Synopsis (From the English Heritage website):
‘Stonehenge, where stones of wonderful size have been erected after the manner of doorways … no one can conceive how such great stones have been so raised aloft, or why they were built there’From Henry of Huntingdon’s History of the English People, written in about 1130
Stonehenge [...]
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4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2014
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The Journey by Ted Cowling
Synopsis (from the book cover):
In this true, fascinating and very moving story, Ted Cowling takes the reader through his childhood to his enlistment into the RAF on 4th September 1939. He describes his brushes with death in the skies over Europe and his part in a top secret and highly dangerous mission to Russia in [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 7th 2014
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Sun, Moon & Earth by Robin Heath
Synopsis (from the book cover):
How many days are there between full moons – think you know? Is there an ancient key to the calendar hidden in the stone circles? What is the magical secret of the Sun-Moon-Earth system?
If you have ever wondered about eclipses, tides or the seasons, this amazing little book by acknowledged time-lord [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 14th 2014
… Sacred knowledge of the Ancient Britains
Synopsis from (from book cover):
The huge stone circle built in the British Isles and northwest France from 6500 to 3500 years ago are among civilisation’s strangest monuments. Ignored or plundered for centuries, they have only in modern times begun to reveal their remarkable complexity.
It is now widely acknowledged that [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2014
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Citadel by Kate Mosse
Synopsis (from book cover):
Summer, 1942. A spirited and courageous young woman, Sandrine, finds herself drawn into the world of the Resistance in Carcassonne under German Occupation. Her network – codenamed ‘Citadel’ – is made up of ordinary women who risk everything to fight the sinister battles raging in the shadows around them. as the war reaches its [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2013
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The Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix
Description from the publishers site:
Only the Abhorsen can keep the living safe from the dead.
Sabriel: Every step she takes brings her closer to a battle that will pit her against the true forces of life and death – and bring her face-to-face with her own destiny.
Lirael: With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2012
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Keep Calm and Carry On
I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb where I talk about a random tweet, one of my favourite book shops and how on one occasion the bookshop led to an occurrence of synchronicity.
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2012
