Aims to take you where science meets spirituality on the transformational voyage of the soul as it prepares for life, unites with the physical body & undergoes birth. This book covers issues such as: the true purpose of new life, why a baby would be born just to succumb later to disease, view how an unborn child chooses her family; among others. ...

The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life & career. You might say I'm set in my airways. I'm one of those lucky people whose professional & private lives blend exactly. Alan Whicker, 2007 This sumptuous book to accompany the major BBC TV series of the same name, is a glorious celebration of 50 years in front of the camera. For as long as most can remember, Whicker has roamed far & wide in search of the eccentric, the ludicrous & the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colourful of the world's inhabitants. Since the late 1950s, when the long-running Whicker's World documentary was first screened, he has probed & dissected the often secretive & unobserved worlds of the rich & famous, rooting out the most implausible & sometimes ridiculous characters after gaining admittance to the places where they conduct their leisure hours. The great man's legacy contains a number of genuine TV firsts. As well as landmark interviews with figures as diverse as Papa Doc, Paul Getty & The Sultan of Brunei, he was a pioneer, covering subjects like plastic surgery, gay weddings, polygamy, swinging & following gun-toting cops, fly-on-the-wall style, for British screens long before anyone else. This wonderful new book is the end product of a very personal journey. Whicker retraces his steps, catching up with some past interviewees & reflecting on how the world has changed
- for good & bad
- over the passing of time. Journey of a Lifetime is lyrical, uplifting & peppered with our favourite globetrotter's brand of subtle satire.

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The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life & career. " You might say I'm set in my airways. I'm one of those lucky people whose professional & private lives blend exactly." Alan Whicker, 2007 Published to coincide with a major BBC TV series of the same name, Alan Whicker's Journey of Lifetime is a glorious celebration of 50 years in front of the camera. For as long as most can remember, Whicker has roamed far & wide in search of the eccentric, the ludicrous & the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colourful of the world's inhabitants. Since the late 1950s, when the long-running Whicker's World documentary was first screened, he has probed & dissected the often secretive & unobserved worlds of the rich & famous, rooting out the most implausible & sometimes ridiculous characters after gaining admittance to the places where they conduct their leisure hours. The great man's legacy contains a number of genuine TV firsts. As well as landmark interviews with figures as diverse as Papa Doc, Paul Getty & The Sultan of Brunei, he was a pioneer, covering subjects like plastic surgery, gay weddings, polygamy, swinging & following gun-toting cops, fly-on-the-wall style, for British screens long before anyone else. This wonderful new book is the end product of a very personal journey. Whicker retraces his steps, catching up with some past interviewees & reflecting on how the world has changed
- for good & bad
- over the passing of time. Journey of a Lifetime is lyrical, uplifting & peppered with our favourite globetrotter's brand of subtle satire.

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Moses, a Polish Jew, is fleeing both the Nazis & his own failed marriage; Sahadeva, an itinerant Hindu monk, is trying to resolve his crisis of religious belief. Both men find themselves embroiled in hardship, shame, & chaos, stumbling into scandal an ...

When Kurt Austin rescues the crew of a Scottish trawler, he finds himself trying to save them not once but twice.

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Take a journey from your doorstep to distant lands.

See a pond frog catching flies, a bear leaving its woodland den,

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Welcome to your tour of the wine-growing world!

Wine has rolled its barrel from the shores of the Black Sea to the mountains

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With his loyal crew of a dog & a seagull by his side, Alfred sails across the Atlantic in his home-made submarine & enters the Mediterranean in search of the fabled lost island of Atlantis. Ziegfried, genius & master builder of the sub, cautions Alfred to be careful & practical. ...

This is the story of love, commitment & the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid. Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi & her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid. Their journey illustrates at every turn the grim realities of apartheid
- the pass laws, bantustans, racism, the breakdown of family life. The opulence of the white " Madam's" house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi & Tiro face
- that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease. This new edition of Beverley Naidoo's classic story

Includes:: a special " Why You'll Love This Book" introduction by Michael Rosen, the Children's Laureate.



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An ancient book is opened by the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock & his life
- & the life of his nephew Axel
- is changed for

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