. Joseph Pearce explores the world of some writers in the English language who have believed. Most of those included converted to Roman Catholicism and some to Anglicanism. The list includes Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, C.S. Lewis, Malcolm Muggeridge, Graham Greene, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, Hilaire Belloc, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, T.S. Eliot and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Literary Converts

A fascinating guide giving clear instructions on performing more than 80 card tricks. A compact and informative guide, of interest to both children and adults, that has already proved its popularity in Gem format for entertainment at parties and family gatherings.

Card Tricks

Day, Trevor

Reference

This third edition of the popular and bestelling Collins Dictionary of Economics has been thoroughly revised for the new millennium, and is a valuable reference book not just for students of economics, but for anyone studying economics as part of a business or social science course.

Collins Dictionary of Economics

Pass, C.L.

A collection of the author's thoughts and recommendations for a more fruitful and spiritual life. In these letters he celebrates life and tells them of of the beauty they can discover in the world through art, music, prayer and nature. There is no moralizing, just an offering of his inspiration.

This Sunrise of Wonder : A Quest for God in Art and Nature

Michael Mayne

A gripping sf adventure from the acclaimed author of The Pliocene Exile series. Two hundred years into the future, the great corporations of Earth dominate all life in our Galaxy. But their endless pursuit of wealth and power is about to open the door to a malevolent alien race, intent on engulfing the commonwealth of Human Worlds. Helly and his companions attempt to capture a crucial witness to the Galapharma conspiracy, who has taken refuge on a hostile planet. Its insanely ambitious boss, Alistair Drummond, will stop at nothing in his quest for power, and Helly is marked for death as the two corporations continue to do battle. Meanwhile, the Haluk follow their own appalling agenda, using human science to mutate their bodies, allowing them to infiltrate human society. Helly must find a way to alert the Human Commonwealth to the Haluk peril, while also saving his family from Drummond's increasingly desperate efforts to annhilate the Rampart worlds.

Orion Arm

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Julian May

Science Fiction

In the 1970s astronauts brought rock samples back from the Moon. Many remained locked away for decades ! including one unique piece of bedrock, the Moonseed. At last exposed to daylight, it proves to be deadly, though not to people. It kills the Earth. In his new novel, Stephen Baxter, 'the best SF author in Britain' (SFX), contemplates rock -- living rock. Transported to Earth by Apollo astronaut Jays Malone in 1972, a single shard of bedrock from the Moon contains within its innocuous-looking shell the power to destroy worlds. Geologist Henry Meacher -- his career at JPL in ruins, his marriage over -- is given a sample of the Moon bedrock to analyse. He goes with it to Edinburgh University, the only place that will have him. There the deadly Moon rock accidentally comes into contact with the Earth's core in the form of lava from Edinburgh's famous extinct volcanoes. It turns solid rock to seething Moonseed dust. Soon perhaps the whole world will be infected. Inspired, terrified, Henry Meacher is a changed man. If the worst happens, his plan is to take Earth's displaced peoples from the Earth to the Moon. Baxter's stunning story is one of disaster, desperate measures and damage limitation, forcing humanity to an excess of ingenuity and courage. Ironically, it is a newly terraformed Moon that holds the key to our survival!

Moonseed

stephen-baxter

Legal Tender

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

SCOTTOLINE, Lisa

Mystery

The Valley Of Death

In the spirit of Sharpe comes another adventure of Sergeant Jack Crossman and the Crimean War. Rousing stories of battle adventures and the horrors of campaign life are related with meticulous historical detail. Sergeant Jack Crossman of the 88th, the Connaught Rangers, nicknamed 'Fancy Jack' by the troops for his aristocratic birth yet choosing to join the ranks instead of buying a commission, is now established, with his gang of motley troublemakers from the regiment, as one of the British Army's secret weapons in the Crimean War. Seriously wounded on one of his near-suicide missions to the besieged city of Sebastopol, Crossman is there to take part in the famous 'thin red line' and witnesses the tragic charge of the Light Brigade, as well as the valiant, and more successful, charge of the Heavy Brigade, in the Battle of Balaclava, one of the most famous battles of the Crimean War. Garry Douglas relates the terror, thrill and horror of 'black powder battle' in this rousing follow-up to The Devil's Own, Sergeant Jack Crossman's first adventure.

The Valley of Death

Genre Fiction

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