When a priest with radical ideas and a parish council with traditional values lock horns over the beliefs they hold most sacred, there's bound to be controversy - and consequences. But murder crosses the line between committing a sin and committing a crime, turning a battle over faith into a battle for justice. And smack in the middle of the explosive case is Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid.
From the multiple award-winning author of the Hyperion Cantos – one of the most acclaimed and popular series in contemporary science fiction – comes ILIUM, a huge and powerful epic of high-tech gods, human heroes, total war, and the extraordinary transcendence of ordinary beings.
From the towering heights of Olympos Mons on Mars, the mighty Zeus and his immortal family of gods, goddesses, and demigods look down upon a momentous battle, observing – and often influencing-the legendary exploits of Paris, Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, and the clashing armies of Greece and Troy.
In one week, the Board of Inspectors is coming to Rotten School, and if everything isn’t up to their standards, the school will be shut down. But Bernie Bridges is too busy scheming to worry about that. When he sees Sherman Oaks, his archenemy, charging everyone to play his video game, Bernie comes up with a brilliant plan to make money. He’ll organize a game where everyone acts out the characters from the video in real life. The game wil be played for a fee, of course. But chaos breaks loose--just in time for the inspectors’ big visit!
War at sea: While Matthew Hervey is getting ready to re-join his regiment in England, his close friend Captain Peto is at sea preparing his mighty line-of-battle ship for war with the Turks. 1827: Captain Peto has just taken command of HMS Prince Rupert, the only three-decker line-of-battle ship in His Majesty's Fleet — a wooden fortress whose formidable firepower is the equal and more of Bonaparte's grand battery at Waterloo.
Passchendaele: Unseen Panoramas of the Third Battle of Ypres
'An extraordinary set of panoramic photographs that reveal the battlefields of the Western Front as never before.' The Times 'The book is a magnificent effort and most impressive - one could almost say unique.' Lyn Macdonald 'Is without doubt the best publication on the Great War in many years it is a superb piece of work.' --Western Front Association
