The inspirational story of athlete Jo Pavey the runner & mum who ran at a record-breaking fifth Olympic Games at Rio 2016 ' Come-back races? I've had more than a few the night of 10 May 2014 was the ultimate long shot I was a forty-year-old mother of two who had given birth eight months before I trained on a treadmill in a cupboard by the back door & I was wearing a running vest older than most of the girls I was competing against Was I crazy?' Jo Pavey was forty years old when she won the 10000m at the European Championships It was the first gold medal of her career & astonishingly it came within months of having her second child The media dubbed her Supermum' but Jo's story is in many ways the same as every mother juggling the demands of working life with a family
- the sleepless nights the endless nappy changing the fun the laughter & the school-run chaos The only difference is that Jo is a full-time athlete pushing a buggy on her training runs clocking up miles on the treadmill in a cupboard while her daughter has her lunchtime nap & hitting the track while her children picnic on the grass Heartwarming & uplifting This Mum Runs follows Jo's roundabout journey to the top & all the lessons she's learnt along the way It is the inspiring yet everyday story of a mum that runs & a runner that mums
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An essential item in any busy mum&s life! Bearing the very relatable words & This Mum Runs on Coffee& this ceramic travel mug ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play 50 year old retired goth rocker Cheyenne (Sean Penn) travels from London to New York to visit his dying father & journeys across the United States on a mission to seek revenge against the elusive ex-Nazi war criminal who persecuted him in Auschwitz Despondent after two of his young fans commit suicide Cheyenne retreats to his Dublin mansion & begins living off of his royalties alongside his down-to-earth wife Jane (Frances Mc Dormand) Later Cheyenne receives word that his father is dying in New York City Though they haven&t spoken in 30 years Cheyenne boards the first available flight to bid his father farewell Unfortunately Cheyenne is too late Upon reconnecting with his cousin Richard (Liron Levo) however the morose musician learns that his father a Holocaust survivor had been tracking Auschwitz guard Aloise Lange (Heinz Lieven) around America for decades Now filled with ennui yet determined not to let Lange escape unpunished Cheyenne vows to pick up the mission where his father left off Age Rating 15 ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD
- A RICHARD & JUDY PICK 2017A top-ten bestseller THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Maggie O' Farrell
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Control Alcohol Find Freedom Discover Happiness & Change Your Life‘ Brilliant’ – Stella Duffy Millions of people worry that drinking is affecting their health yet are unwilling to seek change because of the misery & stigma associated with alcoholism & recovery They fear drinking less will be boring difficult & involve deprivation & significant lifestyle changes This Naked Mind offers a new solution Packed with surprising insight into the reasons we drink it will open your eyes to the startling role of alcohol in our culture Annie Grace brilliantly weaves psychological neurological cultural social & industry factors with her extraordinarily candid journey resulting in a must read for anyone who drinks This book without scare tactics pain or rules gives you freedom from alcohol By addressing causes rather than symptoms it is a permanent solution rather than lifetime struggle It removes the psychological dependence allowing you to easily drink less (or stop drinking) Annie’s clarity humor & unique ability to blend original research with riveting storytelling ensures you will thoroughly enjoy the process In a world defined by ‘never enough’ Annie takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of alcohol & specifically the connection between alcohol & pleasure She dispels the cultural myth that alcohol is a vital part of life & demonstrates how regaining control over alcohol is not only essential to personal happiness & fulfilment but also to ending the heartache experienced by millions as a result of second-hand drinking Finally with perfect clarity this book opens the door to the life you have been waiting for ...

Every summer Rose goes with her mum & dad to a lake house in Awago Beach It's their getaway their refuge Rosie's friend Windy is always there too like the little sister she never had But this summer is different Rose's mum & dad won't stop fighting & when Rose & Windy seek a distraction from the drama they find themselves with a whole new set of problems It's a summer of secrets & sorrow & growing up & it's a good thing Rose & Windy have each other ...

WINNER OF THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWNAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4' Fabulous timely a marvellous achievement' Spectator'A richly resonant work which recasts our understanding of the Elizabethan era' Daily Telegraph In 1570 after plots & assassination attempts against her Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope It was the beginning of cultural economic & political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age England signed treaties with the Ottoman Porte received ambassadors from Morocco & shipped munitions to Marrakech in the hope of establishing an accord which would keep the common enemy of Catholic Spain at bay This awareness of the Islamic world found its way into many of the great English cultural productions of the day
- especially of course Shakespeare's Othello & The Merchant of Venice This Orient Isle shows that England's relations with the Muslim world were far more extensive & often more amicable than we have ever appreciated & that their influence was felt across the political commercial & domestic landscape of Elizabethan England
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SEMI DETACHEDIf the end of the world is nigh then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements All he cares is that his movie gets made & that there's somebody left to see it In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big 400 pages Elton Ben ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Andrew Kötting&s deliciously eccentric film is a touching portrait of his daughter Eden as a young woman in their tumbledown Pyrenean farmhouse Last seen in Gallivant (1996) as a plucky kid touring the coastline of Britain with her big Granny Eden now 23 is here shown painting still lifes & singing along to the radio as the seasons ebb & flow around her Reminiscent of Stan Brakhage&s Dog Star Man (1964) this lo-fi marvel features music by Scanner&s Robin Rimbaud & a range of voices from Köttings sound archive to explore notions of nostalgia memory & place ...

A disarmingly tender funny & honest memoir of grief illness & finding your way in life 272 pages Edelstein Jean Hannah ...