Product Description: A robust and wildly entertaining fairy tale, freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts's 1910 fantasy and wryly retold by Katherine and John Paterson.An ambitious Stone Age man demands a talisman that will harden his heart, allowing him to take control of his tribe...read more

Product Description: Long ago, in the land of Dartmoor, a magic man created an enchanted charm that granted its possessor incredible power―at the cost of the wearer’s own tenderness and compassion. After the merciless Flint Heart causes much destruction, it is lost among the reeds and rocks of the moor, where a kindly farmer discovers it thousands of years later...read more

Long ago, in the land of Dartmoor, a magic man created an enchanted charm that granted its possessor incredible power―at the cost of the wearer’s own tenderness and compassion. After the merciless Flint Heart causes much destruction, it is lost among the reeds and rocks of the moor, where a kindly farmer discovers it thousands of years later. With the Flint Heart in his possession, the once adoring father Billy Jago is transformed into a cruel and merciless brute. Young Charles is determined to win back his father’s true nature, and with his sister Unity and dog, Ship, he sets off into an enchanted world where animals talk, fairies hold elaborate banquets, and magical mischief must be resolved to bring Dartmoor and Merripit Farm back to rights again.This luminous fantasy by Katherine and John Paterson, freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts’s original story, is a tale that promises to capture the hearts of listeners with an enchantment all its own.

Product Description: A robust and wildly entertaining fairy tale, freely abridged from Eden Phillpotts's 1910 fantasy and wryly retold by Katherine and John Paterson.An ambitious Stone Age man demands a talisman that will harden his heart, allowing him to take control of his tribe...read more

Unable to help his family do anything of real significance that will help the war effort of World War II, young William befriends a real queen who is living in exile in his neighborhood and manages to make an impact on the war in his own special way.

Product Description: Central Asia has emerged as potentially the most important new hydrocarbon province in decades. Among the countries whose natural resources are now the focus of world attention, Kazakhstan is very much in the front rank. The scale and strategic importance of its reserves mean that it is set to become one of the key players in the global market...read more

Product Description: Book by Paterson, John (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The authors of Consider the Lilies: Plants of the Bible discuss the spiritual images, symbols, and signs used throughout history to represent God and the spiritual world.

Glorious full-color botanical paintings of familiar and exotic flowers, trees, and plants are accompanied by Bible passages and a description of each plant and its use in biblical times. Reprint. K. H.

Draws on letters of the period to portray the social and intellectual climate of London during the reign of Edward VII (view table of contents)

Surveys the history of wine making, the proper ways to store and serve wine, and the characteristics of wines from the distinct wine-producing regions of countries around the world