Effran has a talent for magic. He is also a teenager and has trouble keeping his mind on the job. When some disastrous accidents keep him from entering college, his parents turn to another solution. Is Magistra Solstra just a teacher, or does she have a sinister plan? Why is her library full of snakes? Why does his fellow student carry a skull around? A story of learning magic and exploring the Wild.This novella joins the other Tales of the Wild by Peter Thomson: A Walk in the Wild...

Siberia's Lake Baikal is one of nature's most magnificent creations, the largest and deepest body of fresh water in the world. And yet it is nearly unknown outside of Russia. In Sacred Sea--the first major journalistic examination of Baikal in English--veteran environmental writer Peter Thomson and his younger brother undertake a kind of pilgrimage, journeying 25,000 miles by land and sea to reach this extraordinary lake. At Baikal they find a place of sublime beauty, deep history...

Gherrit is a lowly clerk in a bank, calculating interest and exchange rates for a meagre wage. When he is offered a trip, all expenses paid, he is told he is just a messenger. Just delver documents, witness signatures. All routine. No mention of kidnapping, evil mazes, buried secrets, financial skullduggery and, worst of all 'assurance specialists'.

A hunt across the world and through the Wild, with more at stake than the hunters realise.Jayas Zrei's last throw of the dice lost him everything. Everything except his wits, his skills and one companion in adversity. What else to do but try again, double or nothing, death or fortune? Surely luck will favour him this time. The big score has to be out there somewhere.Tol Henze finds people who do not want to be found, and someone will pay her a lot to find Jayas Zrei. The tr...

Lawyers, knives and money. And a bit of magic. Izuli wants none of the Wild. She's an ambitious lawyer, on her way to a new position. Alas, things don't go as planned. A robber baron needs tax advice, and who misses a lawyer? Meanwhile, a band of rogues are on the trail of the big score. Is the pen mightier than the sword?The Servant's Story tells what happens when greed collides with legal cunning. A story of friendship and treachery, set in the magical world of the Wild, where th...

Armistice Day, November 11, 1940The free world is at war with Germany and Italy. Japan is fighting in China with Hitler pressing her to join the war against the Allies: turning a European conflict into the Second World War.The Blue-Funnel liner 'Automedon' lies 250 miles from the northwest cape of Sumatra, heading for Penang. 16-year-old deckboy, Frank Walker, watches a smudge of smoke on the horizon turn into a ship headin...

At the end of a gruelling day's work in their father's cotton field in northern Afghanistan, Houshmad Wahidi, middle of three teenage brothers, came up with a plan to steal pomegranates. Albeit with reluctance, his siblings agreed, but the theft went seriously wrong. Houshmad had to flee the province after his brothers denounced him. He swore vengeance against them and walked south to Beghlan, where he gave himself into the bondage and sexual-servitude as a dancing boy to The Uzbek – the r...

"Encompassing the history, tradition, and images of the great links, this book is a worthy travelling companion, and guide, on your golfing journey." —Ian Baker-Finch, Australian professional golfer and sports commentatorOn the short list for the 2000 USGA International Book Award for "outstanding golf book of the year," Links Golf: The Inside Story describes the beautiful land on which the links courses are built. Daley explains the term "links" and discu...

There has been a great crime, so the innocent must be punished. Two sisters are separated; one sent into exile, the other to serve a strict order. If they are to find each other again they must re-make themselves from servants into something else. A tale of two young women striving to change themselves and their world as plots and magic swirl about them.

"Unlock Your True Earnings: The Essential Blueprint Every Skilled Professional Needs"Do you consistently deliver unmatched value, yet find your income doesn't mirror your expertise? You're not alone in feeling the sting of undervaluation. The annoyance of seeing others, perhaps less skilled, out-earning you can be frustrating.You're not alone.But what if the issue isn't 'what you do', but how you position it?What if ...

Deceit! Perfidy! Back Stabbing! False Witness!,b>Injustice! Double Dealing! Pride and Prejudice!The small Mid West town of Bamptonville, in rural Nebraska use all of these vices against Greg Mitchell to persuade him to quit town.,/p>Greg Mitchell, the English tycoon who lost his business empire to treachery is a man on a mission. After one attempt on his life, and the blackening of his name by false rumours and vengeful conspiracies he's staying put...

Greg Mitchell had everything, position, wealth, a beautiful wife and a glittering future. Acclaimed as UK's businessman of the decade. In the crash of a judge's gavel he had nothing and nobody to support him, losing it all through the treachery of his wife's family and those closest to him. Instead of fighting back, he ran away to the United States, ostensibly to find himself.While following a vexing diversion through the small, Nebraskan town of Bamptonville, Greg knocked down Jes...