From the no 1 bestselling author of The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns A Richard & Judy Summer Book Club pick Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister In a life of poverty & struggle with no mother to care for them Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness For her he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them & the Mountains Echoed is a deeply moving epic of heartache hope & above all the unbreakable bonds of love ...

WINNER OF THE NEW WRITER AWARD AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE THE GORDON BURN PRIZE & FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDSFEATURED IN THE OBSERVER'S SPORTS WRITERS' BOOKS OF THE YEARAnd the Sun Shines Now is a book about why Hillsborough happened & how the flawed response to the disaster created a 'whole new ball game' but destroyed a culture The Taylor Report All-seater stadia Police lies Political neglect Murdoch The oligarchs & an FA plan to gentrify football But what happens when you take the people's game away from the people? What happens to the game & what happens to the people? Powerful funny soulful & brutal Adrian Tempany's acclaimed book exposes the real cost of the modern game & the forces that shaped it ...

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For as long as she can remember Barbro Karlen has recalled a previous existence as Anne Frank author of the famous diary Now prompted by a series of events that culminated in a struggle for survival she tells her amazing story She takes us from her early fame as a best-selling child literary sensation in her native Sweden to her years as a policewoman & successful horse trainer But this is no ordinary life history As the victim of discrimination personal vendettas media assassination libel & attempted murder Karlen is eventually shown the karmic background to these events Glimpsing fragments of her former life she begins to understand how forces of destiny reach out from the past into the present & she is finally free to be herself This the story of a supernatural struggle for truth in the face of discrimination & lies Eight pages of illustrations ...

A lesbian-themed twist on Tom Tykwer&s frenetic indie speedball RUN LOLA RUN co-directors Ellen Seidler & Megan Sidler&s sexy romantic comedy follows skilled but perpetually tardy photographer Lola (Ashleigh Sumner) as she races through the streets of San Francisco to make an important meeting With her career & her relationship hanging in the balance Lola switches into high gear & speeds toward her destination ...

The book that topped the international online poll held in Agatha Christie's 125th birthday year to discover which of her 80 crime books was the world's favourite 1939 Europe teeters on the brink of war Ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island an isolated rock near the Devon coast Cut off from the mainland with their generous hosts Mr & Mrs UN Owen mysteriously absent they are each accused of a terrible crime When one of the party dies suddenly they realise they may be harbouring a murderer among their number The 10 strangers include a reckless playboy a troubled Harley Street doctor a formidable judge an uncouth detective an unscrupulous mercenary a God-fearing spinster two restless servants a highly decorated general & an anxious secretary One by one they are picked off Who will survive? & who is the killer? Copies of an ominous nursery rhyme hang in each room the murders mimicking the awful fates of its Ten Little Soldier Boys' The clear winner in an international online poll held to discover the world's favourite Agatha Christie book this new paperback also coincides with a new 3-part BBC TV adaptation featuring a stellar ensemble cast Douglas Booth Charles Dance Maeve Dermody Burn Gorman Anna Maxwell Martin Sam Neill Miranda Richardson Toby Stephens Noah Taylor & Aidan Turner ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Douglas Booth & Charles Dance star in this three-part BBC adaptation of the classic crime novel by Agatha Christie When ten strangers are invited to stay on an isolated island off the Devonshire coast they find that the owners Mr & Mrs Owen are nowhere to be seen As gradually each member of the party is killed the remaining holidaymakers become increasingly suspicious of their fellow islanders ...

Based on the classic novel by mystery author Agatha Christie that was later adapted as the Broadway hit Ten Little Indians & THEN THERE WERE NONE begins with ten characters each with a skeleton in his or her closet on a remote island off the English coast They soon realize that they have been brought there by an insane judge who has tried each of them for criminal behaviour in the past & who now feels it is his duty to render proper justice for each The struggle to stay alive begins as each guest is eliminated in a fashion that corresponds to the titular nursery rhyme ...

What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get in digging a hole to China? And Then You're Dead offers serious answers to these horribly interesting questions Paul Doherty & Cody Cassidy explore the real science behind these & other fantastical scenarios offering insights into physics astronomy anatomy & more along the way Illustrated with straightforward technical art & leavened by small doses of dry humour & Then You're Dead is both scientifically informative & gruesomely entertaining ...

From Jeffrey Archer the bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles & Kane & Abel comes his captivating sixth collection of short stories & Hereby Hangs a Tale full of magnificent characters & shocking plot twists In High Heels' discover what happens in a loss adjuster's memorable first case where his wife has to explain why a pair of designer shows couldn't have gone up in flames While on the streets of Delhi in Caste-Off' a man & woman fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green & in A Good Eye' a priceless Renaissance oil painting remains in the same family for generations until its current owner is face with a difficult choice Jeffrey demonstrates his natural aptitude for short stories which are stylish witty & entertaining His mastery of characterization & suspense combined with a gift for the unexpected jaw-dropping plot twist show him at the height of his powers & demonstrate why he is one of world's bestselling authors ...