The story begins in a public square in New Delhi On a cold December evening a young European woman of noble descent appears before an Indian street artist known locally as PK & asks him to paint her portrait
- it is an encounter that will change their lives irrevocably PK was not born in the city He grew up in a small remote village on the edge of the jungle in East India & his childhood as an untouchable was one of crushing hardship He was forced to sit outside the classroom during school would watch classmates wash themselves if they came into contact with him & had stones thrown at him when he approached the village temple According to the priests PK dirtied everything that was pure & holy But had PK not been an untouchable his life would have turned out very differently This is the remarkable true story of how love & courage led PK to overcome extreme poverty caste prejudice & adversity
- as well as a 7000-mile adventure-filled journey across continents & cultures
- to be with the woman he loved


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On 6th May 1915 Henry Friston a 21-year-old seaman rejoined his battleship after ten days in Hell Hell was just 180 metres long & seven metres wide & was otherwise known only as 'X Beach' Gallipoli Henry ferrying the wounded from the battlefield had not eaten or slept for three days 128 pages Michael Foreman Foreman Michael ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A crazed scientist develops a radiation-based technique that will turn men invisible with the plan to create an invisible army which he will sell to the highest bidder Unfortunately there are unforseen side effects Actors Douglas Kennedy Directors Edgar G Ulmer Language English Number of discs 1 ...

The Sequel to A Desert Called Peace Carnifex & The Lotus Eaters What Happens When You Need Everyone to Fight? Bring on the Amazons On the colony planet of Terra Nova Carrera has achieved his revenge destroying those who had destroyed his life by killing his wife & children in a terrorist strike & with this help of his second wife he has thwarted an attempted coup that would have restored the rule of the oligarchy & undone his hard-won victory But his fight is not over yet The problem of the Tauran Union’s control of the Transitway between Terra Nova & Earth remains as does the problem of the nuclear armed United Earth Peace Fleet orbiting above the planet The Taurans will not leave & the Balboans—a proud people with much recent success in war – will not tolerate that they should remain & yet with one hundred times the population & three or four hundred times the wealth the Tauran Union outclasses little Balboa in almost every way even without the support of Old Earth Sadly they have that support Everything everyone will have to be used to finish the job of freeing the country & if possible the planet The children must fight The old must serve too & the women? This is their story the story of Balboa’s Tercio Amazona the Amazon Regiment About the Author in 1974 at age seventeen became a political refugee & defector from the PRM (People&s Republic of Massachusetts) by virtue of joining the Regular Army He stayed a Regular Army infantryman most of his adult life returning to Massachusetts as an unofficial dissident while attending Boston College after his first hitch Before turning to writing he practiced law in southwest Virginia Baen has published his novels A State of Disobedience A Desert Called Peace & its sequels Carnifex The Lotus Eaters & now The Amazon Legion as well as his stand alone novel Caliphate & three collaborations with John Ringo in the Posleen War series Watch on the Rhine Yellow Eyes & The Tuloriad ...

The Sequel to A Desert Called Peace Carnifex & The Lotus Eaters What Happens When You Need Everyone to Fight? Bring on the Amazons On the colony planet of Terra Nova Carrera has achieved his revenge destroying those who had destroyed his life by killing his wife & children in a terrorist strike & with this help of his second wife he has thwarted an attempted coup that would have restored the rule of the oligarchy & undone his hard-won victory But his fight is not over yet The problem of the Tauran Union’s control of the Transitway between Terra Nova & Earth remains as does the problem of the nuclear armed United Earth Peace Fleet orbiting above the planet The Taurans will not leave & the Balboans—a proud people with much recent success in war – will not tolerate that they should remain & yet with one hundred times the population & three or four hundred times the wealth the Tauran Union outclasses little Balboa in almost every way even without the support of Old Earth Sadly they have that support Everything everyone will have to be used to finish the job of freeing the country & if possible the planet The children must fight The old must serve too & the women? This is their story the story of Balboa’s Tercio Amazona the Amazon Regiment About the Author in 1974 at age seventeen became a political refugee & defector from the PRM (People&s Republic of Massachusetts) by virtue of joining the Regular Army He stayed a Regular Army infantryman most of his adult life returning to Massachusetts as an unofficial dissident while attending Boston College after his first hitch Before turning to writing he practiced law in southwest Virginia Baen has published his novels A State of Disobedience A Desert Called Peace & its sequels Carnifex The Lotus Eaters & now The Amazon Legion as well as his stand alone novel Caliphate & three collaborations with John Ringo in the Posleen War series Watch on the Rhine Yellow Eyes & The Tuloriad ...

As the son of the late High Lord Akkarin saviour of the city & Sonea the former street urchin turned Black Magician Lorkin has a legacy of heroism & adventure to live up to So when Lord Dannyl takes the position of Guild Ambassador to Sachaka Lorkin volunteers to be his assistant in the hopes of making his mark on the world When news comes that Lorkin is in danger the law that forbids Black Magicians leaving the city forces Sonea to trust that Dannyl will save him Besides her old friend Cery needs her as never before someone has been assassinating Thieves & when his family is targeted he finds evidence that this Thief Hunter uses magic Either a member of the Guild is hunting down the Thieves one by one or there is
- once again
- a rogue magician on the streets of Imardin & this one has full control of their powers
- & is willing to kill with them


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When Rose Muddle is plucked from the workhouse to become a maid in a grand mansion she discovers that her new mistress has secret plans for her
- plans which involve a strange amber pendant with extraordinary powers But fearsome enemies lurk in the shadows intent on finding the mysterious pendant As the shadows begin to close in can Rose uncover the truth of her own destiny to stop these forces of evil?
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In a place where everyone is keeping secrets all the time how do you know who you can trust? A brilliant novel of lies & intrigue at Bletchley Park by the author of the bestselling debut The Hourglass Factory Perfect for all fans of The Imitation Game On a delayed train deep in the English countryside two strangers meet It is 1942 & they are both men of fighting age though neither is in uniform As strangers do in these days of war they pass the time by sharing their stories But walls have ears & careless talk costs lives At Bletchley Park Honey Deschamps spends her days at a type-x machine in Hut 6 transcribing decrypted signals from the German Army One winter's night as she walks home in the blackout she meets a stranger in the shadows He tells her his name is Felix & he has a package for her The parcel containing a small piece of amber postmarked from Russia & branded with two censor's stamps is just the first of several Someone is trying to get a message to her but who? As a dangerous web weaves ever tighter around her can Honey uncover who is sending these mysterious packages & why before it's too late? ...

Will & Lyra whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds have been violently separated But they must find each other for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been
- & a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned
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The third volume in Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy First published in 2000 & acclaimed as a modern masterpiece it won the UK's top awards for children's literature " We're going to the land of the dead & we're going to come back" Will & Lyra whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds have been violently separated But they must find each other for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been
- & a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned
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