Herbie Brennan

Never more timely, the complete guide to professional spying for 8-to-80- year-olds - 20th Anniversary Edition! With brand new content - how to become a master of disguise! Whether you're just a bit nosy, or you want to launch a full-scale investigation of your neighbours, this indispensable handbook will teach you everything you need to know. There are practical sections on codes, ciphers, invisible ink and signalling, as well as guidance on drops and safe houses. This book teaches you how to spot when somebody is lying, and how to lie effectively yourself. There are sections on successful disguise and how to structure a spy ring, including psychological recruitment strategies, psychic surveillance, and spotting moles. And there's technical advice too about constructing bugging devices and setting traps. Herbie Brennan interlaces the facts with anecdotes about real-life spies, making this unique handbook an entertaining armchair read as well as an essential tool for any budding (or currently serving) MI6 operative.

Millions of years ago, dinosaurs roamed the world but then they died out. For many years, scientists have been trying to find out why the dinosaurs died. Was it a great disaster or a slow death? Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 8-9 (Year 4)

Continue the Man, Myth & Magic adventure with Episode 8: The Glastonbury Labyrinth. Episodes 1-4 can be found in the original Man, Myth & Magic boxed set or Classic Reprint. Episodes 5-7 are available separately. When the evil priests destroyed Atlantis, they were driven out to a place that sounds alarmingly like Hell. Now seemingly prepared to return, the adventurers must stop them. But where exactly are the priests and how does one get there in one piece? The only clue the adventurers have is that they must search out the Isle within the Isle.

Continue the Man, Myth & Magic adventure with Episode 6: The Kingdom of the Sidhe. Episodes 1-4 can be found in the original Man, Myth & Magic boxed set or Classic Reprint. Episode 5 is available separately. Having rescued the child Setanta, the adventurers were magically transported back to Hybernia ten years later to discover that Lordly powers are about to be awakened in the now-adolescent. When this happens, it could either mean leading the Sidhe to greatness or bringing corruption and destruction. Guided to a portal to the Sidhe's underground kingdom to deal with Setanta, the adventurers blundered through a lethal maze of death before emerging into a vast desert that makes even the strongest quake with fear.

Continue the Man, Myth & Magic adventure with Episode 7: Newgrange Reactivated. Episodes 1-4 can be found in the original Man, Myth & Magic boxed set or Classic Reprint. Episodes 5 and 6 are available separately. After learning of Setanta's true fate, the adventurers returned to Hibernia. As they approach the ancient site of Newgrange, a military horde stands in their way. Is this army led by friend or foe? And what dangers await within the mysterious underground of the structure?

Continue the Man, Myth & Magic adventure with Episode 5: Death to Setanta. Episodes 1-4 can be found in the original Man, Myth & Magic boxed set or Classic Reprint. On the heels from the previous episode, the characters have returned to Hibernia some ten years later (though instantaneous for them). They face the mortality of Queen Ness, and the realization that the child Setanta they once saved is now entering puberty and becoming darker in spirit. A surprise visit by the Sidhe reveals even more shocking news: the Lordly Ones believe that Setanta's adolescence will make ill the world. Thus, the characters begin a new quest filled with puzzles and encounters as they head to the Kingdom of the Sidhe in search of Setanta.

Discover the Riddle of Stonehenge... the Secrets of the Pyramids... the Mysteries of the Ancient World... A Roleplaying Game of Man's Greatest Adventures This fantasy roleplaying game is set in the ancient world, one not seen from our modern historical perceptions, rather through the eyes of the people who lived there. It is a world filled with magic and sorcery, demons and monsters, and incredible powers and forces that hold the key to the domination of all mankind. Begin play as a seasoned gladiator fighting for your very life on the bloody sands of a Roman arena. Then, reincarnate as an Egyptian sorcerer, British druid, Greek merchant, Visigoth barbarian, or even a Hibernian Leprechaun to face the might and mysteries of the ancient world. The Basic game is presented in such a way that you learn as you play for the first time. The Advanced game is rich and varied, providing countless hours of breathtaking magic, mystery, and adventure. While the exciting adventures may be played separately, each is but an episode in an interrelated series filled with challenges, intrigue, and irony.

There are no more barriers Yesterday you travelled to 600,000,000ad and solved a bizarre murder mystery. Today you watch, amazed, as the merchants of Gomorrah trade in vice and corruption. Tomorrow you will stalk the war-torn streets of Berlin in search of Adolph Hitler. You are a time traveller, and there are no more barriers. Timeship is an innovative and imaginative roleplaying game that allows players to adventure in strange eras and places as themselves, not as fictional characters who have been created by a few dice rolls. An elegantly simple system starts players at average ability levels, then allows each player to evaluate him or herself by improving some and reducing others. The result is each player creates a gaming character that mirrors both their positive and negative abilities, based on their own judgment. Timeship also introduces the concept of Player Power. Each player has a certain amount of Personal Power that is reduced through the performance of various activities and damage during the course of the adventure. For instance; a player could take a hand gun into a twentieth century adventure at minimal Power cost, should that same gun be taken on an excursion into the 10th Century, the Power cost would be enormous. Another aspect of Personal Power concerns Group Energy, the element that activates the portals, or gateways, allowing players to move in and out of time itself.

'In ancient times cats were worshipped a gods; they have not forgotten this.' Terry PratchettHerbie Brennan is a New York Times bestselling author on the occult who has sold over ten million books world-wide - including in France, Germany and Italy. Here he writes a delightful short but definitive guide to cat lore, weaving together myth, magic, anecdote, fascinating, amusing factoids and even scientific research, complete with beautiful line drawings - from the Egyptian cat goddess Bastet to Macavity the Mystery Cat. Here at last is the book that proves to you that everything you suspected about your cat's uncanny powers of intuition, hypnosis, mind-reading, bi-location and levitation are in fact all true!

Henry thinks he is simply saving a butterfly from being eaten by Mr Fogerty's cat - but he is in fact saving the life of a mis-directed exiled fairy prince. A prince who has to get back to his own land in order to thwart a threatened attack by Fairies of the Night. But time is against Pyrgus Mulvae and soon he is relying on Henry and Mr Fogarty not just to get him home but also to solve the puzzle that surrounds his exile. A wonderful, gripping page-turning read full of the kind of detail that will ensure that this fabulous fantastic novel will have readers young and old holding their breath as the story unfolds.

Jennet is a 14th-century crippled scullery-maid. When her one friend, the kindly Father Peter, is replaced by a strange and sinister priest, Jennet soon finds her life in danger as she discovers that the new priest is not all he seems. Then the rumours start that about a terrible disease.

The startling Antarctic discovery... The revelations about life on Mars... Shocking new proof about who we really are From outer space to deep prehistory, from ancient Egypt to the planet Mars, the conclusions in Martian Genesis will astound you. At last, science writer Herbie Brennan provides answers to the questions that have confounded scientists for years--including a startling solution to the mystery surrounding the rock face found on Mars. His carefully researched, impeccably documented conclusions may change history forever. Find out when, where, and how the human race first came to be--millions of years earlier than previously believed Discover the shocking archaeological evidence of Martian ancestors that has been ignored--or suppressed--in popular theories of evolution. Encounter new revelations made in photos taken from space...eye-opening evidence of hi-tech artifacts millennia old...fascinating discoveries from Antarctica, Siberia, the ocean floor...and more. Read about: Unexplained fossils Evidence that people actually walked with the dinosaurs...wearing shoes Amazing ancient technology How the pyramids were lit...by electricity Lost prehistoric civilizations How someone built a massive concrete block wall in Oklahoma...312 million years ago Life on Mars...when it flourished, what happened to it, what it left behind