Bøger af Alan Butler

Despite his somewhat disreputable past, playwright and now theatre company owner Matthew Prior continues to make a reputation for himself in the London of Queen Elizabeth. Matthew stands high inthe Queen's estimation on account of his seemingly uncanny ability to solve puzzles and to subvert plots hatched against the Queen and her ministers.. Now Matthew is called into the presence of Queen Elizabeth in order to come into the titles and lands she bestowed on him secretly but as always it is not quite so straightforward. He will only become 'officially' the Marquis of Dalworth for a short time and even then only well away from the capital and up in his birthplace of Yorkshire. The Queen has a great problem. A substance known as alum is in short supply but is crucial for the wellbeing of England. Imports from the Continent have been stopped and that means potential ruin for many of the Queen's subjects and a desperate plight for England. The Queen tells Matthew that a source of alum has been found in Yorkshire but there are obstacles she believes only Matthew can remove. Once again Matthew Prior is catapulted into intrigue and danger, not least of all because he finds himself involved in the defence of three young women who who have been accused of witchcraft. With his new friend Jack, Matthew does his best to save the girls and to solve the problem caused by the alum shortage - but will his forays into the world of the mysterious 'owlers' cost him his life? Stand by for a captivating story, filled with mystery, romance and thrills. Matthew is out of London but is he also out of luck?

Adam Gill is a confused man. He is being visited by a 7th century Celtic monk named Conran. In addition his life has gone into overdrive and he has been blown across the living room by an exploding television. His wife thinks he is suffering from stress but the vision of his first love, who keeps visiting him when his wife is not around has different ideas. Adam is called upon to help destroy a Wyrm, a fierce creature from a different dimension that threatens to unravel the last 1400 years and destroy the town where Adam lives, together with his wife, his friends, his mother-in-law and in fact everything he holds dear. The only way Adam can reverse the impending disaster is to break out of the mental institution in which he has been placed and to travel to the Northumberland Island of Lindisfarne, in order to find a key that that he doesn't understand and open a prison of which he is totally unaware, so that a man who has been dead for centuries can fight a creature Adam doesn't understand. Join Adam on the most important adventure he will ever undertake. Every reader will feel for Adam and the conundrums that surround him. It is a journey filled with humour adventure and the odd tear.

Matthew Prior is a writer, drinker and a womaniser living in Elizabethan London; he doesn't care for authority, lives on his wits and often falls foul of those ruling London. At the same time Matthew has a very perceptive mind and a natural curiosity that is often inclined to get him into trouble. Despite his desire to remain anonymous amongst the intrigues and dangers of the times in which he lives, Matthew is forced into the presence of Elizabeth's first minister Lord Burghley and is signed on as one of the spymaster's agents. Matthew sets out to solve a murder and ends up at the very centre of an apparent plot to depose and kill Queen Elizabeth. On the way he is reintroduced to a woman who occupied an important place in his own past and he falls in love with her. Matthew mixes with gargantuan figures such as William Shakespeareand Christopher Marlowe and blunders, sometimes hilariously towards a series of conclusions and discoveries that bring him directly into the presence of Good Queen Bess herself. This is a story of adventure, love, intrigue and betrayal, set amidst one of the most colourful and atmospheric periods of history.

Back in 1991 writer, researcher and broadcaster Alan Butler found himself in the worst circumstances his life had ever known. Lost in a relationship that was doomed to failure, suffering from a chronic back condition and incapacitated by agoraphobia it began to seem as though the morning would never come and that anxiety and doubt would always be present. Then one night Alan had a dream. The experience was so vivid and seemed so absolutely real that Alan felt obliged to rise from his bed and to start writing immediately. What emerged was the Manya, the most extraordinary book Alan Butler has ever produced. Once the book was finished it was as if the clouds slowly began to part. The simple advice that the Manya contained about life offered Alan a very different view, not only of his own circumstances but regarding every facet of the world and its apparent troubles. For a long time Alan never considered publishing this extraordinary little book but he was eventually prevailed upon to do so. Now in its third edition the Manya continues to give to others what that original dream gave to a very troubled individual. Alan Butler states that he is no guru, simply a person who looked for help and guidance and was lucky enough to be given it. The Manya is not a religion but sound advice that comes from the core of spirituality that exists all around us if only we choose to see it. Alan has always avoided offering any explanation regarding the Manya because the book speaks to different people in different ways. If it influences you as it did him and has so many other people, it might just change your life beyond measure.

Abby Hewson leaves the chill of a London winter and the cold of a failed relationship for the warm of the Mediterranean Island of Crete. For her, love is in the past, that is until it crashes into her in the form of Dr Ralph Wallace. Not only does Abby glimpse a world that has been buried for countless centuries, she also embarks on an adventure filled with excitement and danger. Abby discovers the Goddess within and without, and is called upon to protect a scintillating culture that disappeared over three thousand years ago. Within the colour, the vibrancy and the deep magic of the Minoan people Abby is brought to a level of passion of which she never considered herself capable.

Matthew Prior is beginning to make a reputation for himself in the London of Queen Elizabeth and compliments himself on his good business sense - that is until be discovers that his career is being manipulated by the Queen. He is once again dragged away from his beloved plays by the monarch in order to investigate the untimely death of his friend and fellow playwright Christopher Marlowe. As if working for the Queen is not bad enough Matthew is also charged by the Queen's new First Minister, the frightening and dangerous Robert Cecil to discover who has been destroying caches of arms and gunpowder along the Thames. Despite the death the year before of his amour, Rosemary Arden Matthew finds himself falling in love with the equally beautiful Kate Staple - who may or may not be a widow! Matthew Prior once again negotiates the twists and turns of a fate he rarely chooses for himself, aided by his 'familiar' - a disembodied voice that sits on his shoulder and whispers in his ear. Excitement, danger and romance follow Matthew on his latest adventures and life is never dull in Queen Elizabeth's London!

This teachable casebook provides an introduction to the law and policy of modern communications. The book is organized by analytic concepts instead of current industry lines, which are constantly made out-of-date by technological convergence. The basic ideas--power, entry, pricing, access, classification, (indecent) content, privacy, and intermediary liability--equip students with a durable and yet flexible intellectual structure that can help parse a complex and ever-changing field. This book includes concise technological and legal summaries and carefully edited opinions and FCC reports. It also includes "just-in-time" delivery of the text of statutes and regulations so that students get accustomed to parsing statutory material as they analyze legal questions. In this seventh edition, we have simplified wherever possible and minimized technological detail and regulatory history that were slowing down readers without sufficient pedagogical payoff. We hope to have created a comprehensive, challenging, yet accessible text that will pay long-lasting educational dividends. More information is available at the casebook's website: http: //jerrykang.net/commlaw. Comments are always welcome.

The moon has confounded scientists for many years. Could it be that the moon has been artificially constructed? When all of the facts are reviewed, it becomes unreasonable to cling to the idea that the Moon is a natural object. The only question that remains is who built it?

Explores how a secret cabal of influential families has shaped the United States according to the principles of sacred geometry and Goddess veneration

Gripping tale of the history of our civilisation through man's relationship with sheep.

...successfully achieves its stated aim of being an introductory text for students and newly-qualified social workers...a valuable addition to their bookshelves.' Judy Yielder, BAAF

We're only just beginning to realize that Bronze Age people knew far more about astronomy and engineering than we have given them credit for. Reading like a thriller, The Goddess, the Grail and the Lodge shows what Grail Knowledge really was and is.

Rosslyn Chapel is a deeply enigmatic 15th-century Gothic masterpiece, situated near Edinburgh. Although generally referred to as a 'chapel' and acting as a local parish church these days, Rosslyn is actually much more than either - and in fact most people who have studied the site in detail come to the conclusion that those who created the structure in the 15th century were not, in reality, intent on building a Christian church at all. In fact, nothing at Rosslyn is what it seems. With its overpowering air of mystery, its superlative stone carvings and its strong Templar and Freemasonic connections, Rosslyn represents one of the most absorbing historical puzzles in Britain. The discovery of new evidence by the authors puts a new slant on the motivations of those who decided to create a New Jerusalem in the Scottish Lowlands. The signs pointed the authors to a lost holy relic - the skull of St Matthew the Evangelist, in whose name the chapel is dedicated. There is startling evidence that this skull came to Rosslyn in the early 15th century, brought there by polymath, librarian and all-round genius Sir Gilbert Hay, who also put together a substantial library.What follows is no less than an adventure, using the clues from the lost books to locate St Matthew's skull - now in Washington, DC. The authors also embark on a thorough examination of Rosslyn Chapel's credentials, both a Christian church and as an icon of the impending Renaissance, a reconstruction of King Solomon's Temple and an astronomical observatory - all suffused with ancient beliefs that would have had the chapel's builders burned at the stake if their true motivations had been discovered.