Presents the dramatic & redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world's most beautiful & remote places its most imperiled & perilous countries & then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity
- an exquisitely written story of courage resilience & grace 384 pages Lindhout Amanda
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Heaven Sends has fast become one the UK's leading wholesalers of fabulously quirky gifts stylish home accessories & seasonal decorations? not just Christmas! Renowned unique design & quirky products all at extraordinary value for money A House Is Not A Home Cat Door Stop By Heaven Sends Dimensions 16x 15x 10cm ...

At Blackwater Abbey on an island off the Devon coast Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons who were lost in the conflict For Blackwater Abbey is haunted in more ways than one 400 pages Ryan W C ...

A vivid unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood-an emotionally powerful & haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture-from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell & When the Moon Is Low For two decades Zeba was a loving wife a patient mother & a peaceful villager But her quiet life is shattered when her husband Kamal is found brutally murdered with a hatchet in the courtyard of their home Nearly catatonic with shock Zeba is unable to account for her whereabouts at the time of his death Her children swear their mother could not have committed such a heinous act Kamal's family is sure she did & demands justice Barely escaping a vengeful mob Zeba is arrested & jailed As Zeba awaits trial she meets a group of women whose own misfortunes have also led them to these bleak cells thirty-year-old Nafisa imprisoned to protect her from an honor killing; twenty-five-year-old Latifa who ran away from home with her teenage sister but now stays in the prison because it is safe shelter; & nineteen-year-old Mezhgan pregnant & unmarried waiting for her lover's family to ask for her hand in marriage Is Zeba a cold-blooded killer these young women wonder or has she been imprisoned as they have been for breaking some social rule? For these women the prison is both a haven & a punishment Removed from the harsh & unforgiving world outside they form a lively & indelible sisterhood Into this closed world comes Yusuf Zeba's Afghan-born American-raised lawyer whose commitment to human rights & desire to help his motherland have brought him back With the fate of this seemingly ordinary housewife in his hands Yusuf discovers that like Afghanistan itself his client may not be at all what he imagines A moving look at the lives of modern Afghan women A House Without Windows is astonishing frightening & triumphant ...

Matt Hopwood set off with just a small bag & a walking stick no possessions & an open mind to walk many hundreds of miles the length & breadth of the country He relied entirely on the generosity of strangers for shelter & asked people to tell him their transforming stories They did All of these deeply enthralling profoundly honest stories weave a web of tenderness connection compassion & community For some people their love story will span decades & tell a tale of romantic love evolving through the passing years Others' stories express fleeting moments of connection care concern Most love stories are marked by sadness & loss Some stories are concerned with maternal & paternal love others with a love of place a visceral connection with spirit through landscape Love stories also connect deeply with our identities in how we belong & how we are welcomed in society Each story is different Each beautiful Each valuable ...

There once was a hungry lion a penguin (Well he was just here) a little calico kitten (I could have sworn I just saw him) a brown mouse (Now wait a second) a bunny with floppy ears & a bunny with un-floppy ears (Okay this is just getting ridiculous) a frog a bat a pig a slightly bigger pig a wooly sheep a koala a hen & also a turtle Hey! What's going on here The very hungry lion is all set to enjoy an exciting day with his other animal pals But all of a sudden his friends start disappearing at an alarming rate! Is someone stealing the hungry lion's friends or is the culprit a littlecloser to home? With sharp wit adorable illustrations & hysterical twists galore this debut picture book asks
- what do you think happened to the hungry lion's friends?
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Martin Clunes & Keeley Hawes star in this made-for-TV crime drama based on the true story of the 1940s serial killer John George Haigh After mistakenly believing a Latin term to mean that murder can only be proven with the evidence of a body Haigh (Clunes) discovers a way to get rid of potential victims by using sulphuric acid He first kills his friend Donald Mc Swan (Neil Mc Kinven) in order to assume control of his business but in order to increase his finances Haigh takes a number of further victims When those who knew the deceased become suspicious a criminal investigation is launched & it looks as though Haigh&s murderous ways will finally be put to a stop Actors Martin Clunes Keeley Hawes Richard Hope & Celia Imrie Director Harry Bradbeer Certificate 15 years & over Languages English ...

A is for Alice An Alphabet Book is a delightful introduction to the alphabet using characters & objects from Lewis Carroll's iconic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass A is for Alice E is for for Egg (Humpty Dumpty of course) Q is for the Queen not forgetting R for the Rabbit who started off the whole adventure With charming traditional colour illustrations by Sir John Tenniel & beautiful Victorian-style decorations & backgrounds this is a really special book for young children & together with One White Rabbit A Counting Book forms a classy introduction to the classic Macmillan Alice ...

A beautiful & informative alphabet book created in association with the National Galley
- perfect for children & adults alike See
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Mohamed El-Bachiri is a Muslim He lost his wife Loubna in the Brussels bombing of March 2016
- a young woman murdered by a fanatical
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