Books with author Alan Jones

Last Race: Singularity is the final book in the Last Race Trilogy; the time is midway through the fourth millennium and on New Earth many things once thought to be ridiculous have become common place. Numerous barriers considered insurmountable by third millennium scientists have been overcome.Mother Nature's strategy to replace selfishness with altruism has been a resounding success and consequently man has made giant strides in all his fields of endeavour, including exploration of the universe.Contrary to the beliefs, hopes and arguments of third millennium scientists, that there must be an infinite number of opportunities for life to exist elsewhere in the cosmos, fourth millennium scientists have found no evidence to support this belief and there is a growing body of opinion that believes, thanks to an extraordinary sequence of accidents, Earth, and now New Earth are the only places where biological life forms exist.The Guardian, the once lowly orphan Mary, is still troubled she was forced to embrace principles so abhorrent to her, and Mother Nature, to neutralise the threat to New Earth, and derived no satisfaction from her success in neutralising another race, even a non-human one.Mary's ability to protect biological life continues to be tested to the very limit and having neutralised the threat from her long standing adversary she now faces a new challenge of almost unimaginable magnitude, a threat that extends way beyond the human race. Mary is forced to look beyond her own, not inconsiderable, resources and forges an alliance with a most unlikely ally.Man has made giant strides in the few seconds he has existed on the cosmic clock but in a universe driven by the forces of entropy can he really expect to be master of his own fate? And in a cosmos where evolution is the second driving force, with its remorseless outriders of mutation and selection, can man expect to escape the very dynamics that gave rise to his existence? And if he can't what happens next?

Hidden deep within the crumbling island city of Widdershins lies the Crown of Iron. It's up to Trundle Boldoak, Jack Nimble and the Roamany Princess Esmeralda Lightfoot to find it. And there's nothing that can stop them! Well, except for Captain Grizzletusk and his pirate hordes, a deadly reef of rocks across their path, and armed guards patrolling the very place they need to search. Still, at least the adventurers have Esmeralda's Aunt Millie, the Roamany Queen, to help them. She'll get them out of trouble ...won't she? Visit www.sunderedlands.co.uk for sneak peeks, games, competitions and lots more.

A fictional origin story of Merlin and the Easter Bunny. "Eh hem, have you been listening young Merlin? This is a very powerful and important spell? You may need to use it someday," the snobby spell book sternly stated. "Yes, yes," Merlin said, now chasing Will Whitetail around the room. "Well then...would you care to repeat the last line?" The grumpy book asked. Merlin laughed when Will whispered something in his ear. "What did that white fuzz ball say?" The spell book asked. "He said you better be nice or he'll leave soft bunny pellets on you when you are sleeping," Merlin laughed. "Humph!" The book narrowed its eyes at them and waited for Merlin to repeat the last line he had read. "And the line please," the book said. "Take three dragon scales and call me in the morning," Will Whitetail joked. Merlin laughed. "I wasn't talking to you...you...gerbil," the book angrily said then groaned in frustration. Will hated when he called him a gerbil. "Sorry Book, take four eggs of an Amphisbaena and boil them in one cup of milk from a red dragon...happy?" Merlin asked his spell book. "Very good, I shall continue," the book said then was interrupted by Merlin's magical bunny. "What in the world is an Amph a blah blah blah?" Will asked having a hard time pronouncing the word. "It's a snake with two heads," Merlin said. "It has a head at each end of its body," Merlin's book added. "Neat. Where do the eggs come from?" Will whitetail asked. "Don't ask, you don't want to know," Merlin said as they both giggled.

Teach your children about the rodeo before you go - or after! This fun, light-hearted book will show your little cowboy or cowgirl what the rodeo is all about! They will learn about the participants and events by looking at the pictures and reading the accompanying text. Words that may be new or are particular to the rodeo are italicized, so your child will improve his vocabulary and be introduced to this wholesome, family sport! Also see the RODEO FUN COLORING BOOK FOR CHILDREN for the original, uncolored illustrations (without text) which will entertain your child for hours!

The purpose of reading tarot is to understand our own inner secrets and to achieve personal harmony along the way. Titania's new approach to the tarot highlights their astrological significance, so that anyone vaguely familiar with astrology can bring additional knowledge and intuition to the card reading itself. This is a set of 78 tarot cards based on an Egyptian set of astrological cards. The accompanying book explains how to read the tarot with full explanations of every card as well as simple and more advanced sample layouts.