The Authority, a team of super-powered beings that travel the outer-limits of reality in a 50-mile wide alien ship, protects Earth from disaster and is answerable to no one. But when Earth's most powerful protectors are incapacitated by a demon and the Midnighter kidnapped, M15 turns to the one man they can rely on to get the job done.

Mary led a quiet life as a nun, secluded in her convent, until the war came... and everything changed. She renounced her life of peace... Acclaimed, best-selling writer Garth Ennis and artist Carlos Ezquerra, bring this gritty future war story to life with their trademark mixture of action and tense drama.

The National Curriculum is one of the most important changes in education this century. Consequently, every parent and student-teacher should read this book. It will be invaluable for teachers returning to the profession, and even experienced teachers will find the information on recentchanges to the National Curriculum useful.This book, called `a marvel of compression' on its first publication and praised for its clarity and balance, has now been thoroughly revised by Bob Moon in consultation with a team of experts. It explains in clear language how the National Curriculum is structured, what impact it has in theclassroom, how pupils are assessed and tested, how the teaching of foundation subjects is organized, what rights parents have, and how special needs are catered for.This new edition takes into account the radical restructuring of the national curriculum which was introduced in September 1995. It is anticipated that this restuctured curriculum will remain substantially unchanged for at least the next five years, making this book of lasting and vitalsignificance for everyone involved and affected by education.