February 16 2016 motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman suffers a major road traffic accident in Portugal breaking his hand & ankle & shattering his left leg It's unclear if he'll ever walk properly again let alone ride a motorbike Bed-bound in a foreign hospital far from home a lengthy recovery period awaits For the son of a touring film director used to being on the road in one way or another since childhood it's an unwelcome change Charley's life has always been all about the challenge but now he's facing a challenge of a different sort Told in his own words Long Way Back is a story of a recovery More than that however it's a story of a life lived without fear; from child actor to painter-&-decorator to television presenter & professional biker always on the lookout for the next adventure It's the story of how an unconventional upbringing led to an unconventional adulthood
- with all its highs & lows epic journeys & broken bones Mostly though it's the story of one man & his motorbikes
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AND THEN THERE WERE SHOTSEverybodyranducked hid tuckedthemselves tight Pressed our lips to thepavement & prayedthe boom followed by the buzz of a bulletdidn't meet us After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime he knows the next steps Don't cry Don't snitch Get revenge So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun determined to follow The Rules Only when the lift door opens Buck walks in Will's friend who died years ago & Dani who was shot years before that As more people from his past arrive Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing This haunting lyrical powerful verse novel will blow you away ...

After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004 fellow actors & bike fanatics Ewan Mc Gregor & Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug & after an inspirational UNICEF visit to Africa they knew they had to go back & experience this extraordinary continent in more depth & so they set off on their 15000-mile journey with two new BMWs loaded up for the trip Joining up with producerdirectors Russ Malkin & David Alexanian & the Long Way Round team their route took them from John O' Groats at the northernmost tip of Scotland to Cape Agulhas on the southernmost tip of South Africa Riding through spectacular scenery often in extreme temperatures Ewan & Charley faced their hardest challenges yet With their trademark humour & honesty they tell their story
- the drama the dangers & the sheer exhilaration of riding together again through a continent filled with magic & wonder
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Long Way Home is a heartfelt tale of an orphaned boy in search of family from War Horse author & former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo Another summer Another foster family George has already made up his mind to run away back to the children's home None of the previous families have wanted him Why should the Dyers be any different? But George begins to feel at ease with Tom Dyer & his sister Storme even happy & changes his mind He could even feel at home with them
- couldn't he? Michael Morpurgo demonstrates why he is considered to be the master storyteller with this book about orphans family love & finding a place one can call home He has written more than one hundred books for children including An Eagle in the Snow Listen to the Moon Private Peaceful & An Elephant in the Garden & won the Whitbread Award the Smarties Award the Circle of Gold Award the Children's Book Award & has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERA RICHARD & JUDY BOOKCLUB PICK ' Utterly engrossing' Guardian It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House & Sarah's hands are chapped & raw Domestic life below stairs ruled with a tender heart & an iron will by Mrs Hill the housekeeper is about to be disturbed by the arrival of a new footman bearing secrets & the scent of the sea ...

Tracklist A1 Jubilee Anne Written-By
- John David Souther 300 A2 Run Boy Run Written-By
- Glenn Frey 258 A3 Rebecca Written-By
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Hidden from the human-inhabited world by the inimical magical device known as the keleigh the Vaitura has become a subtle battleground where the once all-powerful Elder Fey strive against each other & the upstart Queen to regain ascendancy Of all the Elder Fey it is Altimere who is strongest in magical kest & Altimere who is most devious Pitted against Zaldore & her group seeking to manipulate the convelescing Ranger known as Longeye to foil the Queen & rule the world Altimere dares to utilize the untested powers of half-human half-Fey Rebecca Beauvally recognized by the elemental denizens of the Vaitura as The Gardener Now all plans must be rewritten Becca breaks Altimere&s capricious dominion with the dangerous herbal help of Duainfey but weakened by the effort is held against her will in service to the Queen by Meripen&s mysterious sea-lord cousin Sian Becca must escape the Queen&s retainers to regain control of her own fate With the magics of the Vaitura & Altimere&s retribution arrayed against her she escapes with only her horse a mad forest-living Brethren & her freed magical servant Nancy at her side Worse the recovered legendary hero Longeye long beloved of the Vaitura&s forest folk & creatures has re-armed at Sian&s bidding & knows most of all about Becca that she is both dangerous & of the same folk who cruelly tortured him & slew his lover before his eyes About the Author Sharon Lee & Steve Miller live in the rolling hills of Central Maine with two insistent muses in the form of cats & a large cast of characters The husb&-&-wife team&s collaborative work in science fiction & fantasy include twelve novels & numerous short stories in their award-winning Liaden Universe In addition to their collaborative work Steve has seen short stories nonfiction & reviews published under his name while Sharon has seen published short stories newspaper pieces & two mystery novels Steve was the founding curator of the University of Maryland&s Kuhn Library Science Fiction Research Collection & a former Nebula juror For five years Sharon served the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America consecutively as Executive Director Vice President & President Sharon&s interests include music seashores & pine cones Steve also enjoys music plays tournament chess & collects cat whiskers ...

Leonardo Dog Collection Longhaired Chihuahua Figurine made from a high grade resin Intricately Handpainted Ornament Dog suitable for any dog lover ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Easily the funniest wildest gay sex comedy since Another Gay Movie David Lewis Longhorns is a the rauucous tale of a 'straight' Texas fratboy who realizes maybe he may not be all that straight after all It s a Texas college circa 1982
- big hair loud shirts & cowboy boots are considered high fashion- men are men women are just future wives (or current sluts) & there is nothing gay about helping a guy out! Good ol fratboy Kevin is straight as an arrow (if you don t count his gay fantasies when sleeping with his girlfriend or jerking off his fellow frat brothers) but he begins to see things a little queerly when he meets the sexy & together & openly gay C&233;sar Can a straight guy fall for another dude? & can Kevin continue going down on his old pal (Dylan Vox) under the belief that it is just fratboy hijinks? & will kissing C&233;sar change him forever? Never has a film featured so many straight men doing so many gay things as beer is guzzled pants are dropped & playful bed-hopping ensues Fast fun & sexy Longhorns is already on its way to become a gay genre classic Actors Jacob Newton Derek Efrain Villanueva Dylan Vox Kevin Held Directors David Lewis Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1
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The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude & the unlikely triumph of an English genius With a new Foreword by the celebrated astronaut Neil Armstrong Sobel has done the impossible & made horology sexy
- no mean feat' New Scientist Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day
- & had been for centuries Lacking the ability to measure their longitude sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land Thousands of lives & the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution The quest for a solution had occupied scientists & their patrons for the better part of two centuries when in 1714 Parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (GBP20000) to anyone whose method or device proved successful Countless quacks weighed in with preposterous suggestions The scientific establishment throughout Europe
- from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton
- had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer In stark contrast one man John Harrison dared to imagine a mechanical solution Full of heroism & chicanery brilliance & the absurd LONGITUDE is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy navigation & clockmaking



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