All those things no one ever tells you about motherhood It's like secret mothers' business Lots of my friends had babies before me but not one of them ever told me it would be this hard It's like a code of silence The Mothers' Group tells the story of six very different women who agree to regularly meet soon after the births of their babies Set during the first crucial year of their babies' lives The Mothers' Group tracks the women's individual journeys
- & the group's collective one
- as they navigate birth & motherhood as well as the shifting ground of their relationships with their partners Each woman strives in her own way to become the mother she wants to be & finds herself becoming increasingly reliant on the friendship & support of the members of the mothers' group Until one day an unthinkably shocking event changes everything testing their bonds & revealing closely-held secrets that threaten to shatter their lives

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The Motivation Manifesto is a pulsing articulate ferocious call to claim our personal power World-renowned high performance trainer Brendon Burchard reveals that the main motive of humankind is the pursuit of greater Personal Freedom We desire the grand liberties of choice
- time freedom emotional freedom social freedom financial freedom spiritual freedom Only two enemies stand in our way an external enemy defined as the social oppression of who we are by the mediocre masses & an internal enemy a sort of self-oppression caused by our own doubt & fear The march to Personal Freedom Burchard argues can be won only by declaring our intent & independence stepping into our personal power & battling through self-doubt & the distractions of the day until full victory is won Recalling the revolutionist voices of the past that chose freedom over tyranny Burchard
- at times poetic yet always fierce
- motivates us to free ourselves from fear & take back our lives once & for all


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Takes you on an action-packed ride through the history of the motorbike that is all about the men machines & landmark technology behind the most iconic bikes from ACE to Zundapp Featuring over 1000 of the greatest motorbikes in the world it is a visual guide tracing their evolution from the 1910s right up to the superbikes of today 320 pages DK ...

In 1952 a young medical student & a biochemist from Argentina set off on a road trip across South America As they straddled their beaten up motorcycle the men talked in awed tones of the sights they were about to experience The record of their trip may have disappeared into the ether if one of the riders departing on that fateful day hadn't been the future insurrectionary figurehead of the Cuban revolution Ernesto ' Che' Guevara (played here by Gael Garcia Bernal) The young Che's companion on the trip was his best friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) with their simple goals being to enjoy themselves & meet some girls along the way As the trip unfolds at the behest of their spluttering motorcycle the boys discover more about themselves than they ever imagined possible Ernesto clings tightly to his ideals throughout & delights in the opportunity to put them into practice His refusal to spend the 20 provided by his girlfriend Chichina Ferreyra (Mia Maestro) constantly angers his travelling companion as the two succumb to pangs of hunger Ernesto's charitable nature comes to the fore when he reveals that he gave the money to a pair of out-of-work illegal immigrants The trip winds down as the friends offer their medical expertise to a leper colony in Peru with the duo's youthful folly acquiescing to adulthood & the dawning realization of where they should head in life Based on the books THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (by Guevara) & TRAVELLING WITH CHE GUEVARA (by Granado) director Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION) pulls some highly accomplished performances from his two leads The South American landscape is breathtakingly captured on camera with Salles vividly reproducing a continent beleaguered by poverty & disease but containing a population in possession of an unshakeable sense of optimism as beautifully personified by Guevara & Granado ...

For centuries the monks of Mount Athos have enjoyed long lives healthy bodies & calm minds thanks to their unique diet & lifestyle Now you too can discover the secrets of good nutrition from this ancient community in a remarkable new diet book In The Mount Athos Diet you'll follow the intermittent diet that keeps the monks slim youthful & largely free from disease The diet is made up of three easy-to-follow patterns throughout the week- Three fasting days full of delicious fruits & vegetables from nature's larder- Three moderation days to enjoy the best of the Mediterranean including olive oil fish & even red wine- One feast day to completely indulge in whichever foods you like With a simple diet plan recipes menu planners & tips on how to adapt the diet plus guidance on exercise meditation & emotional wellbeing The Mount Athos Diet promises to transform your body & mind to help you lose weight feel fitter & live longer ...

Ganieva's writing has a kind of magic -- Lauren Smart Dallas Observer " Never before has Russian literature produced such an honest & complete picture of today's Caucasus"-- Kommersant Weekend (Russia) One of the Dallas Observer's "10 Books To Read This Fall" World Literature Today Editor's Pick This remarkable debut novel by a unique young Russian voice portrays the influence of political intolerance & religious violence in the lives of people forced to choose between evils The Mountain & the Wall focuses on Shamil a young local reporter in Makhachkala & his reactions or lack thereof to rumors that the Russian government is building a wall to cut off the Muslim provinces of the Caucasus from the rest of Russia As unrest spreads & the tension builds Shamil's life is turned upside down & he can no longer afford to ignore the violence surrounding him With a fine sense for mounting catastrophe Alisa Ganieva tells the story of the decline of a society torn apart by its inherent extremes ...

Now a film starring Idris Elba & Kate Winslet What if your survival depended on a stranger? On a stormy winter night two strangers wait for a flight at the Salt Lake City airport Ashley Knox is an attractive successful writer who is flying East for her wedding Dr Ben Payne has just wrapped up a medical conference & is also eager to return home When the last outgoing flight is cancelled because of a storm Ben charters a small plane that can fly around the weather front & when the pilot says the single engine prop plane can fit one more passenger Ben offers the seat to Ashley Then the unthinkable happens & the plane crashes into the High Uintas Wilderness Ben who has broken ribs & Ashley who suffers a terrible leg fracture along with the pilot's dog are faced with a battle to survive How will they make it out of the wilderness & if they do will they ever be the same again? ...

Rain in Soho Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds The Grey King & the Silver Flame Attunement We Do It Different On the West Coast Unicorn Tolerance Stench of the Unburied Wear Black Paid in Cocaine Rage of Travers Shelved For the Portuguese Goth Metal Bands Abandoned Flesh ...

The Mountain of Adventure is the fifth thrilling instalment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton one of the best-loved children's writers of all time Surely a peaceful holiday in the Welsh mountains will keep the children out of trouble! But the mystery of a rumbling mountain soon has them thirsty for more adventure Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann Jack & Kiki the parrot are determined to explore the mountain & uncover its secret but first they must escape from a pack of ravenous wolves & a mad genius who plans to rule the world! ...

The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart if not my head I turned away from the red shadow I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers & Sanjay's improvidence I stopped thinking about my own part in the madness & I rode with my friends into the end of everything Shantaram introduced millions of readers to a cast of unforgettable characters through Lin an Australian fugitive working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia In The Mountain Shadow the long-awaited sequel Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by a different generation of mafia dons playing by a different set of rules It has been two years since the events in Shantaram & since Lin lost two people he had come to love his father figure Khaderbhai & his soul mate Karla married to a handsome Indian media tycoon Lin returns from a smuggling trip to a city that seems to have changed too much too soon Many of his old friends are long gone the new mafia leadership has become entangled in increasingly violent & dangerous intrigues & a fabled holy man challenges everything that Lin thought he'd learned about love & life But Lin can't leave the Island City Karla & a fatal promise won't let him go ...