Phil: 1611 books

Eric Peterson, at 14 years old, should be facing exams, bullies, and acne. Yet here he is facing his best friend Tom, who died 2 weeks before. Tom tells Eric that he was killed, then robbed from the grave, and brought back to life by Aliens to be experimented on. He hands Eric a device which he used...

Eric Peterson, a teenager destined to fulfill a 1000 year old legacy on another planet, wanted to get home. Along with friends, old and new, he'd beaten the Rexon, had blown up their ship and used a device called a Kylapitar to escape. Alas, escape got him away from imminent death, yet to where. The...

During the early 20th century, county fairs were anticipated with a passion that might only be compared to the modern fans’ fervor about an approaching Super Bowl.  For most rural families the excitement built all year long, transmitted through the community and magnified to unendurable proportions...

In a city full of superheroes, one female hero armed with only her blades and her wits faces her greatest challenge when a demented serial killer targets her. Stiletto, the Mistress of Blades, must grapple with a villain the likes of which she has never seen.

Growing up during the Great Depression, Philip had to contend with scarcity, hand-me-downs and a dearth of education options. His older brothers and sisters had all been "guided" into a convent or the priesthood. So how did Philip become a stalwart family man and neighborhood icon? Simply…he...

Excavations in advance of housing development at Longforth Farm, Wellington revealed limited evidence for late prehistoric settlement, but the principal discovery was the remains of a previously unknown high status medieval building complex. This is thought to have been a manor house and though heavily...

So you want to run an ultra-marathon? And why not? Like the Marathon des Sables (MdS)? What is it like to run marathons, every day, in the Sahara, for a week?There are sandy desert races all around the world to test your body mind and spirit. All in breathtaking scenery far away from the daily hamster...

The history of Orpington reaches back to the Stone Age, but it was during the nineteenth century that the suburban town and surrounding areas began to take shape into something we would recognise today. Located on the outskirts of Greater London, road development, the coming of the railways and the...

This book is for any Business English teachers currently or interested in giving lessons at lunchtime. It covers the ingredients of a lesson, how to use technology, activities and describes several useful websites. There are also 2 sample lessons.The 10 minute intro to series is designed to give you a quick practical guide to various aspects of Business English Teaching.

The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a number of best-selling books which not only challenged the existence of god, but claimed that religious faith was dangerous and immoral. The New Atheists, as writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett have...

This short ebook is for Business English teachers interested in or currently using iPads. It explains the technical side of iPad teaching, the uses of iPads in class and ways to approach lessons. There are also several tips and sample app activities.The 10 minute intro to series is designed to give you a quick practical guide to various aspects of Business English Teaching.

Do you struggle to get your head around the application of theory and associated methods of intervention to social work practice? Making sense of theory and its application to social work practice is here to help you with a fresh approach written with the ‘non- theoretician’ in mind. After...

Even though the postmodern return of religion is dramatically shaping the future of twenty-first-century theology, its riches for preaching are rarely mined. Preaching After God highlights the trajectories of the postmodern return of religion by introducing readers to the positive theological themes...

An idyllic Aeolian island seems the ideal place for a disgraced ex-police analyst to disappear from view. The idyll comes to an end when he is tracked down by the journalist he views as having been responsible for his disgrace but now, the journalist needs his help in tracking down a missing refugee....