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Chipwood, Kentucky. A small superstitious town where everyone has a past, young and old alike. Benjamin, Noah, Adam, and Isaac are the best of friends. The teenagers are walking in the footsteps of their fathers, best friends since childhood. The freshmen need to do some research for a Halloween project that their teacher has assigned. When they agree to perform one of the spells from a witch's manual that Isaac finds in his attic, no one expects it to work. It's just a ritual meant to make the bonds of friendship stronger. The circle of friends is granted the responsibility of being gate keepers in return for their loyalty to each other. As long as the group remains friends, they are given protection from evil. What could possibly go wrong? But when the dead bodies of people from their past start appearing, the boys know that something has got to be done. There are a lot of things the boys do not know. But there is one thing they do know for sure. The color is black.
The graduate of ten years ago started work armed with nothing more than a degree. With over 40 per cent of school leavers studying at higher education, you now need much more to impress a potential employer. Whatever you studied at university, you still have a wide choice of potential careers. The subject of your degree doesn't have to determine your career direction. What is important is how you go about getting that career. "Turn your Degree into a Career" covers everything you need to turn yourself from graduate to professional. It explores how you can decide upon your ideal career - what careers you might enjoy, what skills you want to use, and where you want to work. It deals with resea...
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____________________ The inspiration for the BBC TV series, directed by Shane Meadows and starring Tom Burke, George MacKay and Thomas Turgoose WINNER OF THE 2018 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE ____________________ 'Powerful, visceral writing, historical fiction at its best. Benjamin Myers is one to watch' - Pat Barker 'Phenomenal' - Sebastian Barry 'Superb' - The Times ____________________ From his remote moorland home, David Hartley assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history. They are the Cragg Vale Coiners and their business is 'clipping' – the forging of coins, a treasonous offence punishable by death. When an excise officer vows to bring them down and with the industrial age set to change the face of England forever, Hartley's empire begins to crumble. Forensically assembled, The Gallows Pole is a true story of resistance and a rarely told alternative history of the North. ____________________ 'One of my books of the year ... It's the best thing Myers has done' - Robert Macfarlane, Big Issue Books of the Year