The first full-length study of one of the most controversial figures of later fourteenth century England. Robert de Vere was a close friend of the young King Richard II. He was accused of a wide range of political crimes and private vices by his opponents, the Lords Appellant. Defeated by them at the battle of Radcot Bridge in 1387, he died abroad in exile aged only 30. He was, in the eyes of many contemporaries - most notably the hostile chroniclers Walsingham and Froissart - and modern historians, a typical royal favourite: unmartial, immoral, self-seeking, and promoted and enriched far beyond his just desserts. What was a royal favourite, and what were the accusations made against them? This book investigates this question across late medieval England, and assesses de Vere against contemporary criteria. Based on extensive archival research, this book shows there was more to de Vere than a grasping courtier. He had been Earl of Oxford since the age of nine, heir to a large landed estate, and had twice served in foreign wars. He also made a serious attempt to govern the English lordship in Ireland given to him by Richard. The findings here show him to be a far more rounded and complex figure than previously assumed.
◆In the bustling landscape of health conscious cookbooks, Dr. James Ross unveils a culinary adventure like no other in "The 2024 Diabetic Cookbook for Type 2 Diabetes." Dive into a world where managing, preventing, and even reversing type 2 diabetes becomes an enticing exploration of flavors, textures, and nourishment.◆This isn't just a cookbook; it's a comprehensive guide designed for adult beginners seeking 1800 days of affordable, delicious, and downright tasty meals. The journey begins with a tantalizing 30-day meal plan, meticulously crafted to simplify your life while satisfying your taste buds. But that's just the appetizer. Dr. Ross goes above and beyond by including a diverse array of recipes catering to vegetarian and vegan diets, ensuring that every palate finds its perfect match.◆Dr. Ross combines his expertise as a physician with a passion for culinary artistry, delivering a collection of recipes that not only manage blood sugar but celebrate the joy of eating. Each recipe is a super easy masterpiece of balance, flavor, and nutritional goodness, making it an essential tool for those looking to take control of their health.◆Who is this cookbook for? It's for anyone on the journey to better health, whether you're navigating the challenges of type 2 diabetes or proactively preventing its onset. Dr. Ross invites you to savor the benefits of recipes that are affordable, super easy to prepare, and, above all, delicious.◆As you turn the pages of "The 2024 Diabetic Cookbook," envision a future where every meal is a step towards ahealthier, more vibrant you. Don't just read about it; experience it. It's time to reclaim your kitchen, redefine your relationship with food, and savor a life where well-being and culinary delight coexist.★Grab your copy of "The 2024 Diabetic Cookbook for Type 2 Diabetes" today and savor the goodness thatawaits all year round. Your journey to a healthier, tastier life starts here.
Introducing "Young Forever Cookbook: 80 Healthy and Delicious Recipes to Reverse disease, Age Backward, Live Long, and Take Control of Your Health" by Dr. James Ross. Are you ready to embark on a culinary journey that will transform your health and well-being? In this groundbreaking cookbook, renowned nutrition expert Dr. James Ross reveals the secrets to living your longest, healthiest life through the power of delicious and nourishing meals. Drawing on the latest scientific research on aging, nutrition, and longevity, Dr. Ross presents a collection of 80 mouthwatering recipes designed to help you age backward and take control of your health. From energizing breakfasts to satisfying dinners, each recipe is carefully crafted with a focus on key nutrients for anti-aging, building healthy habits for longevity, and promoting optimal health. Start your day with a refreshing Overnight Chia Pudding or a nutrient-packed Green Smoothie. For lunch, indulge in vibrant Greek Salad or a protein-rich Lentil Soup. In the evening, savor the flavors of Grilled Salmon with Roasted Asparagus or the comforting goodness of Mushroom and Spinach Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms. And let's not forget the delightful snacks and desserts that will satisfy your cravings without compromising your health. But this cookbook goes beyond mere recipes. Dr. Ross provides you with essential tips for a healthy lifestyle, including the importance of regular exercise, stress management techniques, prioritizing quality sleep, and incorporating healthy habits into your daily routine. With his expert guidance, you'll discover the true power of nutrition in living a long and vibrant life. Each recipe comes with detailed instructions, cooking time, serving size, and nutritional information per serving, so you can make informed choices about what you put on your plate. Whether you're a seasoned cook or a beginner in the kitchen, these recipes are easily accessible and measureable, ensuring your success in creating these nourishing dishes. With the "Young Forever Cookbook," you hold the key to unlocking your full potential for a healthier, happier, and more youthful life. Take action today and embrace the transformative power of food. It's time to savor the flavors of longevity and nourish your way to a vibrant future. Don't wait any longer. Get your copy of "Young Forever Cookbook" by Dr. James Ross and embark on a delicious journey to age backward, live long, and take control of your health. Your taste buds and your body will thank you!
A History of Congregational Independency in Scotland is a detailed account of the history of Congregationalism in Scotland. The book covers the origins of the movement in 16th century Scotland, its growth and development throughout the centuries, and its contributions to Scottish religious and cultural life. James Ross was a prominent Scottish Congregational minister and scholar, and his writing provides a fascinating perspective on an important movement in Scottish religious history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A stranger arrives out of a storm and takes a room at a small hotel in exchange for work. But why is he there, and does his sudden appearance have anything to do with a pattern killer who follows the winter snow? The Baptist is a novella about life, death and ordinary things.
Julien Trent, thief, free-climber, and former paratrooper with the Légion étrangère, finds himself working for the government again when the new Home Secretary green-lights the reformation of the RAIN unit. RAIN is a clandestine 'asymmetric investigation' team led by Dr. Madeline Perfect, tasked with taking down otherwise untouchable criminals and doing the dirty jobs that the legitimate government departments leave well alone. But Julien has his own life, his own plans, and his own desires, and he increasingly comes to understand that his role is more akin to a well-trained service dog than a spy. Scattered with moments of tender reflection and episodes of shocking ultra-violence, London RAIN is a story of intrigue, crime and, crucially, trust.
Some said he was a Georgian, others that he was Jewish, or Arab. They said he'd served in Seal Team Six, he was Spetsnaz, he was former IDF, ex SBS, that he was a radical green activist, a former Jihadi gone global, a lone wolf, ex CIA.No one knew for sure.Whatever he was, they said, it was all bad, and everyone wanted him dead.But Mark Barrett knew who he was and what he really looked like, and he wasn't telling. Because he gave his word. Gave his word to a solitary man in an almost empty airport - a man he trusted; a man who, after one brief meeting, he actually liked. This was the man the slavers called Dracul; the man the sheiks believed was the ghost of Hassan al Sabbah returned to strike down the wicked; the man the Cartels called Gun Jesus.And while Mark didn't think the man was a dragon, or the reincarnation of the first assassin, or the son of God, he recognised a saint when he saw one.
Nine years after the horrific and violent events in Grendel, Babe Walker reunites with April Speed. Why has he returned? Who has he come to kill? And after all this time, what is it that still binds them so closely together? Spare, contemplative, and with moments of ultraviolence, Stateless is a meditation on violence, loss and redemption.
St. Claire has given up the dealing and the one-night stands; he's renounced violence, dropped out of sight and moved up the coast. He's living like a hermit, trying to be a good man again. Kaska lives in a hope-free, dead-end town where the only growth industries are teenage pregnancy and low-level street disorder; she's sixteen, a gifted artist and she's dying by inches. She's desperate to break free.But as both St. Claire and Kaska discover, life gets in the way of the best-laid escape plans.
Mark Barrett, is owner and sole employee of NQA Courier Services. Delivering packages across Europe, he works in that grey area somewhere between almost and legal. After a date with a beautiful woman goes badly wrong he ends up in the police cells. The following morning his bail is paid by disgraced EU Commissioner Jack Maundy, who offers him a job: to hand-deliver three packages to three people in three European cities in five days. The packages are Maundy's insurance policy, in advance of his going to trial on charges of embezzling 81 billion Euros. An easy job, Maundy tells Mark, but one that needs doing quickly. What could go wrong?
Follow the adventures of Border Bob and the people and animals in his life: Edward, King of Dogs, Helen the carthorse, Stan the Stableboy, Wee Jock the postie, the Big Man and, of course, Bob's favourite person, The Girl. This edition in the Border Bob series is about a particular Christmas that took place a long time ago, when Bob became a hero to his postman, helped The Girl home during a blizzard on the back of a cart horse, and most importantly, helped out a very magical person when snow covered the land, old maps didn't quite work, and only Bob's sense of smell and direction could rescue Christmas!
Breaking Bad meets Billy Elliott in this YA novel of drugs, dreams and dead-end families.Mickey Hall is a bright, friendly fifteen year-old from a chaotic family background - a feckless single-parent mother, a drug-addicted sister and a series of waster 'dads' - who realises that his life would become so much easier if he simply embraced a life of crime himself.Having decided on this course of action he assembles a group of like-minded schoolfriends, and adopts a huge fighting dog called Maximus and, being both charming and very ruthless he sets out to become the number one drug dealer in town.He also begins a relationship with the prettiest, coolest girl in school.Things are going well until one afternoon he is abducted by a car full of adult gangsters who take him to a disused warehouse where he thinks they are going to murder him but instead he is introduced to the leader of the gang - his own father, a powerful, influential and affluent figure in the criminal underworld. He is quickly seduced deep into a life of crime by his new-found father's wealth and power.Eventually though, Mickey finds himself in a situation where he must choose between saving his family and betraying his father, forced to choose between old loyalties and his new found wealth and security.Set in the grimy, poverty-stricken, north-eastern wasteland of Sunderland, a place of derelict industry, charity shops, and people riding 'benefit chariots' - a town that is ironically currently bidding for the title European City of Culture - comes this YA novel of broken dreams and dead-end families.
The second novel of the Mark Barrett action/adventure series, featuring the disgraced Army pilot turned courier, working in 'that grey area between almost and legal' as he recalls the events that led to his dishonourable discharge from the army, following a three-day firefight in a remote valley in northern Afghanistan. Five years after the event, can he finally come to terms with what happened? Can he lay the past to rest?
Riley Spender is a Madame to the global elite - she counts princes, presidents and pontiffs as her friends, her parties are international, infamous and invitation only. She's rich, she's successful and she has a black book the size of a medieval ledger. The press call her Spenderella - the poor girl who caught the heart of many, many princes, and has the jewellery, the lavish lifestyle and the tabloid profile to prove it. And now she wants out. She calls on Mark Barrett, an old friend and her first love, to aid her escape - together they'll make the glamorous Spenderella disappear and, in the reverse of the Cinderella fairy-tale, a thirty-something, single-mother will emerge to live quietly and anonymously in New England. But what will this meeting of old flames mean for Mark's self-image as a modern day Sir Galahad, and will past loves and old scars bear scrutiny?
Liars, thieves, lovers, gods and storytellers feature in this collection of well-known myths and stories, retold and reimagined.
The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
PABBY AND SHAE, TEENS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, HOPING TO EXPAND THEIR EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE FOOTPRINTS OF HOPE FOSTER CARE CENTER ARRIVE AT PRAIRIE WINDS GOLF COURSE ON THE EAST SIDE OF ST. LOUIS. Innocence and youthful enthusiasm get caught in an undercurrent of sinister events. Civil injustice prompted by an unethical attorney arrives in the form of a bogus insurance claim. Alcohol and greed taint a dishonest judge. An Internet dating site feeds an affair. Shady police work attempts to stain the reputation of head pro, J Dub Schroeder. As the court spins out of control an ethics board investigation and an edgy game of instant messaging tempt the hands of fate. Savant-like tendencies, dementia and flying falcons intertwine with Native American customs, thoroughbred racing and a trip up the river road to Lighthouse Point. A retired barrister hints about a corrupt underground society. Can revealing a dark secret settle PABBY'S SCORE?
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