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Dai Wei lies in his bedroom a prisoner in his body after he was shot in the head at the Tiananmen Square protest ten years earlier & left in a coma. As his mother tends to him & his friends bring news of their lives in an almost unrecognisable China Dai Wei escapes into his memories weaving together the events that took him from his harsh childhood in the last years of the Cultural Revolution to his time as a microbiology study at the Beijing University. As the minute-by-minute chronicling of the lead-up to his shooting becomes ever more intense the reader is caught in a gripping emotional journey where the boundaries between life & death are increasingly blurred. The result is an outstanding work of fiction & an extraordinary insight into modern China. ...

Presents work on priestly identity embracing the contemporary varieties of priestly ministry. Aimed at priests priests in training & those considering the ministry this title examines the root the shape & the fruit of priestly identity & is applicable to various denominations. It takes into account the new Church of England Ordinal. ...

Although he is an indubitably international superstar Sir Sean Connery still knows the city of Edinburgh practically street by street from delivering the morning milk as a schoolboy. His round included Fettes College where Ian Fleming had sent his fictional James Bond after he was expelled from Eton. BEING A SCOT is a vivid & highly personal portrait of Scotland & its achievements which is self-revelatory whilst full of Sir Seans desire to shine light upon Scottish success & heroic failure. His personal quest with his friend & co-writer Murray Grigor has been to seek answers to some perplexing questions: How did Scots come to devise so many new sports & games or raise others to new heights? What gave fire to the Gothic tendency in Scottish literature? Why have so many creatively inventive & influential architects been Scots? Where did Scotlands unreal blend of psychotic humour originate? & what about the national tradition of self-deprecation sometimes called the Scottish cringe? Sean Connery offers a correction to misconceptions that many believe are part of the historical record whilst revealing as never before his own vibrant personal history. ...

Being & Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The central work by one of the world's most influential thinkers it altered the course of western philosophy. Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's relationship with the world. Known as 'the Bible of existentialism' its impact on culture & literature was immediate & was felt worldwide from the absurd drama of Samuel Beckett to the soul-searching cries of the Beat poets. Being & Nothingness is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mind-set of subsequent generations. Sixty years after its first publication its message remains as potent as ever
- challenging the reader to confront the fundamental dilemmas of human freedom responsibility & action.
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The Queens Diamond Jubilee the Olympics & last years Royal wedding are events that should have created a wave of patriotism across the l&. But Britannia no longer rules the waves & a land once typified by its self-assurance & enterprise is now weighed down by the history of its decline from greatness
- afraid even to celebrate its past glories achievements seemingly tainted by jingoism & colonialism. Nor are its peers afraid to exploit such weaknesses. David Camerons veto of a European treaty to save the Euro unleashed a torrent of anti-British invective that was more than simply cosmetic; President Obama has seemingly gone out of his way to demonstrate how little weight the so-called special relationship" carries with him. Britain even faces challenges from within with the Scottish Parliament pressing for an end to the Union. With Britains values & status maligned & the subject of sneers no wonder its people are in the midst of an identity crisis. Spurred on by the vexed question of what " Britishness" actually means Whittle sets out to examine what if anything is actually wrong with being British? More than that Being British is a humorous & anecdote-packed celebration at the Britain of today covering some of our greatest national institutions habits & characters. This is a landmark book as Britain struggles to cement its place in the twenty first century."
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Hannah thinks you have to be absolutely nuts to want to get married. Shes quite content with her life thank you very much
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THE FINAL NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING RAVENSCAR TRILOGY Elizabeth Turner scion of the fabled Deravenel family carries the red-gold hair & beautiful English complexion of her ancestors. & it is not just her colouring that she has inherited from Edward Deravenel. Astute & charismatic she is also bold daring & fiercely ambitious with the same ruthless streak. Now aged just twenty-five she stands in the position she has dreamed of
- inheriting the family business Deravenels. Over eight hundred years old the company is a bastion of male chauvinism & the challenge that lies ahead of Elizabeth is immense. Cecil Williams acts as Elizabeths mentor while navigating the treacherous corridors of power with her. But her greatest ally is her childhood friend handsome charming Robert Dunley. Highly intelligent he is her match in every way -- & there is a spark between them that is impossible to resist. Yet Robert is already married. When they begin an affair it scandalises those around them. But far worse is to come! From the family seat perched high on the Yorkshire moors to the glamour of London as the twentieth century draws to a close Elizabeth fights for her birthright & her inheritance. Passion drama betrayal & death stalk the pages of this gripping new blockbuster from the author of A Woman of Substance.
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Things are never dull in the OConnell family. Still Fiona squeezed between her quiet brother & her mischievous line-dancing twin sisters thinks life in their tenement flat is far less interesting than Emily Brontes. But tragedy is not confined to Victorian novels. & life for Fiona in this happy domestic setup is about to change forever. Following the devastating events of a single day her family can never be the same. But perhaps new relationships will develop
- built on a solid foundation of love. Moving funny & ultimately heart-warming Being Emily" is a wonderful novel about one young girl trying to find her place in the world amid the turmoil that only your own family can create."
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