The year is AD655. With allies in every kingdom, the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power throughout Britain.Just one kingdom stands aloof, that of Bernicia to the north. Ruled by King Oswiu, the brother of the long-dead King Oswald of Northumbria, Oswiu schemes for a unified kingdom of Northumbria, despite Penda’s desire to truncate those wishes.As Penda and Oswiu align themselves for one more final battle of survival and supremacy, alliances ...

The year is AD655.With allies in every kingdom, the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power throughout Britain.Just one kingdom stands aloof, that of Bernicia to the north. Ruled by King Oswiu, the brother of the long-dead King Oswald of Northumbria, Oswiu schemes for a unified kingdom of Northumbria, despite Penda's desire to truncate those wishes.As Penda and Oswiu align themselves for one more final battle of survival and supremacy, all...

Strong After 50 is a practical, evidence-informed strength training guide for adults who want to build or preserve muscle, protect their joints, and stay capable in everyday life. Written for beginners, returning exercisers, and active adults over 50, it shows how meaningful progress is still possible without extreme workouts or bodybuilding-style routines. Readers will learn how muscle, strength, power, balance, mobility, recovery, and connective tissue change with age, and how to train i...

From the author of The Erdington Mysteries, a classic 1930s murder mystery house party.Lady Merryweather has had a shocking year. Apprehended for the murder of her husband the year before, and only recently released, she hopes a trip away from London will allow her to grieve. The isolated, but much loved, Cragside Estate in North Northumberland, home of her friends, Lord and Lady Bradbury, holds special memories for her.But, no sooner has she arrived than the...

"... written in a very readable style, so if you're an aircraft enthusiast, you are sure to enjoy it." — AeroModeller MagazineOpen any book on strange or abandoned aircraft projects, and you will probably find the Bristol Brabazon featured. Over the years, this huge piston-engine powered, propeller-driven airliner, designed for the vital trans-Atlantic routes, has been referred to as the ‘white elephant of the skies’, or even ‘one of the world’s worst aircraft’. Bu...

Did you ever think about how to make homemade Body Butter?Homemade Body Butter is a book designed to guide the readers on how to make Homemade Body Butter recipes. The book is a beginner's guide to making homemade body butter and other homemade beauty recipes. Homemade Body Butter offers an insightful view into the nature of the human skin and how to care for the body.In this book, you will learn how to make the following homemade beauty products:

Read all about the royal women who were powerful in their own right, as well as through their husbands, sons, and grandsons. Throughout the tenth century, England, as it would be recognized today, formed. No longer many Saxon kingdoms, but rather, just England. Yet, this development masks much in the century in which the Viking raiders were seemingly driven from England's shores by Alfred, his children and grandchildren, only to return during the reign of his great, great-grandson, the muc...

This unique volume brings together wide-ranging research that could only be written by someone singularly expert in the full range of Christian worship and music from ancient to modern. These essays by Wendy Porter span eras and areas of study from the New Testament to the present and encompass an expansive view of worship, music, and liturgy. Some focus on what is known (or not) about early Christian worship, including the early creeds and hymns in the New Testament and whether music orig...

In the quiet hum of an empty high-rise office after hours, power shifts in the shadows.Louise, a sharp, composed executive at forty, has always kept her desires locked away—until tonight. Mark, her brilliant 27-year-old assistant, has been her silent constant for years: respectful, intuitive, always staying late when she does. The age gap, the hierarchy, the unspoken rules—they’ve kept everything professional.But when the city lights stripe the conference room table and res...

The second book in the Gods and Kings trilogy - from bestselling author MJ Porter.AD641. England is fracturing.Oswald of Northumbria holds the title of bretwalda, his power bolstered by the new faith sweeping the land from north and south. But not every king bows to his silver tongue or his Christian god.Penda of Mercia does not bend.Veteran of Hæðfeld. Warlord. Pagan. The one Saxon leader Oswald cannot charm, cannot convert, and cannot igno...

We live in a secular age, or so we have been told. Nevertheless, the Christian church strongly believes that we still experience--and in fact are surrounded by--acts of transcendence, encounters with God that often defy imagination and explanation. And yet we do try to explain such phenomena, whether theologically, experientially, biblically, historically, philosophically, literarily, or even (or especially) artistically. These two volumes are more than just papers from a major conference ...

We live in a secular age, or so we have been told. Nevertheless, the Christian church strongly believes that we still experience--and in fact are surrounded by--acts of transcendence, encounters with God that often defy imagination and explanation. And yet we do try to explain such phenomena, whether theologically, experientially, biblically, historically, philosophically, literarily, or even (or especially) artistically. These two volumes are more than just papers from a major conference ...