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POnDeraBleS PHILOSOPHY 2-3 PHYSICS 4 THE ELEMENTS 4 THE UNIVERSE 5 MATHEMATICS 5

tHe lOnDOn StereOSCOPiC COMPanY POOR MAN’S PICTURE GALLERY 6 DIABLERIES 8 DIABLERIES—THE DE LUXE EDITION 9 THE OWL’S NEST—QUEEN IN 3-D 10-11

A VILLAGE LOST AND FOUND 12-13 fOrewOrD BY StePHen HawKinG STARMUS 14-15

liBrarY Of OraCleS RUNES, PENDULUM 16 TAROT, NUMEROLOGY 17

PLAYING THE HARMONICA 18 CHAMPIONSHIP YO YO 18 TITANIA’S CRYSTAL BALL 19 THE CUP OF DESTINY 19

THE PILLARS OF CONSCIOUSNESS 20-21

illUStrateD HiStOrieS THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS 22 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR 22 THE CATHARS 23 MARY MAGDALENE 23

THE HISTORY OF FARTING 24

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Philosophy An Illustrated History of Thought Tom Jackson new Ponderables title

a FreSh NeW looK at the FUNDaMeNtalS oF PhIloSoPhY

ere is the essential guide to philosophy, an authoritative yet fun reference ISBN: 978-0-9853230-7-3 Hbook and timeline on the compilation of human knowledge. Both art Format: Hardcover w/removable fold-out timeline and science attempt answers to the big questions—what is truth, how to be Extent: 168 pages good, and where did we come from?—but philosophy is the interpreter we Size: 9.25 x 11.20 use to verify it all. We need it to make sense of the simplest math and the most Illust: 300+ color esoteric poetry and it has even created a science of information itself. We begin Price: $24.95 U.S. / $29.95 CAN our journey at the boundary of myth and reason and along the way we visit the Subject: Philosophy/Reference thoughts of the most high-fl ying of minds; Socrates, Descartes, Kant and others,

who could see that nothing, not ever-changing words, limitless numbers, or Tom JACKSon has written more than mystical visions, were beyond examination. And we shall see that philosophy, far 80 books and contributed to many more, from being the work of dead geniuses, is today at the heart of our battle to make covering everything from axolotls to sense of the quantum Universe. Zoroastrianism. He studied zoology at the University of Bristol in the UK, and still lives in that city with his wife and three children, u Contains 100 chronological articles that tell the story of philosophy through where he can be found mainly in the attic. the inspirations of great thinkers. u Includes summaries of the fi elds of philosophy, setting out the basics in jargon-busting and lighthearted text. u The life stories behind the great philosophers give further insight to their work. u Philosophy embraces the paradox, and we present the most mind-boggling conundrums the last 3,000 years has to off er. u 100 Ponderables also contains a 12-page Timeline History of Philosophy.

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Physics The elements An Illustrated History of the An Illustrated History of the PeriodicTable Foundations of Science Tom Jackson Tom Jackson

Here is the essential guide to the Periodic Table, an authoritative reference book and timeline with at-a-glance information for every element. The Periodic Table, set out by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, is the result of centuries of accumulated knowledge. It is a powerful yet elegant tool that opens a window onto the very stuff of nature—stars, rocks, life, and more—and it shows us the way to make ever smarter technologies. One hundred ponderables, the puzzles solved and inspirations reached, tell the story of how the Periodic Table came to be. The journey begins just as the fi rst cities are forming and follows the contributions made by philosophers, alchemists, industrialists, and great scientists. It ends with Here is the essential guide to physics, an authoritative the synthesis of superheavy elements never seen before on reference book and timeline that examines the foundations Earth—and an understanding of how the universe really works. upon which all scientifi c knowledge rests. Without physics, everything else—from astronomy to zoology—would be a “Inquisitive high-schoolers and meaningless conjecture. adults alike will enjoy and learn from Follow physics through the ages as great scientists, such as what’s inside.” Thales, Galileo, Feynman, and many others, gradually unpick Physicstoday.org on THE ELEMENTS. the fabric of the universe to reveal an array of fundamental forces, intangible particles, and indestructible energy. Today, u 100 milestone facts reveal the chronological history of physics discoveries make headline news as we confi rm the how the weighty problems in the world of chemistry led fresh mysteries of the Higgs boson, supersymmetry, and dark to great discoveries. energy. u Authoritative but lively text, and lavish illustrations set out the reasoning behind the Periodic Table, bringing the u Authoritative text, exciting imagery, and helpful diagrams elements into clear focus. accompany each of the steps along the way. u Includes a removable fold-out concertina neatly housed u Biographies of great physicists and a chart of the Standard at the back of the book, with a 12-page Timeline History Model particles boosts the contents for all readers. of the Periodic Table and a 12-page Chart of Elements in u A simple physics guide draws together current Atomic Order. understanding to set out the basics of the science. u Contains 100 chronological articles that tell the story of ISbn: 978-0-9853230-3-5 physics from the dawn of history to the present day.

ISbn: 978-0-9853230-6-6 SPeCifiCatiOnS fOr all BOOKS Trim page size: 9.25 x 11.20 Extent: 144-page book plus a 24-page removable fold-out concertina fi lled with 1000s of facts Illustrations: approx. 300 Retail Price: $24.95 ($29.95 CAN)

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mathematics An Illustrated History of numbers Editor: Tom Jackson

Here is the essential guide to mathematics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that explores the work of history’s greatest mathematicians. These include the teasing genius of Pierre de Fermat, who said he knew the answers but rarely gave them up; the helpful guidance of Fibonacci, whose 13th-century compendium for bookkeepers proved to be a valuable tool for the most high-minded mathematicians; The Universe and the fractal pattern discovered by Wacław Sierpinski now used to plan the route a mailman takes. With a glimpse of the An Illustrated History of Astronomy abstract landscapes of infi nite numbers and multi-dimensional Tom Jackson shapes that these incredible minds explore, we can begin to get beyond school-day sums and understand the true power Here is the essential guide to astronomy, an authoritative of mathematics. reference book and timeline that traces how, over many centuries, great minds have fi gured out where we and our u 100 milestone facts reveal the greatest mathematical planet fi t in the great expanse of the Universe. Since time breakthroughs through the eyes of the people who made immemorial people have looked out into the night sky and them. brought back knowledge of how the Universe works. Gradually u Authoritative text, historical imagery, and helpful diagrams astronomers have learned how it all began—in a Big Bang—and are combined with stories and everyday examples to are now faced with a variety of possible endings for space as make the complex mathematics accessible to everyone. we know it. The history of astronomy is as long as civilization itself. The megalithic cultures of Stonehenge and Carnac sought u Includes a removable fold-out concertina neatly housed to anchor themselves to the workings of the cosmos, and as at the back of the book, with a 12-page Timeline History of today’s astronomers search for alien planets and seek out dark Mathematics and 12 pages of Mathematical Enigmas. matter, perhaps we are just the same. ISbn: 978-0-9853230-4-2 u 100 milestone facts follow the steps by scientists, ancient and modern, to build up a picture of the Universe, stars, and planets. u Authoritative text, stunning astronomical imagery, and explanatory illustrations set out the way we have pushed back the boundaries of our knowledge to reveal how the Universe formed. u Includes a removable fold-out concertina neatly housed at the back of the book, with a 12-page Timeline History of the Universe and a 12-page Star Chart of the Night Sky for every month.

ISbn: 978-0-9853230-5-9

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The Poor man’s Picture Gallery Stereoscopy versus Paintings in the victorian era Denis Pellerin and Brian May

This astonishing set of stereocards from Brian May’s collection reconstructs 14 well-known Victorian works in Tate Britain using real actors and staged scenes. The stereos are contemporary with the paintings, and their existence was hitherto unknown outside the circle of specialist collectors of Victoriana. They were produced for commercial reasons—the advent of a new painting by a great artist was big news, but most people were not able to access and enjoy the new works of art. Entrepreneurial photographers of the day reconstructed the scenes, photographed them, and sold the stereocards for profi t. In addition to their beauty, they shed light on the story of these famous paintings, and reveal a great deal about the society of the time.

The format is to show the painting itself, followed by the stereocard versions of that painting with explanatory text. The artists include Landseer, Maclise, Wallis, Millais, Calderon, Collinson, Frith, Egley, Collins, Leslie, Haydon, and the photographers were the most distinguished of that time. The book accompanies an exhibition of these cards which will be held at the Tate from October 2014 on.

Michael Burr: The Death of Chatterton (photograph c. 1861)

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ISBN: 978-0-9574246-1-6 Format: 208 page book with over 300 photographs and illustrations, slipcased with 3-D viewer Size: 9.5 x 12.80 x 1.5 Price: $60.00 U.S./ $75.00 CAN Subject: Art & Photography

Punch, 1847 (Volume 13), page 94: An Artful Excuse

Henry Wallis: The Death of Chatterton (painting 1856)

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Diableries Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell Brian May, Denis Pellerin, and Paula Fleming

devilish 1860s sensation–fi nally A unleashed on the 21st century! In France, around 1860, from the loins of a traditional national fascination with all things diabolical, was born a new sensation: a series of visionary dioramas depicting life in a strange parallel universe called ENFER—Hell—communicated to an eager audience by means of stereoscopic cards, to be viewed in the stereoscopes which had already become popular in the 1850s. This 3-D phenomenon, which fascinated a nation for 40 years, is now yours to share. This book, the fruit of half a lifetime’s study by three impassioned authors, brings every one of the published Diableries ISBN: 978-0-9574246-0-9 into the 21st century for the very fi rst time. Some of them are so rare that at the Format: Hardcover: 280 pages, 500 time of writing there is no known complete collection of the originals of these photographs, slipcased with 3-D viewer masterpieces. But this book enables all but two of the 182 scenes to be enjoyed Size: 9.5 x 12.80 x 1.5 just as their creators intended, in magnifi cent 3-D, using the high-quality patent Price: $60.00 U.S./ $75.00 CAN Subject: Art & Photography OWL stereoscopic viewer supplied.

revIewS Los Angeles Times “the book is written by Brian May, the Queen guitarist, wall Street Journal (who has a doctorate in astrophysics and is a life long stereo “who says dinosaur rockers can’t raise hell? in the poshly photography collector), Denis Pellerin and Paula fleming. published Diableries Brian May… shares his long-standing it contains detailed context for each Diablerie, explaining passion for 19th-century stereopticon images. He bought political references, pointing out jokes and illustrating his fi rst pair of these 3-D cards over 40 years ago from a technical accomplishments. the images were created by psychedelia vendor at Portobello road Market in london. photographing hand-sculpted scenes. they look sepia- in this nearly complete set of a phantasmic french toned in daylight and fi ll with color when backlighted, stereopticon series from the 1860s, skeletons enact an which is particularly frightening when the eyes of the elaborate danse macabre. Curiously, Satan bears a striking damned glow red as the green devil parades by.” resemblance to King louis Philippe.”

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Diableries DeLuxe Collectors edition Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell Brian May, Denis Pellerin, and Paula Fleming

ISBN: 978-0-9574246-5-4 Format: Hardcover: 280 pages, 500 photographs, slipcased with 3-D viewer Size: 9.5 x 12.80 x 1.5 Price: $300 non-returnable (this item only) Subject: Art & Photography

u Each book is gold tooled red vegan faux leather u Each book is gilt edged u Each book includes a ribbon marker u 250 numbered limited edition u Each book comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Brian May

Shelter Harbor Press 9 new november 2014 Exclusive from London Stereoscopic Company

The owL’s nest: Queen in 3-D 3D Stereoscope designed and signed by brian may

his unique and highly sought after Brian May-designed, high- Tquality box made of neutral fibre materials is custom built to contain the platinum colored OWL viewer, with the three sets of classic Queen cards, and a 72 page pocket-sized booklet with descriptive captions of all the stereo cards. Each Collector’s box comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by its creator, Brian May!

Certificate of authenticity signed by Brian May

The OWL’s nest contains: u The platinum colored OWL viewer u Three sets of 12 stereoscopic cards featuring Queen. Series 1 and 2 are of diverse subjects,. Series 3 records the shooting of the Radio Ga Ga video u 72-page, pocket-sized booklet with descriptive captions of all the stereo cards u A certificate of authenticity signed by its creator, Brian May

ISBN: 978-0-9574246-6-1 The OWL’s nest Size: 7.75 x 4.65 x 5.50 including cards and viewer Price: $275.00 Non-returnable (this item only)

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Series 3. Stereoscopic card front and reverse of ‘The Metropolis Car’

These stereo photos were taken during the shooting of the video for the Queen single Radio Ga Ga in November 1983. The concept of the video was based on the Fritz Lang movie classic Metropolis (1927), and incorporated scenes from Giorgio Moroder’s restored version of the original film.

Series 1

Series 3. ‘Freddie at the control dial’ Series 2

Queen (with Freddie) series 12 cards in each set

Series 3. ‘Teleportation’

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A village Lost and Found An annotated tour of the 1850s series of stereo photographs ‘Scenes in Our Village’ by t r williams Brian May and Elena Vidal

ow with a new home under the creative wing of the team who originally Nwrote and produced the book in 2008, A Village Lost and Found has joined the imaginative program of 3-D publishing that is the mission of Brian May’s new London Stereoscopic Company (LSC). Relaunched, alongside the LSC’s new titles for Fall 2014, A Village Lost and Found received fabulous reviews, and is available to a new market as Shelter Harbor’s team goes large with it across the USA. This book is the perfect antidote to the stress of life in the 21st Century. It portrays the idyll of life in an 1850s English village, “far from the sound of the train’s whistle”. The identity of the village was lost to the world for 150 years, and only by a miracle does this magical set of stereoscopic views survive, brought ISBN: 978-07112-3039-2 together for the very first time by Brian May and his co-author, photohistorian Format: Hardcover 240 pages, 500 Elena Vidal. Their research is amazingly in-depth, but the book is utterly photographs, slipcased with 3-D viewer Size: 9.5 x 12.8 x x1.5 readable, and the pictures leap into glorious 3-D, viewed in the new focussing Originally published in Fall 2009 stereoscope which May has designed and produced to bring the stereos to life, Subject: Art & Photography and then fold neatly into the slip-case of the book. Price: $60.00 U.S./ $75.00 CAN

The book gives an extraordinary insight into everyday village life at the time: with a woman at her spinning wheel, the blacksmith outside his smithy, three men at the grindstone sharpening a tool, the villagers in the fi elds, bringing in the harvest as well as often taking time to enjoy a good gossip. In every case the original verse which accompanied the view is reproduced. In addition, May and Vidal have researched revIewS and annotated all the views, revealing John Dennis Stereo world Amateur Photographer another layer of meaning by exploring the “T. R. Williams seems to have created ‘Our ‘A more detailed picture of our forebears history of these real characters, this idyllic Village’ as a labor of love, recording the rather than a little silhouette of a man!’ village and its links with the present day. scenes of his childhood summers and documenting a place and way of life that royal Photographic Society was already vanishing through the e ects of ‘The awesome thoroughness of this book The result is a powerfully atmospheric and the industrial revolution. His extraordinary is worthy of a PhD thesis… a triumph of touching set of photographs. A village dedication to the project and his quest for scholarship and credit to all concerned.’ Lost and Found brings master pioneering perfection in stereographic imagery are both observer stereographer T. R. Williams’s passionate honored and mirrored in the years of research, photographic explorations and thoughtful ‘It’s like magic and makes me feel like a child life work Scenes in Our Village to a new presentation that have made possible this again.’ audience—in glorious 3-D—as never before. book, ‘A Village Lost and Found’ - clearly another labor of love.”

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Starmus 50 Years of man in Space Garik Israelian and Brian May Foreword by Stephen Hawking

ever before has such an ambitious series of talks, articles, and recollections Nbeen assembled to celebrate the human exploration of space. It is the result of the unique Starmus meeting in 2011 on Tenerife, where the legendary Russian fOrewOrD BY and American pioneers of the space age met up for the fi rst time to share the StePHen HawKinG moments that electrifi ed the human race.

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Yuri Baturin, Charlie Duke, Victor Gorbatko, Alexei Leonov, Jim Lovell, Claude Nicollier, and Sergei Zhukov tell their personal stories about the fi rst space walk, the lunar landing, the heroic recovery of Apollo

13, the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope, and much more. ISBN: 978-1-62795-026-8 Format: Hardcover Our discovery of the Universe, our place Extent: 192 pages within it, and the meaning of life on Earth Size: 9 x 11 x 1 also forged dramatic moments at Starmus Price: $40.00 U.S./ $50.00 CAN through the presentations of some of the Subject: Astronomy, History & Reference world’s leading scientists and thinkers Illust: over 200 color and b/w images such as Rich Goldman, Brian May, Jack Publisher: Starmus Szostak, Richard Dawkins, Jill Tarter, Joseph Silk, George Smoot, Michel Mayor, Robert Williams, Adam Burrows, Garik Israelian, Kip “Let us hope that our Thorne, Sami Solanki and Leslie Sage. grandchildren at our age can look back and say, This volume was originally conceived to mark 50 years since Yuri Gagarin’s fi rst spacefl ight, ‘The 20th century was a but is now equally dedicated to one of our century of advancement greatest heroes in human history—Neil Armstrong, who so sadly passed away in 2012. and improvement in technology, and the 21st Starmus: 50 Years of man in Space century was a century celebrates the critical human moment we have lived—the fi rst steps into outer space, the of advancement and explosion of knowledge about our cosmos, and improvement in human where it might all be taking us. It will become one of the seminal books of our era. character.’”

Neil Armstrong – Starmus Festival 2011

14 SHELTER HARBOR PRESS Garik Israelian 5.35-metre tether. At the end of the obtained his PhD in Astronautics, of Apollo 13. In 1995, the film Dr Israelian, an spacewalk, Leonov’s spacesuit had the subject of his thesis being the version of the bestseller Apollo 13 astrophysicist at the inflated in the vacuum of space rendezvous of spacecraft in orbit. was released to rave reviews. Institute of Astrophysics to the point where he could not In that same year, he joined NASA of the Canary Islands re-enter the airlock. He opened a as an astronaut. Known among Richard Dawkins (Spain), is the creative valve to allow some of the suit’s his astronaut colleagues as “Dr Richard Dawkins, director and spiritual father of pressure to bleed off and was barely Rendezvous”, in 1985 Aldrin devised ethologist and the Starmus Festival, which was able to get back inside the capsule. a special type of Earth–Mars evolutionary biologist, celebrated in June 2011, and on From 1976 to 1982, Leonov was spacecraft trajectory now known as was the first holder of which this book is based. In 1999 Chief Cosmonaut of the cosmonaut the Aldrin Cycler. Aldrin has written the Charles Simonyi he led an investigation, reported team and deputy director of the two autobiographies: Return To Chair for the Public Understanding in the journal Nature, that found Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Earth (1973) and Magnificent of Science at Oxford University, and the first observational evidence Centre. Arthur C. Clarke’s book 2010: Desolation (2009). is a Fellow of New College, Oxford. that supernova explosions are Odyssey Two was dedicated to His bestselling books include The responsible for the formation of Leonov and Andrei Sakharov; the Bill Anders Selfish Gene, The God Delusion, black holes. His research has led fictional spaceship Cosmonaut was Bill Anders was Lunar The Extended Phenotype, The to several high profile discoveries, named after him. He was put in Module pilot for Apollo Blind Watchmaker, River Out of published in Nature and other command of the Soyuz 19 mission, 8, the first manned Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, professional journals, on extrasolar the first joint Soviet-U.S. space mission to leave Earth Unweaving the Rainbow and The planets, massive stars and black project Soyuz-Apollo. orbit. After obtaining Ancestor’s Tale. Dawkins is a Fellow hole binary systems. He has his Bachelor of Science degree of both the Royal Society and the published over 200 academic Neil Armstrong in1955 from the United States Royal Society of Literature. He is the papers, and was awarded the Neil Armstrong was Naval Academy, William (“Bill”) recipient of numerous honors and 2010 Ambartsumian Prize for Commander of Apollo Alison Anders entered the United awards, including the 1987 Royal Astrophysics, along with Michel 11 and was the first States Air Force as a fighter pilot. Society of Literature Award, the Mayor and Nuno Santos, for studies man to walk on the He earned his Master of Science 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the of extrasolar planets and their Moon. After serving as degree in Nuclear Engineering in Royal Society, the 1994 Nakayama parent stars. a Naval Aviator, he served 17 years 1962 from the Air Force Institute Prize, the 1997 International with the NACA and NASA as an of Technology. In 1964 he joined Cosmos Prize for Achievement in Brian May engineer, test pilot, astronaut, and NASA’s third group of astronauts. Human Science, the Kistler Prize in Dr Brian May, CBE, has administrator. As a research pilot He was backup pilot for Gemini 2001, the Shakespeare Prize in 2005, published research at NASA’s Flight Research Center XI and Apollo 11. Anders took the the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize for articles in the field of at Edwards, California, he was a “Earthrise” photograph—one of Writing about Science, to name but the solar zodiacal dust project pilot on many pioneering the most iconic images of the 20th a few. His latest book, The Greatest cloud. He is co-author, highspeed aircraft, including most century. Show on Earth: The Evidence with Sir Patrick Moore and Chris of the early supersonic jets, the for Evolution, was published in Lintott, of the bestselling popular rocket powered X-1, the vertical Jim Lovell September 2009. astronomy books Bang!, and The take off and landing X-14, and the Captain James A. Lovell, Cosmic Tourist. A lifelong devotee well known X-15. He transferred Jr, joined the space Yuri Baturin of 3-D imaging, with Elena Vidal he to astronaut status in1962. He programme in 1962 Yuri Mikhailovich wrote and illustrated A Village Lost received his engineering degrees following extensive Baturin was selected as and Found—a book bringing the from Purdue University and the experience as a Naval a cosmonaut in 1997. important work of 19th century University of Southern California. Aviator and Test Pilot. He was He flew as a research stereoscopic photographer T. R. During the years 1971–1979 he was backup pilot for Gemini 4 and cosmonaut on Soyuz Williams into the 21st century. And Professor of Aerospace Engineering backup commander for Gemini 9. TM-28/ Soyuz TM-27 (this mission to in 2013 he published Diableries: at the University of Cincinnati. He He was the pilot on Gemini 7, the the ISS was notable as carrying the A Stereoscopic Trip into Hell, with is a member of the U. S. National first rendezvous of two manned first paying space tourist Dennis Tito) Denis Pellerin and Paula Fleming. Dr Academy of Engineering and the spacecraft in 1965, and commander and in 2001 on Soyuz TM-32/Soyuz May is most widely known as lead Royal Academy of the Kingdom of of the Gemini 12 mission in 1966. TM-31 as flight engineer. Among guitarist and founding member of Morocco. Lovell became Command Module his many academic distinctions, he the legendary rock band Queen. He pilot and navigator for Apollo 8— graduated from Moscow Institute of is a passionate campaigner for the Buzz Aldrin man’s maiden voyage around the Physics and Technology in 1973 and welfare of wild animals. Buzz Aldrin was the far side of the Moon—and backup received a doctorate of law from the Lunar Module pilot commander to Neil Armstrong for institute of Moscow State University Alexey Leonov on Apollo 11, the first the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. In 1980. A former politician, he has Alexey Leonov became manned lunar landing Lovell’s fourth and final flight was been Head of National Security and the first human to mission. On 20 July, on Apollo 13 in 1970. Captain has served on the National Defence conduct a space walk. 1969, he and Neil Armstrong Lovell’s education prepared him Council. Baturin is a professor of This historic event were the first men to set foot on for the change from explorer to a Moscow State University and a occurred on the the Moon. He graduated with highly successful businessman who member of the Russian Academy Voskhod 2 flight. He was outside first class honors in Mechanical has received honorary doctorates of Sciences. He is a director of the the spacecraft for 12 minutes Engineering at West Point in 1951 from many universities. In 1994, he S.I.Vavilov Institute of the History of and 9 seconds on 18 March, and joined the United States Air and Jeff Kluger wrote Lost Moon, Science and Technology. 1965, connected to the craft by a Force as a fighter pilot. In 1963, he the story of the courageous mission

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LIBRARY OF ORACLES FOR GUIDANCE AND SELFAWARENESS

Runes Pendulum The Alphabet of the Gods The Magic Pendulum Guy Ogilvy Susanne Peymann

ISBN: 978-1-62795-019-0 ISBN: 978-1-62795-020-6 Format: Paperback + 24 solid Format: Paperback + High quality birchwood runes, and a fabric brass pendulum + fabric carrying carrying pouch pouch Extent: 160 pages Extent: 160 pages Size: 5.75 x 8.74 x 1.60 Size: 5.75 x 8.74 x 1.60 Illust: four color thoughout Illust: four color thoughout Price: $19.95 U.S./ $24.95 CAN Price: $19.95 U.S./ $24.95 CAN Subject: New Age, Occult Subject: New Age, Occult

Includes Includes High quality High quality Brass Pendulum Birchwood Runes

Runes are the magical alphabet of central and northern Pendulums are an ancient art of accessing information not Europe. Though they were used as a form of writing, available to us through the use of our senses. Basic dowsing particularly for short magical inscriptions, their primary use was pendulums consist of a weight suspended on a exible string divination and decision making. Meaning “whisper” or “secret”, or chain. Any such combination will give radiesthetic (dowsing) runes are a system of symbols that can connect you with your reaction in the hand of a “sensitive” person, though in truth, ancestors, spirits, and the living world. Guy Ogilvy, one of the only a very small percentage of people don’t get any reaction, world’s best known rune specialists has created a wonderfully even after basic training. illustrated handbook full of detailed interpretations and Best-selling author Susanne Peymann provides a unique advice. The fully illustrated book is accompanied by 24 specially bridge between the traditional esoteric approach, and modern commissioned birchwood runes from Northern Europe. day psychology. In the accompanying book she presents old and contemporary pendulum tables to provide practical support to those seeking answers and support in today’s world of constant decision making. The fully illustrated book is accompanied by a high quality brass pendulum.

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Tarot Numerology The Secrets of the Symbols The Secret Language of Numbers Johannes Fiebig and Evelin Bürger Christine Bengel and Patrick Stahel

ISBN: 978-1-62795-021-3 ISBN: 978-1-62795-22-0 Format: Paperback + 78 card Tarot Format: Paperback + set of 30 deck + fabric carrying pouch special number cards + fabric carrying pouch Extent: 160 pages Extent: 160 pages Size: 5.75 x 8.74 x 1.60 Size: 5.75 x 8.74 x 1.60 Illust: four color thoughout Ilust: four color thoughout Price: $19.95 U.S./ $24.95 CAN Price: $19.95 U.S./ $24.95 CAN Subject: New Age, Occult Subject: New Age, Occult Includes 78 cards of the Includes set antique Tarot of 30 special of Marseilles number cards

Tarot has existed in many forms for over 600 years. In its time Numbers can speak. Their language is numerology: an ancient it has been a card game played by the Italian nobility, works science that is a numerical analysis of life—your life. of  ne art, allegories of moral teachings and philosophy, an Numerology explains your motivation, reveals your talents inspiration for novels and  lms, a coded system for magic and and displays how you appear to others. By using it, you can esoteric wisdom, a gateway for meditation and much more. map the trends of each day—see what is happening, what has Tarot cards have existed in many forms for over 600 years happened, and why. And it can indicate what is to come. and are probably the most frequently used of all the oracles, By using this language of numbers it is possible to improve with millions of people worldwide use the Tarot on a regular the quality of your life, spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and basis. Tarot cards have inspired artists from Salvador Dali to materially. Bob Dylan. Psychologists, philosophers and theologists have In the fully illustrated book and accompanying 30 cards, used Tarots and have transformed the practice into a guiding authors Christine Bengel and Patrick Stahel clearly explain how medium with which to help interpret our modern lives. to use numerology and how you can bring about positive Using the antique Tarot de Marseilles, one of the most changes to your life. famous tarot decks in the world, makes it easy to open your heart and your mind to new ideas and can provide solutions to many problems. As you become more deeply involved with the cards you will gain a truly unique insight into aspects of your life where you are seeking help or advice. Johannes Fiebig and Evelin Bürger are recognized as leading authors within the international world of Tarot.

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Playing the Harmonica Championship Yo-Yo Tricks Dave Oliver Dave Oliver

DAve oLIver is a journalist ISBN: 978-1-62795-024-4 Learn 32 ISBN: 978-1-62795-023-7 and highly experienced writer Format: paperback + Quality Format: Paperback + 2 yo-yos-- specializing in music, games, Harmonica+ handy carrying yo-yo tricks! one traditional wooden and one technology, and popular culture. pouch that fl ashes In his spare time he plays bass Extent : 64 pages with four color Extent: 64 pages b/w illustrations and harmonica in blues and soul illustrations throughout bands in London. Size: 8 x 6 x 2.5 Size: 8 x 6 x 2.5 Price: $14.95 U.S./ $16.95 CAN Price: $14.95 U.S./ $16.95 CAN Subject: Music, Music Instruction Subject: Games. Hobbies

Playing the Harmonica is a great kit for older children, teens, Championship Yo-Yo Tricks is a great kit for older children, and adults. The kit includes a fully illustrated 64-page book, a teens, and adults. The stylish box with refl ective foil cover genuine 10-hole blues harmonica in the key of C, and a red felt contains a 64-page paperback book PLUS two brilliant carrying pouch. yo- yos—a plastic one with fl ashing lights and a traditional Using clear text and colorful, easy to follow illustrations, the wooden one. book shows you how to play the harmonica in a variety of styles The book describes 32 tricks. Each one has step-by-step and provides 20 well-known tunes that you can get started on instructions and clear black and white illustrations. The tricks right away. Within minutes you can be playing real music! are ranked easy to hard so as you progress through the book you master increasingly challenging tricks. Once you master the basics, the book also provides: Spinning yo-yos is fun and exciting and brings with it all sorts u Tips on how to refi ne your sound of practical ‘spin-off s’—from improved hand-eye coordination u A brief history of the harmonica to the ability to hold a party audience spellbound! u How to care for your harmonica u Inspirational profi les of some harmonica’s greatest players, including Little Walter and Larry Adler

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Titania’s Crystal ball The Cup of Destiny now You Can See Your Future A traditional fortune-teller’s cup and saucer Titania Hardie plus illustrated book of interpretations Jane Lyle

Each kit includes a glass ball which is nearly 2½ inches in diameter

Born in Australia, TITAnIA ISBN: 978-1-62795-000-8 JAne LYLe learned the ISBN: 978-1-62795-001-5 HArDIe is a third generation Format: Paperback + Crystal Ball traditional art of reading tea Format: Paperback + Facsimile White Witch. Her maternal family + handy tip sheet leaves from her grandmother. Edwardian Cup and Saucer + Positioning cloth w/ handy tip originates from Cornwall, England Extent: 64 pages She lives in London. and, through her mother’s sheet of the most important Size: 5.9 x 5.9 x 3.5 symbols and meanings guidance, she nurtured her own A delightful way psychic abilities. Price: $19.95 U.S/$24.95 CAN Extent: 96 pages Subject: New Age to see the future Size: 6.7 x 6.5 x 3.6 She is most recently known for her new age novels, The House Of while enjoying Price: $19.95 U.S./ $24.95 CAN The Wind and The Rose Labyrinth. a cup of tea or Subject: New Age Titania lives in Somerset, England. coffee! u One of the bestselling crystal ball authors of all time Learn the ancient art of reading tea leaves—or coff ee u Titania Hardie’s books have sold over a million copies grounds—with this beautifully designed cup and saucer, based worldwide on an original Edwardian design. Reading leaves is a fun and easy way of making predictions for you, your friends, and family. Open this pack and you open your mind to your own ability An ivy leaf shows that you need endurance and faith now, to “see” the future. The guidebook explains everything you but you will win the support of your friends. A heart near the need to know, from “What will I see?” and “How do I start?” to rim of the cup means that love is not far away. “What else can I do?” Bestselling author Titania Hardie is your Why not turn the kettle on now and start your fi rst reading? expert guide. The Cup of Destiny reveals the secrets of this ancient Crystalomancy is now within everyone’s grasp. Titania takes method, allowing you to make predictions for yourself and readers by the hand and, with easy-to-follow steps based on your friends. her own practical experience, introduces the reader to the ancient art of scrying. Britain’s most famous White Witch explains how, with the right approach, anyone can learn to see the future.

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The Pillars of Consciousness buddha · Zen · Tao · Tantra Osho

“Discontent clouds your eyes and your vision; contentment makes your eyes unclouded and your vision clear. You can see through and through; you can understand things as they are.”

u Osho’s books have sold millions ISBN: 978-1-62795-009-1 Format: Paperback w/fl aps u The Osho Foundation is well connected on social media platforms Extent: 560 pages u There are few books by such a renowned author that cover all four Eastern Size: 6.6 x 9 disciplines Illust: 4 color throughout Price: $24.95 U.S. / $29.95 CAN There has long been a fascination in Western countries with the mysteries of the Subject: Philosophy/Religion East—and in recent times this has extended to the spiritual realm. As more people begin to defi ne themselves as ‘spiritual’ rather than ‘religious’—in search of a more oSHo (1931–1990) is a contemporary mystic open and individual approach to the sacred—the Eastern traditions have held a whose teachings have inspired millions of people from all walks of life. special appeal. His works, which have been published in Unlike religions that were born in the Middle East—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam— more than 40 languages, are transcribed from most Eastern approaches to spirituality place little or no emphasis on a supreme being talks given over a period of 35 years. They cover everything from the individual search as a source of divine guidance and dispenser of blessings. Rather, the emphasis is to for happiness to the most pressing social, develop one’s own inner sense of the sacred—or, in the words of Buddha, to ‘be a political, and spiritual concerns of our time. light unto yourself.’ This volume explores four major streams of Eastern wisdom as seen Osho’s wisdom is legendary, as is his skill in through the understanding of a contemporary mystic, and off ers the reader a window guiding his audience to an understanding into a broad spectrum of new possibilities from the disciplined awareness of Buddha of complex philosophical concepts using humor and the art of storytelling, and his and Zen, to the relaxed acceptance of Tao and Tantra. Each has something to off er the books are bestsellers in many countries. reader with an open mind and a taste for the challenge of breaking old patterns, and exploring new possibilities.

Promotional Plans: u Mentions and reviews in spiritual and New Age media and blogs u Features and reviews on spiritual websites u Targeted press releases and review copies to major Eastern philosophy and alternative spirituality media

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FroM oNe oF the MoSt INFlUeNtIal aND beStSellING SPIrItUal leaDerS oF the 20th CeNtUrY CoMeS a WorK that eXPloreS the FoUr PIllarS oF eaSterN WISDoM

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The Dead Sea Scrolls Knights Templar John DeSalvo Alan Butler

ISBN: 978-1-62795-006-0 ISBN: 978-1-62795-010-7 Format: paper w/fl aps Format: Paperback w/fl aps Extent: 192 pages Extent: 192 pages Size: 7 x 9.25 Size: 7 x 9.25 Illust: 4 color throughout Illust: 4 color throughout Price: $16.95 U.S./ $18.95 CAN Price: $16.95 U.S./$18.95 CAN Subject: History/Cultural Subject: History/Cultural Reference Reference

JoHn DeSALvo is Director ALAn bUTLer has been an of the Great Pyramid of Giza historical writer and researcher Research Association, an for over two and a half decades. organization at the forefront He is an expert in ancient of new research into the Great ShroUDeD history and ancient astronomy Pyramid in Egypt. John DeSalvo IN MYSterY, but also has a fascination for lives in Plymouth, Minnosota the KNIGhtS medieval Europe. On his own and together with eMPlar StIll t co-writers, such as Christopher The Dead Sea Scrolls continue to fascinate readers from all holD a SPell Knight and Stephan Dafoe, Alan walks of life. Ever since they were fi rst discovered by a Bedouin oVer US toDaY Butler has over 30 titles in print shepherd in the Judean desert in 1947, they have been the and has written several books on Freemasonry including the subject of endless debate and speculation which continues to bestselling Hiram Key. this day. Butler has traveled extensively It was not until as recently as 1991, when all 800 documents to research his books and from eleven caves were fi nally available in translation, that continues to do so, and in numerous alternative theories were put forward about their between these journeys he lives authorship and their dating. in the North East of England. The now famous Copper Scroll with its detailed list of supposed buried treasure is examined as are the theories Since their descent into oblivion in 1307 from their position as surrounding it, such as the one of the most powerful institutions of the Middle Ages, the possible connection with the lost Knights Templar have been a source of great fascination, and treasure of the Knights Templar. the subject of much historical research. Finally, the relevance of the Dead In this beautifully illustrated book, Alan Butler takes the Sea Scrolls to the New Testament reader from their humble beginnings to their tumultuous and the messianic Jesus are destruction 200 years later. explored. The author covers every theory relating to the Templar Order from their association with Freemasonry to the proposition that key members of the order escaped with the fabled Templar treasure to Switzerland where they continue one of their major activities as bankers to the world.

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The Cathars mary magdalene Sean Martin Karen Ralls

ISBN: 978-1-62795-008-4 ISBN: 978-1-62795-003-9 Format: Paper w/fl aps Format: paper w/fl aps Extent: 192 pages Extent: 192 pages Size: 7 x 9.25 Size: 7 x 9.25 Illust: 4 color throughout Illust: 4 color throughout Price: $16.95 U.S./ $18.95 CAN Price: $16.95 U.S./ $18.95 CAN Subject: History/Cultural Subject History/Cultural Reference Reference

SeAn mArTIn is a fi lmmaker, Dr. KAren rALLS is a noted poet, and published author. His medieval historian, religious titles to date—The Cathars: The studies scholar, international Most Successful Heresy Of The lecturer, and published author. the FIrSt Middle Ages; City Of The Goddess; Her titles to date include The eUroPeaN aCt and The Goddess, The Grail & The Templars and The Grail, Music and Lodge all focus on the Middle the Celtic Otherworld, The Knights oF GeNoCIDe Ages in Europe, and refl ect his Templar Encyclopedia and The long-time interest in this period reCorDeD IN Quest for the Celtic Key. of history. He currently lives and Dr. Ralls obtained her PhD in hIStorY! works in Edinburgh, Scotland. Theology and History from the University of Edinburgh. She lives in Oxford, England.

The Cathars practiced vegetarianism, non-violence, a liberal attitude towards women, and tolerance. And, without lifting a sword, posed a threat to Catholicism greater than the Muslims or Jews. Catharism was the most successful heresy of the Mary Magdalene—probably the Bible’s most enigmatic and Middle Ages. controversial fi gure—has fi red imaginations for nearly two The Cathars believed themselves to be heirs to the true thousand years. Christian heritage, completely rejecting the trappings of the In the search for the true story, the author takes the reader Catholic Church. The Cathars gained support from the nobility, through the gospels of the New Testament, the Gnostic peasants, and artisans in Languedoc . Gospels, and Nag Hammadi texts, as well as through the High Alarmed at the movement’s spread, the Catholic Church Middle Ages when adoration of Mary Magdalene was at its launched the Albigensian Crusade—the fi rst to be directed height. against fellow Christians—exterminating virtually all trace of Dr. Ralls considers both the Western tradition of Mary Catharism. Magdalene, which documents her escaping persecution and Today, the Cathars mystique landing in the south of France with her family and many others; is stronger than ever as and the Eastern tradition which describes her ending her days historians continue to fi nd as a hermit in Ephesus. links with movements such All is considered—from Mary Magdalene’s importance to as the Knights Templar, the medieval pilgrims to the more contentious theories of her Troubadours, and the search supposed marriage to Jesus. for the Holy Grail.

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The History of Farting Dr Benjamin Bart

First north American trade edition! oVer 400,000 SolD WorlDWIDe!

Everyone farts, admit it or not. From the ancient Greeks to monarchs and presidents, ISBN: 978-1-62795-005-3 here is a chronicle of broken wind that sails through the ages. Featuring classic Format: Paper over board limericks, actual history, and humorous defi nitions, this book is a real ripper. Extent: 160 pages Size: 4.5 x 6 This is a collection of papers from the Bart Collection on the history of farting. Illust: 16 b/w Price: $9.95 U.S./$10.95 CAN The collection was started by Benjamin Bart on discovering several papers in his Subject: Humor grandmother Emily’s cedar chest, and is available with the help of the Austrian Literature Council. The book encompasses all aspects of the history of farting, from the reTAIL SPeCIAL place of farts in culture through the ages to an A-Z of classic farts. Also included are buy 5, get the 6th Free sections on Le Petomane, France’s greatest farter whose performances impressed Le Price: $49.75 U.S. / $54.75 CAn Moulin Rouge, and on the Farta from Sparta, the old rugby club favorite immortalized ISbn: 978-1-62795-011-4 in 12-verse epic limerick. For the medically minded, a chapter considers the physiology Dr. benJAmIn bArT is a fi ction. In order of farting. to protect the guilty, he is currently in an author protection program.

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