Tim Flanagan

The first in a series of four books that complete the story of The Moon Stealers.In the small Yorkshire town of Parsley Bottom, Peter Crisp, a boy with an unusual gift of being able to see things that others cannot, goes missing after spending the night in a graveyard. Two of Peters school friends, attempt to find him but come across some mysterious engravings which propel them on an adventure beyond their imagination. By unravelling codes and riddles they journey within the bowels of Edinburgh Castle as they attempt to find the key to Peter's disappearance.Meanwhile MI6 operative Steven Knight is sent from London to investigate a meteorite landing which contains a living and evolving alien bacteria within its core.The bacteria quickly evolves into a deadly threat. The children not only need to save Peter, they need to save the world while they're at it.This cult fantasy adventure appeals to both children and adults and highlights the genuine possibility of what impact alien bacteria could have on our planet and the ecosystem on it. Would the inherent characteristic of human survival kick in or could the Earth be contaminated and populated by other forms? The genuine scientific and astrological information that exists within this novel gives it a realistic edge that will leave you considering the possibility of other life forms and parallel worlds for days after you finish it.

The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough

This is the same book as the other Quest for the Silver Bough, but with different cover art. The Yorkshire town of Parsley Bottom has a problem... Peter Crisp, a boy with an unusual gift of being able to see things that others cannot, goes missing after spending the night in a graveyard. Two of Peter's school friends, join forces with a Knight of King Arthur to attempt to find him but come across some mysterious engravings which propel them on an adventure beyond their imagination. Meanwhile MI6 operative Steven Knight is sent from London to investigate a meteor landing site, but Steven is advised by his own boss not to trust the puppeteers that hold the strings to his investigation. Within the core of the meteor is an alien bacteria that evolves at an alarming rate that not only puts Steven's life at risk, but the entire human race. By unravelling ancient codes and riddles the children journey within the bowels of Edinburgh Castle as they attempt to find the key to Peter's disappearance. The children not only need to save Peter, they need to save the world while they're at it. "One of the Best Science Fiction books I've read...." This science fiction adventure book appeals to both children and adults and raises the possibility of what impact alien bacteria could have on our planet. Would the inherent characteristic of human survival kick in or could the Earth be contaminated and populated by other forms? The genuine scientific and astrological information gives this novel a realistic edge that will leave you considering the possibility of other life forms and parallel worlds long after you turn over the final page. What the reviewers have to say. "A definite must read with its imaginative monsters, realistic main characters, science knowledge, mystery and a unique style which keeps you reading." - Amazon Reviewer. "It was really well written and had such rich detail that made the book shine and come to life .... an amazing jigsaw that slowly comes together." - Best Books. "One of the best books I have read on the subject so far! I think it will be a big hit with boys. Great start to this series." - Addicted To Books. "This is a very entertaining book that anyone can enjoy. I can't wait for the next one." - All My Book Finds. A personal note from the author. The idea for the Moon Stealers arrived, quite innocently one morning when myself and my son, James were getting ready in the bathroom. He asked me to tell him a story so I randomly said, 'Have you heard the one about the Moon Stealers?' and the seed of imagination started. Only a wild and exciting story would be good enough for him so during our time in the bathroom, we threw loads of ideas at each other and concocted an early form of the story. Later, as I started to write, I found that the ideas seemed to organically grow by themselves. James went through every chapter with his pencil telling me where I had made errors. Writing a book for teenagers and young people provides a writer a lot more freedom for ideas and possibilities than an adult one. Children are much more likely to accept things that an adult's methodical and scientific brain would be closed to. With children there is no 'that's not possible,' or 'he wouldn't do that,' or 'because of the erratic nature of ion's it would not be physically possible for teleportation to occur when it rains.' In short, to a child anything is possible. And, as a writer, that's exciting. Writing The Moon Stealers has taken me on a journey back to my childhood and the stories of fantasy and imagination I read in books and comics. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did writing it.

The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough (Retro Teen Edition)

Rahul K. Gairola

Sarah Courtis

Liminal Diasporas: Contemporary Movements of Humanity and the Environment offers readers a new lens through which to critically re-evaluate the necropolitics of migration. Using the term "liminal diasporas," the co-editors and range of authors define this notion as migratory bodies that are simultaneously subject to danger, violence, and precarious modalities of life. The chapters in this edited volume cover a range of topics including diasporic camp life for Palestinians, queer South Asian diasporas in the Caribbean, close readings of various texts, reformulations of "home" and "homeland," children’s play/games, and even representations of zombie diaspora. Overall, these chapters, along with the incisive Preface and Afterword that bookend them, offer compelling readings of what it means today to be a liminal diaspora before the era of COVID 19 into today’s woeful violence in Gaza, Ukraine, and other parts of the world. Liminal Diasporas, as such, is a timely and urgent collection that compels us to rethink the human condition in relation to possibly the most material existential crises that our planet has ever witnessed. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Postcolonial Writing.

Contemporary Movements of Humanity and the Environment

Liminal Diasporas

Susan Fowler

Drea Zigarmi

Dick Lyles

Good Leaders, Good Shepherds is the fictional story of a priest who finds himself overwhelmed at a new pastoral assignment. With the help of two Catholic leaders, he discovers the God-given capacity to lead and shepherd his flock.In these pages, priests, religious, and lay leaders will: Find hope and confidence in their ministry Discover an effective model of leadership that all church ministries can use Understand how to productively work with different personality styles Gain new insights into leading groups in a way that empowers their teams and gets results Whether you are a pastor of many years, recently ordained, or a lay person who works for the Church, you will derive much benefit from the concepts taught in Good Leaders, Good Shepherds. Your leadership, your ministry and your life will be rejuvenated and the Kingdom will shine through your vibrant faith community.

Discovering Leadership Principles for Effective Priestly Ministry

Good Leaders, Good Shepherds

​This book, itself a study of two books on the Baroque, proposes a pair of related theses: one interpretive, the other argumentative. The first, enveloped in the second, holds that the significance of allegory Gilles Deleuze recognized in Walter Benjamin’s 1928 monograph on seventeenth century drama is itself attested in key aspects of Kantian, Leibnizian, and Platonic philosophy (to wit, in the respective forms by which thought is phrased, predicated, and proposed).The second, enveloping the first, is a literalist claim about predication itself – namely, that the aesthetics of agitation and hallucination so emblematic of the Baroque sensibility (as attested in its emblem-books) adduces an avowedly metaphysical ‘naturalism’ in which thought is replete with predicates. Oriented by Barbara Cassin’s development of the concerted sense in which homonyms are critically distinct from synonyms, the philosophical claim here is that ‘the Baroque’ names the intervallic [διαστηματική] relation that thought establishes between things. On this account, any subject finds its unity in a concerted state of disquiet – a state-rempli in which, phenomenologically speaking, experience comprises as much seeing as reading (as St Jerome encountering Origen’s Hexapla).

The Art of Least Distances

Baroque Naturalism in Benjamin and Deleuze

THE NUMBER ONE SCI-Fi / DYSTOPIAN SERIES FOR TEENS "If The Hunger Games and Veronica Roth's Divergent Series have left you eager for more, The Moon Stealers is the next big Urban Fantasy series..." The science fiction adventure series continues into a fantasy land After finding the magical Silver Bough in the first Moon Stealer book, the portal to the Underworld opens enabling Sir Edgar and the children; Max, Joe and Scarlet to jump through. They find themselves in a world at war and quickly become involved in an uprising against the Faerie Queen. Their quest to find Peter Crisp continues, but the threat of the alien bacteria back home looms over them. Sir Edgar's attempt at gaining the Faerie Queens help in ridding the Moon Stealers from Earth looks like it may be a fruitless task. In such an uncharted land it's difficult knowing who is friend and who is foe. Danger lurks in the most innocent of places. Also by Tim Flanagan Read the complete Moon Stealer series: The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough (Book 1) The Moon Stealers and the Queen of the Underworld (Book 2) The Moon Stealers and the Everlasting Night (Book 3) The Moon Stealers and the Children of the Light (Book 4) Tim is also the author of the acclaimed illustrated detective book: The Curious Disappearance of Professor Brown Lawrence Pinkley's Casebook Vol 1 Review "It was really well written and had such rich detail that made the book shine and come to life .... an amazing jigsaw that slowly comes together." (Anne Marie, Best Books) "One of the best books I have read on the subject so far! I think it will be a big hit with boys." (Jennifer Moody, Addicted To Books) "This is a very entertaining book that anyone can enjoy. I can't wait for the next one." (Crystal Trent Dotson, All My Book Finds) "I was drawn into this book literally from the very first paragraph." (Maria Foley, Book Junkies) "This is a fun adventure filled fantasy book. I would think any kid would enjoy this series, I know I did and I'm an adult." (Heather Alexander, Young Adult and Teens Readers Community) A Personal Note from the Author The idea for the Moon Stealers arrived, quite unexpectedly one morning when myself and my son were getting ready. He asked me to tell him a story so I randomly said, 'Have you heard the one about the Moon Stealers?' Only a wild and exciting story would be good enough for my son, so during our time in the bathroom we threw loads of ideas at each other and concocted an early form of the story. Later, as I started to write it down so that he could draw some pictures to go with it, I found the ideas grew organically and two years later, the four book series was complete.

The Moon Stealers and the Queen of the Underworld

This is the same book as the other Queen of the Underworld, but with different cover art. The science fiction adventure series continues into a fantasy land After finding the magical Silver Bough in the first Moon Stealer book, the portal to the underworld opens enabling Sir Edgar and the children; Max, Joe and Scarlet to jump through. They find themselves in a world at war and quickly become involved in an uprising against the Faerie Queen. Their quest to find Peter Crisp continues, but the threat of the alien bacteria back home looms over them. Sir Edgar's attempt at gaining the Faerie Queens help in ridding the Moon Stealers from Earth looks like it may be a fruitless task. In such an unchartered land it's difficult knowing who is friend and who is foe. Danger lurks in the most innocent of places. The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough - Book 1 is available on Amazon on Kindle and in Paperback "The Moon Stealers is a little fun, a little scary and a lot adventure. The science fiction adventure theme of book one changes in book two to become more fantasy based with Elves, Unicorns, Centaurs and many others forming a cast of thousands as the underworld is taken to war. This is a classic tale of good against evil and championing of the under dog. Once again, this book will appeal to teenagers and middle grade students as well as adults. The excitement and pace of book one will have left you wanting more, and the second book will not disappoint. The adventure continues as soon as you turn page one and doesn't give you time to breath until you put it down and beg for book three! What the reviewers have to say about The Moon Stealers series "A definite must read with its imaginative monsters, realistic main characters, science knowledge, mystery and a unique style which keeps you reading." - Amazon Reviewer. "It was really well written and had such rich detail that made the book shine and come to life .... an amazing jigsaw that slowly comes together." - Best Books. "One of the best books I have read on the subject so far! I think it will be a big hit with boys. Great start to this series." - Addicted To Books. "This is a very entertaining book that anyone can enjoy. I can't wait for the next one." - All My Book Finds. A personal note from the author The idea for the Moon Stealers arrived, quite innocently one morning when myself and my son, James were getting ready in the bathroom. He asked me to tell him a story so I randomly said, 'Have you heard the one about the Moon Stealers?' and the seed of imagination started. Only a wild and exciting story would be good enough for him so during our time in the bathroom, we threw loads of ideas at each other and concocted an early form of the story. Later, as I started to write, I found that the ideas seemed to organically grow by themselves. James went through every chapter with his pencil telling me where I had made errors. Writing a book for teenagers and young people provides a writer a lot more freedom for ideas and possibilities than an adult one. Children are much more likely to accept things that an adult's methodical and scientific brain would be closed to. With children there is no 'that's not possible,' or 'he wouldn't do that,' or 'because of the erratic nature of ion's it would not be physically possible for teleportation to occur when it rains.' In short, to a child anything is possible. And, as a writer, that's exciting. Writing The Moon Stealers has taken me on a journey back to my childhood and the stories of fantasy and imagination I read in books and comics. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did writing it.

The Moon Stealers and the Queen of the Underworld (Retro Teen Edition)

THE NUMBER ONE SCI-Fi / DYSTOPIAN SERIES FOR TEENS "If The Hunger Games and Veronica Roth's Divergent Series have left you eager for more, The Moon Stealers is the next big Urban Fantasy series..." The science fiction adventure series continues into a fantasy land After finding the magical Silver Bough in the first Moon Stealer book, the portal to the underworld opens enabling Sir Edgar and the children; Max, Joe and Scarlet to jump through. They find themselves in a world at war and quickly become involved in an uprising against the Faerie Queen. Their quest to find Peter Crisp continues, but the threat of the alien bacteria back home looms over them. Sir Edgar's attempt at gaining the Faerie Queens help in ridding the Moon Stealers from Earth looks like it may be a fruitless task. In such an unchartered land it's difficult knowing who is friend and who is foe. Danger lurks in the most innocent of places. Also by Tim Flanagan Read the complete Moon Stealer series: The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough (Book 1) The Moon Stealers and the Queen of the Underworld (Book 2) The Moon Stealers and the Everlasting Night (Book 3) The Moon Stealers and the Children of the Light (Book 4) Tim is also the author of the acclaimed illustrated detective book: The Curious Disappearance of Professor Brown Review "It was really well written and had such rich detail that made the book shine and come to life .... an amazing jigsaw that slowly comes together." (Anne Marie, Best Books) "One of the best books I have read on the subject so far! I think it will be a big hit with boys." (Jennifer Moody, Addicted To Books) "This is a very entertaining book that anyone can enjoy. I can't wait for the next one." (Crystal Trent Dotson, All My Book Finds) "I was drawn into this book literally from the very first paragraph." (Maria Foley, Book Junkies) "This is a fun adventure filled fantasy book. I would think any kid would enjoy this series, I know I did and I'm an adult." (Heather Alexander, Young Adult and Teens Readers Community) A Personal Note from the Author The idea for the Moon Stealers arrived, quite unexpectedly one morning when myself and my son were getting ready. He asked me to tell him a story so I randomly said, 'Have you heard the one about the Moon Stealers?' Only a wild and exciting story would be good enough for my son, so during our time in the bathroom we threw loads of ideas at each other and concocted an early form of the story. Later, as I started to write it down so that he could draw some pictures to go with it, I found the ideas grew organically and two years later, the four book series was complete.

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