Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944 Priska Rachel & Anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret Strangers to each other they were newly pregnant & facing an uncertain fate without their husbands Alone scared & with so many loved ones already lost to the Nazis these young women were privately determined to hold on to all they had left their lives & those of their unborn babies That the gas chambers ran out of Zyklon-B just after the babies were born before they & their mothers could be exterminated is just one of several miracles that allowed them all to survive & rebuild their lives after World War II Born Survivors follows the mothers' incredible journey
- first to Auschwitz where they each came under the murderous scrutiny of Dr Josef Mengele; then to a German slave labour camp where half-starved & almost worked to death they struggled to conceal their condition; & finally as the Allies closed in their hellish 17-day train journey with thousands of other prisoners to the Mauthausen death camp in Austria Hundreds died along the way but the courage & kindness of strangers including guards & civilians helped save these women & their children Sixty-five years later the three 'miracle babies' met for the first time at Mauthausen for the anniversary of the liberation that ultimately saved them United by their remarkable experiences of survival against all odds they now consider each other siblings of the heart In Born Survivors Wendy Holden brings all three stories together for the first time to mark their seventieth birthdays & the seventieth anniversary of the ending of the war A heart-stopping account of how three mothers & their newborns fought to survive the Holocaust Born Survivors is also a life-affirming celebration of our capacity to care & to love amid inconceivable cruelty
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In the 1950s Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke
- Boyhood) was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene & an icon of cool By the 1960s he was all but washed up his career & personal life in shambles due to years of addiction Creatively blending fact with fiction & driven by Hawke’s virtuoso performance Born to Be Blue unfolds at a key moment in the 1960s just as Baker attempts to stage a hard-fought comeback spurred in part by a passionate romance with a new flame (Carmen Ejogo
- Selma)

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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 In the 1950s Chet Baker (Ethan Hawke
- Boyhood) was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene & an icon of cool By the 1960s he was all but washed up his career & personal life in shambles due to years of addiction Creatively blending fact with fiction & driven by Hawke’s virtuoso performance Born to Be Blue unfolds at a key moment in the 1960s just as Baker attempts to stage a hard-fought comeback spurred in part by a passionate romance with a new flame (Carmen Ejogo
- Selma)

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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 Social worker Kate Carlin discovers that new born babies born to teen-aged mothers are being sold to childless couples Further investigation reveals it is a lucrative business & although Kate puts her life in danger she determines to call a halt to the operation Actors Lynda Carter Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Want to save cash your child's imagination & possibly even the planet? This is the book you need Packed with great photos of real families in the outdoors Born to Be Wild contains easy-to-follow instructions for activities that require nothing more sophisticated than a small person's imagination & access to a little outdoor space Nature lays on magical materials for free each season from fallen leaves & twigs moulted feathers sand & shells to mud puddles & rain Everything else you'll need for these activities is already hiding in your cupboards at home No expensive art supplies of outward-bound kit required All you need are the toolkit items at the front of the book
- ordinary household essentials like scraps of paper string glue recycled food containers & an empty jar or two Along the way Hattie talks to families organisations & communities who have rebuilt their relationships with nature with extreme or inspiring results & she introduces scientists psychologists & other experts who explain why as modern families we should revive our waning relationships with nature whatever age or stage we're at
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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 Tu an ambitious young man from Auckland dreams of being a professional Hip Hop dancer When Tu s father issues an ultimatum Tu decides that dance is his way out Things become complicated when he falls for Sasha the girlfriend of K-Crew&s malicious leader Kane Tu is devastated when he learns that the whole audition process has been a scam to steal the best moves from dancers across Auckland In a final stance Tu will unite his old crew & new friends to battle their way into nationals & face K-Crew in the finals ...

A powerful story of sadness hope pride honour & triumph from the real-life Rocky! Raw confronting & honest UFC champion Mark Hunt's inspiring autobiography shows it is possible to defy the odds & carve a better life Born into a Mormon Samoan family Hunt details his harrowing early life his troubled teen years & his angry youth with no apparent future After being plucked from an Auckland street fight & dropped into his first kickboxing bout Mark went on to achieve unprecedented success in Australian & New Zealand combat sports In an ongoing career that has spanned the globe Mark Hunt has been in some of the UFC Pride & K-1's most memorable battles But in some ways those fights pale in comparison to that which he has overcome out of the ring & cage As fearless with his opinions as he is in the Octagon Mark pulls no punches in revealing the highs & lows of his extraordinary life ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Grizzled ex-boxer Dan Barnes (Steve Austin) thinks his glory days are behind him Working as a school janitor seems to offer little in the way of excitement But when he begins coaching the bullied new kid Matthew in a bid to turn him into a boxing champion Barnes proves how tough he really is Actors Steve Austin Daniel Magder Jaren Brandt Bartlett Emma Grabinsky & Tess Atkins Director Anne Wheeler Certificate 12 years & over Year 2011 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English Subtitles None listed Duration 1 hour & 31 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Grizzled ex-boxer Dan Barnes (Steve Austin) thinks his glory days are behind him Working as a school janitor seems to offer little in the way of excitement But when he begins coaching the bullied new kid Matthew in a bid to turn him into a boxing champion Barnes proves how tough he really is Actors Steve Austin Daniel Magder Jaren Brandt Bartlett Emma Grabinsky & Tess Atkins Director Anne Wheeler Certificate 12 years & over Year 2011 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English Subtitles None listed Duration 1 hour & 31 minutes (approx) ...

Sometimes it can feel as though we are living in the worst of times
- a world of chaos uncertainty & breakdown But could this also
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