As Ellie's fiftieth birthday approaches & her ambitions of a steady income a successful career & an ascent of Everest seem as far away as ever she begins to doubt she's capable of achieving anything at all So when her best friend Mick suggests a gruelling cycle ride from Land's End to John o' Groats she takes up the challenge They opt for the scenic route which takes them along cycle paths towpaths & the back roads & byways of Britain unable to resist sampling local beers in the pubs they pass along the way But as the pints start to stack up faster than the miles they're putting under their tyres Ellie wonders if they'll ever make it to the finishing line ...

Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure Growing up on the Isle of Wight he was taught by his father to sail & climb at an early age As a teenager he found identity & purpose through both mountaineering & martial arts which led the young adventurer to the foothills of the mighty Himalaya & a grandmaster's karate training camp in Japan On returning home he embarked upon the notoriously gruelling selection course for the British Special Forces to join 21 SAS
- a journey that was to push him to the very limits of physical & mental endurance Then in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident Bear broke his back in three places It was touch & go whether he would ever walk again However only eighteen months later Bear became one of the youngest ever climbers to scale Everest aged only twenty-three But this was just the beginning of his many extraordinary adventures Known & admired by millions Bear Grylls has survived where few would dare to go Now for the first time Bear tells the story of his action-packed life Gripping moving & wildly exhilarating Mud Sweat & Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies & armchair adventurers alike
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How did Bear Grylls become one of the world's toughest adventurers? This is the thrilling story of everyone's favourite real-life action man
- from secret childhood missions to climb the town's school buildings & steeples to starring in his own global TV series & becoming Chief Scout to the Scouting Association Known & admired by millions Bear Grylls has survived in dangerous environments few would dare to visit Find out what it's like to take on mountaineering martial arts parachuting life in the SAS
- & all that nature can throw at you! Abridged for younger readers

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN GARRETT HEDLUND & MARY J BLIGEWhen Henry Mc Allan moves his city-bred wife Laura to a cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta in 1946 she finds herself in a place both foreign & frightening Henry's love of rural life is not shared by Laura who struggles to raise their two young children in an isolated shotgun shack under the eye of her hateful racist father-in-law When it rains the waters rise up & swallow the bridge to town stranding the family in a sea of mud As the Second World War shudders to an end two young men return from Europe to help work the farm Jamie Mc Allan is everything his older brother Henry is not & is sensitive to Laura's plight but also haunted by his memories of combat Ronsel Jackson eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the farm comes home from war with the shine of a hero only to face far more dangerous battles against the ingrained bigotry of his own countrymen These two unlikely friends become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale ...

Oscar Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay Best Supporting Actress Best Original Song & Best Cinematography Now a Netflix original movie starring Carey Mulligan Garrett Hedlund Jason Mitchell & Mary J Blige A masterly meaningful tale from America's divided past This is a giant of a story' Guardian A sweeping often spellbinding epic of cinematic storytelling that runs right up against the definition of masterpiece' The Times Mudbound is poised to break serious ground what makes Rees's ensemble movie remarkable is that every character is so richly defined & rounded A wonderfully assured blend of sweeping period melodrama & small telling moments it's a world you want to spend more time inside' Metro Rees arranges her symbols with a rich sense of cinematic & literary tradition' Daily Telegraph Dee Rees's rich absorbing story set in pre- & postwar Mississippi & based on Hillary Jordan's novel is beautifully directed & performed' Peter Bradshaw Guardian When Henry Mc Allan moves his city-bred wife Laura to a cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta in 1946 she finds herself in a place both foreign & frightening Henry's love of rural life is not shared by Laura who struggles to raise their two young children in an isolated shotgun shack under the eye of her hateful racist father-in-law When it rains the waters rise up & swallow the bridge to town stranding the family in a sea of mud As the Second World War shudders to an end two young men return from Europe to help work the farm Jamie Mc Allan is everything his older brother Henry is not & is sensitive to Laura's plight but also haunted by his memories of combat Ronsel Jackson eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the farm comes home from war with the shine of a hero only to face far more dangerous battles against the ingrained bigotry of his own countrymen These two unlikely friends become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale ...

This book offers a structure & an outlet for the many difficult feelings which inevitably follow when someone dies It aims to help children make sense of their experience by reflecting on the different aspects of their grief whilst finding a balance between remembering & having fun This book is a useful companion in the present & will become an invaluable keepsake in the years to come ...

This book offers a structure & an outlet for the many difficult feelings which inevitably follow when someone dies It aims to help children make sense of their experience by reflecting on the different aspects of their grief whilst finding a balance between remembering & having fun This book is a useful companion in the present & will become an invaluable keepsake in the years to come ...

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