As a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial the tale frightened & fascinated her Several decades later Xinran met Shu Wan a Chinese woman who had spent years searching for her missing husband who had been serving as a doctor in Tibet; her extraordinary life story would unravel the legend of the sky burial For thirty years she was lost in the wild & alien landscape of Tibet in the vast & silent plateaus & the magisterial mountain ranges living with communities of nomads moving with the seasons & struggling to survive In this haunting book Xinran recreates Shu Wen's remarkable journey in an epic story of love loss loyalty & survival Moving shocking & ultimately uplifting Sky Burial paints a unique portrait of a woman & a land both at the mercy of fate & politics ...

& Driver&s prose takes flight in Huntress Sky Exhilarating gripping & full of heart& Kiran Millwood Hargrave author of The Girl of Ink & Stars The second book in a stunning new fantasy adventure trilogy perfect for readers aged 9 & fans of Philip Pullman Piers Torday Abi Elphinstone Katherine Rundell & Frances Hardinge Seek the scattered Storm-Opals of Sea Sky & Land before an enemy finds them & uses them to wield dark power The trail of the Storm-Opals takes Mouse further than she has ever been before With her little brother Sparrow & friend Crow alongside her she stumbles into the world of Sky where fortresses are hidden amongst the clouds secret libraries (skybraries) nestle atop gigantic icebergs & the sky swirls with warring tribes & their ferocious flying beasts Can they solve Da&s message before it&s too late for their ship their tribe & the whole of Trianukkasky-soaring beast-chattering dream-dancing draggle-riding terrodyl-flying world-saving adventure Praise for Sea the first book in The Huntress Trilogy& Moonsprites Terrodyls Beastchatter The Huntress Sea is a heart-thumpingly brilliant adventure Paver meets Pullman A real gem&
- Abi Elphinstone author of The Dreamsnatcher & The Shadow Keeper&A glorious world a wild adventure & a fierce heroine I can&t stop thinking about this book!&
- Robin Stevens author of Murder Most Unladylike If you like Northern Lights The Lie Tree The Girl of Ink & Stars & Rooftoppers you&ll love The Huntress Trilogy Sarah Driver is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People during which she won the United Agents Most Promising Writer prize in 2014 She is also a qualified nurse & midwife Sarah started writing stories as a small child & lists her influences as Spellhorn by Berlie Doherty A Necklace Of Raindrops by Joan Aiken & the Carbonel books by Barbara Sleigh
- those gorgeous magical stories that create & nurture readers When she&s not writing she can be found walking by the sea visiting exhibitions reading or travelling often in the name of research She has seen humpback whales from an oak boat in the northern seas of Iceland eaten cubes of six-month fermented Greenland shark & journeyed by train beyond the arctic circle to the far north of Swedish Lapland where she rode a slightly obstinate horse through a forest under the northern lights in temperatures of -32 degrees She has learned that even horrifying bouts of sea-sickness make excellent research material Sky is the second book in Sarah&s debut series The Huntress trilogy Sarah lives in Sussex close to the sea with Lily a street-wise ginger cat & an excitable mini-lop bunny named Peter


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In writer-director Kerry Conran&s debut film ace pilot Joe Sky Captain Sullivan (Jude Law) reluctantly teams up with his former flame journalist Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) to uncover the mystery behind a group of missing scientists & a series of shocking robot attacks Aided by gadgetry whiz Dex Dearborn (Giovanni Ribisi) & enigmatic military commander Franky Cook (Angelina Jolie) Joe & Polly must find out who is responsible for an increasingly elaborate scheme that may trigger the end of the world A highly stylized mostly computer-generated spectacle SKY CAPTAIN & THE WORLD OF TOMORROW is a striking cinematic achievement Steeped in the marvelous visuals of 1930s pop culture Conran&s movie is a loving tribute to that era featuring clever nods to FLASH GORDON BUCK ROGERS & other adventure serials of the time Beginning in a gloriously slate-gray towering New York City this movie follows its heroes from one intriguing locale to the next Although the remarkable images of the film threaten to eclipse the characters at times SKY CAPTAIN is very well cast with the actors pitch-perfect for their respective roles particularly the luminous Paltrow & the brainy Ribisi & yet the stunning retro-futuristic design is always at the fore making for a wonderfully unique movie ...

A encounter with a boy dangling from the sky changes pickpocket Magpie's life forever Like her the boy dreams of flying over the rooftops of Paris His family the Montgolfiers are desperate to be first to discover the secret of flight Together with Pierre Magpie is soon caught up in a world of inflatable bloomers spies & a trio of unruly animals in a race to be the first to fly a hot air balloon
- in front of the King & Queen of France
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Joe has always loved the moorlands above his home the wildness the freedom the peace But since his father died everything has changed & the moors are no longer a place of refuge Now the whole community is divided over the fate of the hen harriers that nest up there in the heather
- & Joe is stuck right in the middle with a choice to make & a huge secret to keep Joe can't do what's right for everyone But can he find the strength to fight for what he really believes in? Expert storyteller Gill Lewis presents a beautiful tale of loss expectation & change
- with an important & thought-provoking environmental message

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Includes: 2 Contact Lenses (1 pair) Multi Purposes Solution (60 ML) Lens Case If you have ever wondered how you would
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Includes: 2 Contact Lenses (1 pair) Multi Purposes Solution (60 ML) Lens Case If you have ever wondered how you would
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When Callum & his friends find Iona on Callum's farm they try to chase her back into the village But Iona runs from them up into the hills It is late & dark & snow lies in the mountain gullies Worried for Iona's safety Callum follows to find her shivering with cold but refusing to leave She is guarding a secret hidden in the forest above the dark waters of the loch So they make a deal Iona shares the secret & in return Callum allows her back onto the farm They form a deep bond of friendship & make a promise to keep their secret safe It is a promise that will change Callum's world forever She turned her head & fixed me with her brilliant yellow eyes She looked right into me & suddenly I knew then in that one moment I was as much part of her world as she was of mine Soar above the clouds in this enthralling tale of friendship loyalty & hope ...

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