Peter de Vere, a soldier who has fled the crusader army, returns to his home in northern England to find his father dead and the family's castle seized. Armed with little more than a ragtag army of rebels and his childhood friends, Milo and Isabella, Peter must prove that his home is worth fighting not only a tyrannical king but also one of the most brilliant generals of the medieval times.

The year is World War One, a war that has rinsed the culture with blood. Henry Carrington, the son of a British baron, finds that the war is all he can think about. And so he flees his comfortable life to earn his own chivalry, just like in all of the books he has read. He soon finds, though, that he is a relic in a modern world. The knights of yesterday are all forgotten. Instead, he finds himself fighting alongside the common: the stern professor, a seducer of powerful women, and a pickp...

A collection of all of James Welsh's poems from 2008 to 2012.

The American West, December 1892: a vagrant wins a train ticket to Wyoming in a game of poker. However, the train is overbooked with danger. There are cattle ranchers, both rich and poor, aboard, who still have open wounds from a recent range war. As well, there is a disturbed killer being transported by marshals to Wyoming to face trial for his involvement in the conflict. When the train derails during a blizzard in Nebraska, the passengers face the looming specter of death, which becomes...

Francis Ford Coppola's career has spanned five decades, from low budget films he produced in the early 1960s to more personal films of recent years. Because of the tremendous popular success of The Godfather and the tremendous critical success of its sequel, Coppola is considered to be one of the best directors of all time.The entries in this encyclopedia focus on all aspects of Coppola's work—from his early days with producer Roger Corman to his films as the director of the 1970s....

Whether chronicling an athlete's rise, fall, and redemption or following a team's improbable triumph on the field, sports have been a favorite theme of filmmakers almost since movies were first produced. And whether focusing on soccer (Bend It Like Beckham), boxing (Rocky and its sequels), hockey (Slap Shot), baseball (Bull Durham), football (The Longest Yard), basketball (Hoosiers), cycling (Breaking Away), or tennis (Wimbledon), such films capture the competition and thrill of sport. All...

Zeus, the immortal King of Everything, has been ruled by a prophecy that only his firstborn can kill him and take his throne. In spite of his best efforts, Athena – a brilliant warrior – is born. Instead of killing her father, though, Athena loves Zeus as much as she hates the idea of becoming queen. Meanwhile, thousands of feet beneath the world, King Hades of the Dead is jealous of the power his brother Zeus has held over him. Hungry for revenge, Hades tricks Athena into killing her fath...

Oliver Stone has written and directed many memorable films while also developing a reputation for tackling controversial subjects, such as the Turkish prison system (Midnight Express), the Vietnam war (Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July), insider trading (Wall Street), presidential assassination (JFK), and a voyeuristic media (Natural Born Killers). Along the way, Stone has been nominated for more than 10 Academy Awards and three times received Oscars for his work.In The Oliver...

Godly Love: Impediments and Possibilities examines the theory of “Godly Love,” understood as including a vertical axis denoting the love of God and a horizontal axis involving the love of others, is at the core of a new field of research that studies how divine love influences the love of others and vice-versa. It is a multidisciplinary research program into the benevolent expressions of the Great Commandment of the Christian tradition involving the theological and social sciences. Theolog...

Dylan has just received a one-two punch that has caused his entire world to fall down around him. One, he finds out that he is being let go at work and that he has to train his replacement. Two, he finds out that he will shortly be losing the room he has been renting. As Dylan desperately tries and fails to find a new job and home, he begins to train his replacement, very reluctantly. However, as he trains Ruby – a sweet, bubbly girl from South Carolina – he begins to fall for her and her ...

Everything is all fun and games until living on the "wild" side becomes the rule instead of the exception. It's good to be bad... within reason, of course. And in this case? It's very, very good.

Uncover all the Little-Known Training and Grooming Tools and Techniques Used By Dog Trainers and Take the Guesswork Out of Raising an Energetic, Happy and Well-Behaved Corgi PupHave you always wanted to own either a Pembroke Welsh or Cardigan Corgi, but don't have the knowledge or experience to groom, train and raise them properly? Do you currently own a badly-behaved Corgi and are frustrated by your inability to get it to obey even the simplest of instructions?