Ed Husain's The Islamist is the shocking inside story of British Islamic fundamentalism told by a former radical ' When I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist Five years later after much emotional turmoil I rejected fundamentalist teachings & returned to normal life & my family As I recovered my faith & mind I tried to put my experiences behind me but as the events of 77 unfolded it became clear to me that Islamist groups pose a threat to this country that we
- Muslims & non-Muslims alike
- do not yet understand' ' Why are young British Muslims becoming extremists? What are the risks of another home-grown terrorist attack on British soil? By describing my experiences inside these groups & the reasons I joined them I hope to explain the appeal of extremist thought how fanatics penetrate Muslim communities & the truth behind their agenda of subverting the West & moderate Islam Writing candidly about life after extremism I illustrate the depth of the problem that now grips Muslim hearts & minds & lay bare what politicians & Muslim 'community leaders' do not want you to know' 'A complete eye-opener' The Times ' Captivating & terrifyingly honest' Observer ' Persuasive & stimulating' Martin Amis ' Read this articulate & impassioned book' Simon Jenkins Sunday Times Ed Husain was an Islamist radical for five years in his late teens & early twenties Having rejected extremism he travelled widely in the Middle East & worked for the British Council in Syria & Saudi Arabia Husain received wide & various acclaim for The Islamist which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for political writing & the PENAckerley Prize for literary autobiography amongst others

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There were friends once but they melted away Things are different now I am a MONSTER& Frances is alone Cast away on a small island in the middle of the Indian Ocean she has to find water food & shelter But survival is hard Especially when she is haunted by memories of the things that she did before the things that made her a monster Pushed to the limit in extreme conditions she battles to come to terms with her past & find a future worth fighting for This is a gripping & thought-provoking story about one girl&s journey to become the person she believes she can be ...

In the morning the people of the island found a man sitting on the shore there where fate & the ocean currents had set him & his frail raft in the night When he saw them coming towards him he rose to his feet He was not like them This internationally acclaimed award-winning picture book is astonishing powerful & timely ...

And what kind of school ranks its students by how fast they can run round the school quad
- however ancient that quad may be? But
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London's streets built up over more than two thousand years are a maze of history cultures & stories In his fantastically detailed maps of the city Stephen Walter converts the densely packed streets into a tangle of insightful yet humorous words & symbols As The Guardian notes "the features Walter selects in a map are by turns funny crass touching burlesque murderous & uncanny" Jokingly dismissing neighboring cities the artist reimagines London as an insular body of land surrounded by water The book

Includes:: posters of all 33 London boroughs that can be pulled out framed & displayed & a further poster contains a key to the many symbols used by the artist to help readers navigate their way through the maps Walter's cartographic creations have a cult following & his books enable a wider audience to immerse themselves in his personal vision that celebrates the art of mapmaking & pokes intelligent fun at the city he calls home

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play It is 1908 & Sir Antony Ross (Donald Sinden) from London has co-ordinated a team of explorers to go looking for his missing son in the Arctic Circle The group&s expert is John Ivarson (David Hartman) a professor of Nordic history On their voyage they stumble into uncharted land
- a mysterious valley next to a huge volcano which they discover is a lost Viking kingdom
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They don&t want you to know what you are Lincoln Six-Echo (Mc Gregor) is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid 21st Century Like all the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to & The Island&
- reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet
- until he makes a terrible discovery that everything about his existence is a lie & that he is actually more valuable dead than alive Together with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta (Johansson) Lincoln makes a daring escape to the outside world he&s never known Now with the forces of the institute that once housed them relentlessly hunting them down Lincoln & Jordan engage in a desperate race for their lives Actors Ewan Mc Gregor Scarlett Johansson Djimon Hounsou Sean Bean Steve Buscemi Michael Clarke Duncan Ethan Phillips Brian Stepanek Noa Tishby & Siobhan Flynn Director Michael Bay Certificate 12 years & over Year 2005 Languages English Additional Languages French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish Subtitles English ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Spanish ; Swedish Duration 2 hours & 7 minutes (approx)

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The Island is the million-copy No 1 bestseller & winner of Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006 from Victoria Hislop From the thirties to the present day it is a tale of four generations rent by war illicit love violence & leprosy A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that

Includes:: a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million-copy bestseller This was not the start of a short trip to deliver supplies It was the beginning of a one-way journey to start a new life Life on a leper colony Life on Spinalonga Fifty years later making a life-changing journey of her own Alexis Fielding feels the pull of the abandoned island A distant shadow off the coast of Crete she knows it holds the secrets to her mother's past buried for so long but surely not forgotten Acclaim for The Island' Passionately engaged with its subject meticulously researched' The Sunday Times' Hislop carefully evokes the lives of Cretans between the wars & during German occupation but most commendable is her compassionate portrayal of the outcasts' Guardian' Vivid moving & absorbing' Observer

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A man goes on the run after he discovers that he is actually a "harvestable being" & is being kept as a source of replacement parts along with others in a Utopian facility ...

Funny warm & beautifully written
- I loved it MILLY JOHNSON Can one woman's marriage survive her best friend's divorce? Veronica
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