The origin story of L.A. County's battling bird gal continues! Corinne Morgan has found herself face-to-face with her ancestor, Celtic war goddess the Morrigan, returning after a thousand-year banishment. Both are hungry for revenge against their respective enemies - and for Corinne, that means taking down the I.C., Anna Dale Academy's terrifying trio of bullies! To do so, she forges an alliance with Morrigan, whose spirit now resides with...

'The wall was the ambition, the style became the obsession.' In the autumn of 1982, a single stone fell from high on the south face of Annapurna and struck Alex MacIntyre on the head, killing him instantly and robbing the climbing world of one of its greatest talents. Although only twenty-eight years old, Alex was already one of the leading figures of British mountaineering's most successful era. His ascents included hard new routes on Himalayan giants like Dhaulagiri and Changabang and a ...

John Porter’s landmark study of social and ethnic inequality, The Vertical Mosaic, became an instant classic when it was first published in 1965. A national best seller that sold more than 100,000 copies, the book was the first major study of Canada’s class structure and one of the foundational texts in Canadian sociology. Sociologist Irving Louis Horowitz described it as “the sociological study of present-day Canada.”Fifty years later, the book retains vast signi...

Corinne Morgan wasn't looking for a hard time when she decided to become L.A. county's rookie superhero, Corbie. All she wanted was a little bit of revenge against the terrible schoolyard trio the I.C., as a treat! But it wasn't long before she found herself at the heart of a family feud between her mentor, trickster goddess Morrigan, and nefarious younger siblings Neamhain and Macha. Now our battling bird...

Im Herbst 1982 löste sich in der riesigen Südwand der Annapurna ein einzelner, faustgroßer Stein und traf den 28 Jahre jungen Schotten Alex MacIntyre – so wurde die Bergsteigerwelt eines ihrer größten Talente beraubt. MacIntyre war ein Enfant terrible der Kletterszene und zugleich ihr Visionär: eine Art Punk, der sich – nonkonformistisch, selbstbewusst und frech – nicht um althergebrachte Regeln scherte und mit seinen Erstbegehungen in den Alpen, den Anden sowie an den Himalaya-Giganten bi...

The large district of western Lancashire, denominated from time immemorial the Fylde, embraces one third at least of the Hundred of Amounderness, and a line drawn from Ashton, on the Ribble, to Churchtown, on the Wyre, forms the nearest approach to an eastern boundary attainable, for although the section cut off by its means includes more land and villages than properly appertain to the Fylde, a more westerly division would exclude others which form part of it. The whole of the parishes of...

An inspirational book for budding authors who have yet to let their fingers fly across the keyboard, or dip plume into ink, but yet who have a burning desire to turn their thoughts into words and influence the world. The author has allowed voids to encourage the potent and powerful creative urges to spring forth from the fertile minds of his readers, although there's a good deal of useful starting advice for the would-be writer too, with examples of some great works. Nowhere else will the ...

Dogs Are Silly, Dogs Are Fun! is a joyful celebration of everything we love about dogs. Through playful rhymes and real-life photos, this book highlights wiggly tails, happy toes, cuddly moments, zoomies, goofy expressions, and all the little things that make dogs our best friends. Each page pairs a simple, fun verse with adorable dog photos that capture their personality and charm. Perfect for kids, families, and dog lovers of all ages, this book reminds us that life is brighter,...

Action and adventure with the coolest corvid in comics continue in Corinne Morgan, Corbie issue #3! Everything seemed to be going well for Corinne Morgan when she suited up for action as Corbie for the first time, handing school bullies the I.C. a humiliating defeat - but events took an unexpected turn when sibling goddesses Neamhain and Macha emerged to confront her. Now Corbie must go toe-to-toe with both, and it doesn't take long for the action to spill out of ...

Corinne Morgan has always gone out of her way to stay out of trouble. All she wants is to graduate from the notoriously brutal Anna Dale Academy in one piece. Unfortunately, her headmistress seems out to get her – and a vicious trio of students known as The I.C. are too! All this would be enough for anyone to handle, but things get a million times crazier when Corinne acquires a crystal ball that revives her ancestor, an Irish war goddess with her own plans for revenge and...

KNOWLEDGE GIVES YOU FREEDOM I have always been fascinated in History i.e. Gallipoli, Crete and mankind’s desire for power. My search for the truth began in 1997 after I had become friends with a neighbour of ours in Bush Road, Te Puke.  I had taken up an invitation to visit, where he had built his new house in a deep gully.  After seeing David’s bone carvings and noticing some of them looked of Polynesian or Celtic design, we got talking about the latest...

No erotica in this collection, despite the title! Just tales of people getting filthy mad at each other, commiting dirty deeds out of greed, lust or jealousy, and generally a whole swag of grubby goings-on. Some are filled with wry humour, others will make you laugh out loud, and some are filled with pathos. Adventure, mystery, smiles and history, there's something for everyone in this collection, so get down and dirty with Old Mrs Wilberforce, crazy Tapper the keyboard king, and a host of...