A landmark in travel writing this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer's escape across the Himalayas to Tibet set against the backdrop of the Second World War Heinrich Harrer already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time was climbing in the Himalayas when war broke out in Europe He was imprisoned by the British in India but succeeded in escaping & fled to Tibet Settling in Lhasa the Forbidden City where he became a friend & tutor to the Dalai Lama Heinrich Harrer spent seven years gaining a more profound understanding of Tibet & the Tibetans than any Westerner before him More recently made into a film starring Brad Pitt Seven Years in Tibet is a stunning story of incredible courage & self-reliance by one of the twentieth century's best travel writers ...

Heinrich Harrer sets out with friend Peter Aufschnaiter to climb one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas He experiences an emotional awakening on his journey but then is interned in a British prisoner-of-war camp A two year trek follows his escape & he then enters a land few westerners have visited Here he befriends the fourteenth Dalai Llama & spends the next seven years teaching filming & photographing the mysterious country of Tibet A true story based on the best selling book by Heinrich Harrer ...

All the great European powers of the time fought in the Seven Years& War (1756-1763) Prussia & Austria also stood on opposing sides of the battlefield Armed soldiers in different poses Ensign Trooper Horses in different poses Drummer (tambour) Trumpeter ...

Number of Parts 98 (95 Figures) Details Armed soldiers in different poses Ensign Trooper Officers sitting on horseback Drummer (tambour) Addition Info All the great European powers of the time fought in the Seven Years& War (1756-1763) Prussia & Austria also stood on opposing sides of the battlefield ...

The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction President Barack Obama's summer reading choice & recently optioned by Ron Howard & IMAGINE to be made into a major motion picture THE EARTH WAS A TICKING TIME BOMBTo ensure the survival they had to look beyond its atmosphere So they became pioneers Five thousand years later & their progeny form seven distinct races & they must journey to an alien Earth A magnificent visionary work of speculative fiction from a true visionary that will dazzle you with its depth psychology & awesome imagination ...

The uplifting feel-good autobiography of Ben Ryan the coach of the Olympic gold-medal winning Fijian rugby team 320 pages Ryan Ben ...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR AN INVESTIGATIVE THRILLER SET AMID THE AFTERMATH OF AN AIR DISASTER
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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SIX FOUR A TENSE INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF AN AIR DISASTER' He's a master' New York Times Book Review' Very different to almost anything out there' Observer 1985 Kazumasa Yuuki a seasoned reporter at the North Kanto Times runs a daily gauntlet against the power struggles & office politics that plague its newsroom But when an air disaster of unprecedented scale occurs on the paper's doorstep its staff are united by an unimaginable horror & a once-in-a-lifetime scoop 2002 Seventeen years later Yuuki remembers the adrenaline-fuelled emotionally charged seven days that changed his & his colleagues' lives He does so while making good on a promise he made that fateful week
- one that holds the key to its last unsolved mystery & represents Yuuki's final unconquered fear' Seventeen is a brilliant novel on any level
- it's a gripping page turner while remaining moving & complex It's a deeply satisfying read & it will be a while before I read anything as good' William Ryan' An astringent unforgiving picture of modern Japanese society' Guardian

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After his nightmarish adventures in Mary King's Close in Crow Boy Tom Afflick is drawn back to Edinburgh At the National Museum of Scotland he sees the eight tiny coffins that were discovered on Arthur's Seat in 1836
- one of the city's most intriguing mysteries After a violent confrontation with his stepfather Tom finds himself spinning back in time again to the year 1828 where the peril comes not from bubonic plague but from a series of unexplained disappearances Lost & confused Tom seeks refuge in Tanner's Close as the guest of two of the city's most infamous inhabitants
- But even two hundred years after the events of Crow Boy he cannot escape the vengeful pursuit of bogus plague doctor William Mc Sweeny Tom is soon caught up in a desperate struggle for survival
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You thought capitalism was permanent? Think again David Harvey unravels the contradictions at the heart of capitalism-its drive for example to accumulate capital beyond the means of investing it it's imperative to use the cheapest methods of production that leads to consumers with no means of consumption & its compulsion to exploit nature to the point of extinction These are the tensions which underpin the persistence of mass unemployment the downward spirals of Europe & Japan & the unstable lurches forward of China & India Not that the contradictions of capital are all bad they can lead to the innovations that make capitalism resilient & it seems permanent Yet appearances can deceive while many of capital's contradictions can be managed others will be fatal to our society This new book is both an incisive guide to the world around us & a manifesto for change ...