Colin Wallace

Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy provides a collection of collaborative learning, inquiry-based activities for use in introductory astronomy courses. These activities were created using educational research and designed to lead you to deeper, more complete understanding through a series of structured questions. The questions prompt you to use reasoning to identify and correct misconceptions. All content has been extensively field tested and responds to reviewer demand, numerous interviews and nationally conducted workshops.

Nelpin is a government official with a complicated background. Orphaned and brought up by another family, he finds people who he can manipulate, and disposes of them when they are no longer of use. Moskar comes from a wandering tribe of the Lagerian desert. Happily married and hoping for a child, one day changes his whole life in the desert forever. Nelpin's and Moskar's paths are set to cross in ways that neither of them could have seen. As Nelpin's ambitions push him forward in his quest, other people are brought in to the possibly devastating scheme. A male pregnancy, wandering fortune tellers and a cast of characters are interwoven in this drama of secrets and ambition.

Poodle-fakers and propagandists, zealots and harlots, tabloid reporters, all foregather under the cosily affluent canopy of the Chelsea Cluster, a low-rise enclave in the heart of SW10. How on earth can the Meddles, the Alis, the Ficklesteins and the Vishnus get along, with only low garden walls - and religious mania - to separate them? Enter Jezebel, the Cluster's very own Goddess of Love... First, Millicent Meddle succumbs to her soothing charms. Then it's the turn of Nigel, Millicent's not-so-Reverend husband. Pretty soon, the benign facade of Britannia Variegata, with all its splendidly pluralistic blooms, is crumbling. Mayhem ensues. Hilarious set piece comedy, zany characters, and an acute eye for the manners of London's 'comfortable' classes, give Divine Combat a cutting satirical edge. With all the lurid detail of a Bosch masterpiece, this novel will plant unforgettable images in your mind. Don't miss it!