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Helm is a ferocious, mischievous wind - a subject of folklore and awe, who has blasted the sublime landscape of the Eden Valley since the very dawn of time. Through the stories of those who've obsessed over this phenomenon, Helm's extraordinary history is formed: the Neolithic tribe who tried to placate Helm, the Dark Age wizard priest who wanted to banish Helm, the Victorian steam engineer who attempted to capture Helm - and the farmer's daughter who loved Helm.

Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here. This anthology draws out and distils science's love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines, weaving theory into very human stories.

For almost a decade, Rachel Caine has turned her back on home, kept distant by family disputes and her work monitoring wolves on an Idaho reservation. But now, summoned by the eccentric earl of Annerdale and his controversial scheme to reintroduce the grey wolf to the English countryside, she is back in the peat and wet light of the Lake District. The earl's project harks back to an ancient idyll of untamed British wilderness.

In the bedroom above her immense studio at Burntcoat, the celebrated sculptor Edith Harkness is making her final preparations. Her life will draw to an end in the coming days. Downstairs, the studio is a crucible glowing with memories and desire. It was here, when the first lockdown came, that she brought Halit. The lover she barely knew. A presence from another culture. A doorway into a new and feverish world.

This is a collection of 13 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, the Kabbalah, ancient wisdom and philosophy, the Tarot, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, and spiritualism, by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects. This collection was compiled specifically with the student in mind.

It is 1936 in a remote dale in the old northern county of Westmorland. For centuries the rural community has remained the same, the Lightburn family has been immersed in the harsh hill-farming tradition. Then a man from the city of Manchester arrives, spokesman for a vast industrial project that will devastate both the landscape and the local community. Mardale will be flooded to create a new reservoir, supplying water to the Midland cities. In the coming year this corner of Lakeland will be evacuated and transformed.

The BBC Radio 3 series exploring the meaning of the male nude in the visual arts. When we think of the nude we usually think of the female nude, and in Western art in particular, we're often contemplating an image where the artist is primarily concerned with sensuality and desire. If we spare a thought for the male nude at all, he tends to appear as a figure symbolising courage and endurance. Both perspectives are, of course, a simplification or distortion.

The three-day Folio Prize Fiction Festival 2014 brought together some great writers and audiences and gave them a real opportunitey to talk in depth about their work and similar subjects. The festival included interviews and discussions with top writers, novelists, poets, critics and publishers, including Eimear McBride, Paul Baggaley, Sergio De La Pava, Rachel Kushner, Sarah Hall, Pankaj Mishra, Stephanie Merritt, Jane Gardam and Mark Haddon.

On the windswept front of Morecambe Bay, Cy Parks spends his childhood years first in a guesthouse for consumptives run by his mother and then as apprentice to alcoholic tattoo artist Eliot Riley. Thirsty for new experiences, he departs for America and finds himself in the riotous world of the Coney Island boardwalk, where he sets up his own business as 'The Electric Michelangelo'.

On entering Sarah Hall's world, we become travellers, suddenly. Our surroundings of farms and offices, seasides and cities, Turkish forests and English moors, shade into otherness: hazed by delirium, tinged with dream, fertile with the animal codes of the wild. Our lovers, friends, and parents go about their days warped by ruptures of brain and body, alternatively predator and prey, reborn in unexpected evolutions, and haunted by drownings and dictators, agitated hearts and sprouting wings, coffins and floods.

Sarah Hall is an exquisite chronicler of landscapes - rural, industrial, psychological - and these haunting stories reveal a writer at the peak of her powers. Rich in the mythic symbolism of wilderness and wasteland, these tales blur the natural and urban, mundane and surreal, human and animal. Written in Hall's lyrical prose, this uncannily disturbing collection glitters with poetic and erotic imagery.

Retirement planning from start to finish. A heads-up from Chartered Financial Planner, Dennis Hall, on why your money needs to work harder, for longer.

Do you set ambitious goals, but feel unclear about the process or overwhelmed by everything there is to do? Join certified high performance coach Sarah Arnold-Hall as she shares simple, actionable coaching tools to gain clarity, focus and discipline for your entrepreneurial, business and personal goals. Learn more and get coached at www.saraharnoldhall.com

Welcome to the User Generated Content Podcast, where we explore everything you need to know about getting started in the world of UGC. From tips and tricks for creating compelling content, to insider insights on how to grow your audience and build your brand, our show is your go-to resource for all things UGC. Each episode, we feature interviews with successful creators and experts in the field, who share their stories and strategies for making it in the world of UGC. Whether you’re an aspiring influencer, a budding content creator, or simply curious about the power of user-generated content...

A new kind of Pregnancy & Motherhood Podcast! If you used to pop champagne in the clurrrrb and now you’re popping prenatal vitamins, well, you’ve come to the right place. From the writer and creator of the comedy Instagram and Podcast “Big Kid Problems” comes a brand new show about the roller coaster of Pregnancy and new Motherhood! For Pregnancy Episodes, scroll on down to the beginning of this podcast and you will find all 40 week-by-weeks of pregnancy with Sarah. Find your week OR start from the beginning and get ready to commiserate with your new preggo bestie!

Just a Midwest girl shining a spotlight on the stories of extraordinary local artists in the Peoria area.

Zander needs a break. He needs some time to come down from his worst nightmare, but things are never that easy. Especially when there's a war on the horizon and you're the son of an Olympic god. Jasmine wants to show off, to prove that she's capable of taking care of herself. Her confidence has reached an all-new high, and she's desperate to prove her capabilities. The timing seems perfect when the gods inform them that there's a weapon that could change the course of the impending war. They'll let the Seers and Demigods have it; all they have to do is prove themselves first.

Aster’s life is kind of a...total train wreck. His father, Apollo, doesn’t exactly make anything easier on him when he brings Aster to the door of Callie, the one and only Oracle. People have been going missing from the Fields of Asphodel, and Apollo is hoping Callie can help him figure out where they went. Things go from bad to worse when the apparent perpetrator starts coming after Callie and Aster. They barely escape with their lives, and without the help of their friends, they’re on their own.

Nottingham has a thief. Nothing new there. Robin of Locksley has been making a fool of the sheriff for years. The people within the village have no faith in Charles Sullivan anymore, not that they had much to begin with. But Nottingham also has a murderer; one determined to frame Robin for every crime that he commits. Without much choice, Robin turns himself into the stiff, unforgiving, attractively brooding sheriff. Robin very much needs to try and remain focused if he wants to clear his name. Unfortunately for him, Charles is just so fun to play with.

Hamilton had his future planned out. Everything was right on track with college...until his father had a heart attack, and every dime of Hamilton’s savings went to paying off the medical bills. Now, he’s desperate to earn it back so he can head off to school like he’s always wanted. His method is selling homemade jerky from his father’s RV. The only problem is the person parked on the other side of the street.