Speaking Volumes Christian Book of the Year 2016 Mary's Meals is born from acts of love If you put all those many acts of sacrifice together it creates a beautiful thing Mary's Meals tells the inspirational & compelling story of how a cripplingly shy fish farmer from Argyll Scotland became the international CEO of a global charity that now feeds over 800000 children a day In 1992 Magnus Mac Farlane-Barrow was enjoying a pint with his brother when he got an idea that would change his life
- & radically change the lives of others After watching a news bulletin about war-torn Bosnia the two brothers agreed to take a week's hiatus from work to help What neither of them expected is that what began as a one-time road trip in a beaten-up Landrover rapidly grew to become Magnus's life's work
- leading him to leave his job sell his house & direct all his efforts to feeding thousands of the world's poorest children Magnus retells how a series of miraculous circumstances & an overwhelming display of love from those around him led to the creation of Mary's Meals; an organisation that now holds the key to eradicating child hunger altogether This humble heart-warming yet powerful story has never been more relevant in our society of plenty & privilege It will open your eyes to the extraordinary impact that one person can make

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A springtime story that reveals friends can be found in the most unexpected places 32 pages Merino Gemma ...

The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales It shot to further fame when the film adaptation Babe was released in 1995 ' Why can't I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?' When Babe the little orphaned piglet is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget he is adopted by Fly the kind-hearted sheep-dog Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly He knows he can't be a sheep-dog But maybe just maybe he might be a sheep-pig' An unexpectedly thrilling funny charmer of a book'
- Guardian' Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children'
- Observer Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War & afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire the country of his birth Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences He wrote a great number of children's books including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award & filmed as Babe) Harry's Mad Noah's Brother The Queen's Nose Martin's Mice Ace The Cuckoo Child & Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995) In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to children's literature Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight

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Volume four of a fabulous four-volume collection of twelve romances by some of our bestselling Modern authors Sexy sheikhs beautiful women & all the opulence & heat of the desert A truly luxurious collection Diamond in the Desert With the future of her diamond mine in jeopardy heiress Britt Skavanga asked a mysterious Arabian investor for help But Sheikh Sharif al Kareshi has other plans-he's determined to show beautiful ice-queen Britt how things are really done in Kareshi including how hot nights in the desert can be Hide-&-Sheikh Security specialist Ellen Sheffield had done the impossible
- beaten elusive Sheikh Rashid Qarif at his own game & brought him home But is she his captoror captive? Caught between confusion & desire Ellen doesn't know the rules by which he plays-but she yearns for Rudi to win Her Sheikh Boss When Sheikh Samir Al-Hamri takes his assistant Claudia Bradford on a business trip to his desert home he's amused by the way she is so captivated by the exotic sights But as they spend hot days & nights together in his desert oasis Samir soon finds himself equally entranced by sweet Claudia
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For more than 80 years The Shell Channel Pilot has been the ultimate authority on English Channel navigation & pilotage Following the pioneering work of the legendary Adlard Coles the book was passed to Captain John Coote RN in 1982 In his comparatively short ten-year tenure John Coote expanded the coverage from the English coast to include northern France He also applied a characteristic humour to the shoreside aspect of the text which has been enthusiastically adopted by Tom Cunliffe the present & third compiler of this unique work Upgraded & updated regularly this is the 8th edition published by Imray under Cunliffe's hand Shell' is more than a harbour guide It also provides a reassuring hand on the shoulder for Channel navigation with useful passage notes gleaned from the compiler's personal experience of more than 40 years running the tides & finding the eddies His frank remarks regarding harbour & recreational facilities have long been relied upon by sailors of all generations & nationalities While leading to some enlightening secrets they have been known to cause landlords whose establishments fall short of the required standard to lose the will to live Working with harbourmasters & a dedicated group of carefully selected yachtsmen & women Cunliffe has kept this pilot as up to date as is humanly possible More than being technically sound which is to be expected from a Yachtmaster Examiner the book is also a thoroughly enjoyable read ...

This much-anticipated revision written by the ultimate group of top security experts in the world features 40 percent new content on how to find security holes in any operating system or application New material addresses the many new exploitation techniques that have been discovered since the first edition including attacking unbreakable software packages such as Mc Afee's Entercept Mac OS X XP Office 2003 & Vista Also features the first-ever published information on exploiting Cisco's IOS with content that has never before been explored The companion Web site features downloadable code files ...

Ayla & Jondalar have reached home the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii the old stone age settlement in the region known today as south-west France Ayla has much to learn from the Zelandonii as well as much to teach them Jondalar's family are initially wary of the beautiful young woman he has brought back with her strange accent & her tame wolf & horses She is delighted when she meets Zelandoni the spiritual leader of her people a fellow healer with whom she can share her medicinal skills After the rigours & dangers that have characterised her extraordinary life Ayla yearns for peace & tranquillity; to be Jondalar's mate & to have children But her unique spiritual gifts cannot be ignored & even as she gives birth to their eagerly-awaited child she is coming to accept that she has a greater role to play in the destiny of the Zelandonii ...

It is Christmas Eve 1957 Flying home on leave from Germany he is alone in the cockpit of the Vampire Sixty-six minutes of flying time with the descent & landing
- destination Lakenheath No problem all routine procedures Then out over the North sea the fog begins to close in Radio contact ceases & the compass goes haywire Suddenly out of the mist appears a World War II bomber It is flying just below the Vampire as of trying to make contact
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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 Jean-Claude Van Damme is back in The Shepherd!A rogue American Special Forces unit schemes to smuggle 35 million worth of heroin into the United States & all that stands in its way is border patrol agent Jack Robideaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) an ex-homicide cop with a hidden agenda Taking on suicide bombers sadistic torturers & traitorous officials on both sides of the border Jack shows no mercy as he single-handedly attempts to destroy the cartel in this explosive action thriller ...

The Shepherd's Hut is an exquisite brutal coming of age novel It tells the story of Jaxie a boy on the run from his past & explores the way love & hate combine to form a young man's beliefs 256 pages Winton Tim ...