The price of life is death' For Mallory as for all of his generation death was but a frail barrier that men crossed smiling & gallant every day' As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war What mattered now was how one lived & the moments of being alive While the quest for Mount Everest may have begun as a grand imperial gesture it ended as a mission of revival for a country & a lost generation bled white by war In a monumental work of history & adventure Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest but rather why he kept climbing on that fateful day ...

Martin Laird shows how science & meditation can offer a remedy to many contemporary dilemmas & emotional struggles He examines the meditative methods & traditions found within contemplative prayer ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A group of high school students document the events & aftermath of a devastating tornado Actors Richard Armitage Sarah Wayne Callies Jeremy Sumpter Directors Steven Quale Language English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...

In the span of a single day the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic & deadly cyclones even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come Most people seek shelter while others run towards the vortex testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot Told through the eyes & lenses of professional storm chasers thrill-seeking amateurs & courageous townspeople " Into the Storm" throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A group of high school students document the events & aftermath of a devastating tornado ...

Encouraged by the sizeable pay increase & high divorce rate Chris Clement-Green decided that answering a recruitment ad for the Thames Valley Police was just the thing for a much-needed overhaul of her life It was 1984 a time before political correctness at the height of the miner's strike & in the middle of five years of race riots Perfect timing Expanding her police knowledge her love life & undeterred by sexist remarks she decided to make her mark while kissing goodbye to her previous dull & conventional existence Chris captures the colourful characters & humour in many of the situations she found herself in but the job had its serious side too She was at the centre of a riot in Oxford during which her life was saved by a young black man she had previously stopped & questioned & was attacked by a man with mental-health problems who was a consequence of the decision to move care' into the community' Consistently colliding with the effects of Margaret Thatcher's politics; from miner's picket-lines covering (badly) for striking paramedics during the ambulance dispute to everyday drunken disturbances caused by the haves (Yuppies & Oxford students) & the have-nots (alcoholic homeless & unemployed youth) Chris also tackled sex crimes & abuse This is an often humorous always candid & no-holds-barred reflection of the life of a policewoman in the 1980s Readers are given a personal account of a life in uniform while touching on the Newbury Bypass demos the effects of Scarman the Hungerford Massacre the bombing of Libya the AIDS epidemic & working under the notorious Ali Dizaei ...

' Wondering if Into the Water could be as good as The Girl on the Train? It's better A triumph' Clare Mackintosh bestselling author of I Let You Go THE SUNDAY TIMES NO1 BESTSELLERSIMON MAYO RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB CHOICERADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMEGOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS BEST MYSTERY & THRILLER 2017 The addictive new psychological thriller from the author of The Girl on the Train the runaway Sunday Times No 1 bestseller & global phenomenon In the last days before her death Nel called her sister Jules didn't pick up the phone ignoring her plea for help Now Nel is dead They say she jumped & Jules has been dragged back to the one place she hoped she had escaped for good to care for the teenage girl her sister left behind But Jules is afraid So afraid Of her long-buried memories of the old Mill House of knowing that Nel would never have jumped & most of all she's afraid of the water & the place they call the Drowning Pool With the same propulsive writing & acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins delivers an urgent satisfying read that hinges on the stories we tell about our pasts & their power to destroy the lives we live now ' Paula Hawkins does it again! Into the Water is a moody & chilling thriller that will have you madly turning the pages A gripping compulsive read!' Shari Lapena bestselling author of The Couple Next Door Fans of Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train rejoice her second novel Into the Water is even better A brilliantly plotted & fast-paced juggernaut of a read that hurtles to a heart-stopping conclusion' Good Housekeeping (Book of the Month)A brooding & complex read that deserves to make a splash in its own right' Sunday Mirror A twisting whodunit that leaves you both gratified & surprised (also the best kind) Not just a brilliant thriller but also a furious feminist howl ' Stylist Paula Hawkins effortlessly follows the success of The Girl on the Train with this immersive novel Told from multiple points of view this is clever & twisty fiction with a ghostly edge' Red ...

A gripping compulsive read!' Shari Lapena bestselling author of The Couple Next Door' Fans of Paula Hawkins' The Girl on the Train rejoice her second novel Into the Water is even better 448 pages Hawkins Paula ...

Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild examines the true story of Chris Mc Candless a young man who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness & whose SOS note & emaciated corpse were found four months later internationally bestselling author Jon Krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self leave civilization behind & seek enlightenment through solitude & contact with nature A 2007 film adaptation of Into the Wild was directed by Sean Penn & starred Emile Hirsch & Kristen Stewart ...

Take your first steps into the wilderness with Rusty the house cat as he leaves his home to go & live in the wild A thrillling new feline fantasy series that draws you into a vivid animal world When kittypet' Rusty strays into the forest beyond his owner's garden & is ambushed by a wild cat life as he knows it is over After a brave fight he is invited to leave the twoleg' world & join Thunderclan one of four cat tribes to train as a warrior Rusty becomes Firepaw & learns laws of the wild
- hunting & fighting to protect the clan's survival When the fearsome Shadowclan threaten Thunderclan's territory his warrior skills are put to the test But how can he protect the clan when he suspects their own deputy of trechery?
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