It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth--Nietzsche In A Philosophy of Walking a bestseller in France leading thinker Frederic Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B -- the pilgrimage the promenade the protest march the nature ramble -- & reveals what they say about us Gros draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as something central to their practice On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eager seclusion in Walden Woods; the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy He shows us how Rousseau walked in order to think while Nietzsche wandered the mountainside to write In contrast Kant marched through his hometown every day exactly at the same hour to escape the compulsion of thought Brilliant & erudite "A Philosophy of Walking" is an entertaining & insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other ...

The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller This is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake & it begins when aged eleven she is orphaned & placed in the &care& of sadistic foster parents But there comes a point in her preteen years
- maybe it&s the night she first tries to run away & is exposed to drugs alcohol & sex all at once
- when Cupcake&s story shifts from a tear-jerking tragedy to a dark deeply disturbing journey through hell Cupcake learned to survive by turning tricks downing hard liquor & ingesting every drug she could find while hitchhiking up & down the California coast At just 16 she stumbled into the terrifying world of the gangsta dealing drugs hustling & only just surviving a drive-by shooting Ironically it was Cupcake&s rapid descent into the nightmare of crack cocaine addiction that finally saved her After one four-day crack binge she woke up behind a dumpster Half-dressed & half-dead she finally realized she had to change her life or die on the streets
- another trash-can addict another sad statistic Astonishingly Cupcake turned her life around & this is her brutally frank startlingly funny story Unlike any memoir you will ever read A Piece of Cake is a redemptive gripping tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life & survived it It is also the most genuinely affecting rollercoaster ride through hell & back that you will ever take


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A stunning new edition of a modern classic in the bestselling Large Family series " If you are not familiar with these ...

From the popular anime series &180; One Piece&180; comes this officially licensed statue from Banpresto&180;s &180;magazine&180;- series made from PVC 16 cm tall & comes with a display base ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Like a modern day Don Quixote & Sancho Panza Sam & Jonathan two traveling salesmen peddling novelty items take us on a kaleidoscopic wandering through human destiny It is a journey that unveils the beauty of single moments the pettiness of others the humor & tragedy hidden within us life s grandeur as well as the ultimate frailty of humanity ...

The first in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters with beautiful black-&-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon Jasmine's dad is a farmer & her mum is a large-animal vet so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals & keeping them out of trouble Unfortunately this often means she gets into hot water herself When Jasmine sees a tiny unloved piglet left to fend for itself she knows it will die without her help So she smuggles it home to her farm to nurse it back to health But she can't keep Truffle forever & then one stormy night disaster strikes Brilliant storytelling that will make you laugh & cry this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation Look out for Jasmine's other adventures!A Duckling Called Button A Sheepdog Called Sky ...

The only guidebook covering two short routes to Santiago de Compostela the Camino Ingles & the Camino Finisterre & its Muxia extension 128 pages Brierley John (John Brierley) ...

For fans of Catherine Cookson comes Eileen Ramsay's tale of heartbreak hope & family
- the perfect read to curl up with this Christmas'
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An original selection of short fiction from one of the greats of Russian literature 336 pages Gogol Nikolai ...

In a brutal world charismatic rebel miner Mack Mc Ash
- a slave by birth
- is a man with the courage to stand up for what is

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