June Thomson & Giselle Ross are inextricably linked by two unspeakable acts of evil. On the same day a few miles apart their estranged husbands slaughtered their children. The murders were not driven by rage or committed in moments of madness. They were planned & carried out with chilling precision to inflict the worst pain imaginable. June & Giselle did not know each other. Tragedy is all that binds them; they were destined to come together as sisters united by pain grief & a sense of loss so immense that it would drive both to the brink of madness. Junes life with Rab Thomson had been a dark & turbulent existence characterised by mental torture physical violence & rape. Giselles relationship with Ashok Kalyanjee had been a strange & distant affair of lives spent apart before during & after marriage. But both relationships had produced two beautiful children & the women believed that their misery was in the past. Both mothers believed it was important to allow the fathers access to their children. On that fateful Saturday in May 2008 neither could have conceived that the men they had once loved would do anything to harm their children. But they were wrong so terribly wrong. Nothing can bring their children back. But June & Giselle have one solitary comfort: they are no longer alone. Their lives may have been torn apart but they have each other. Together they are stronger. This is the story of their parallel journeys: of the dreadful days before during & after the murders of their children. Told in their own words with searing honesty of their pain & guilt it is a story of endurance friendship & survival against the odds. It is not a story for the faint hearted but it is a story that must be told for in the end it is a testament to the human spirit. ...

On D-Day Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment & prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah beach were relying on Easy Company to secure one of the causeways that were vital if the troops were to get off the beaches & reach the solid ground of Normandy. The plane carrying many of the commanding officers was shot down leaving Dick Winters suddenly in command of his company. But during the drop he & many of his men had been separated from his equipment & was unarmed except for a trench knife. In this remarkable World War 2 memoir Dick Winters tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose in his 1992 epic Band of Brothers. Starting with an account of the gruelling training designed to make the 506th the most elite unit in the US Army Beyond Band of Brothers is fascinating account of one man's experience of commanding Easy Company from D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge & into Germany. Dick Winters gives real insight into leadership under the most difficult conditions
- every man in the company had been injured by the time they reached Germany
- & tells the real story of the Allies' final defeat of Hitler from the point of view of someone who was really there.

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Jenna Miscavige Hill niece of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige was raised as a Scientologist but left the controversial religion in 2005. In Beyond Belief she shares her true story of life inside the upper ranks of the sect details her experiences as a member Sea Org
- the church's highest ministry speaks of her disconnection from family outside of the organization & tells the story of her ultimate escape. In this tell-all memoir complete with family photographs from her time in the Church Jenna Miscavige Hill a prominent critic of Scientology who now helps others leave the organization offers an insider's profile of the beliefs rituals & secrets of the religion that has captured the fascination of millions including some of Hollywood's brightest stars such as Tom Cruise & John Travolta.
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A comically sinister tale of wicked spirits & suburban mediums from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of ' Wolf Hall' & ' Bring Up the Bodies'. Alison Hart a medium by trade tours the dormitory towns of London's orbital ring road with her flint-hearted sidekick Colette passing on messages from beloved dead ancestors. But behind her plump smiling persona hides a desperate woman: she knows the terrors the next life holds but must conceal them from her wide-eyed clients. At the same time she is plagued by spirits from her own past who infiltrate her body & home becoming stronger & nastier the more she resists... Shortlisted for the Orange Prize Hilary Mantel's supremely suspenseful novel is a masterpiece of dark humour & even darker secrets. ...

A 512-page encyclopaedia on how to build a terrific physique. This encyclopaedia offers the key to your training success. By acknowledging your individuality this book teaches you precisely how to train yourself. Become your own expert personal trainer! Whether youre male or female a beginner or very advanced young or not-so-young want to train at home or in a public gym this book is for you. Apply what you learn & success will follow! The 'how-to' guidance
Includes:: why conventional training is fundamentally wrong & must be bypassed; how to overhaul your training philosophy so that youre destined for big gains; your ultimate size & strength potential & the organisation to take you there; how to design & personalise your own training programs step-by-step; how to conquer over training maximise results & never let age hold you back; how to eat in order to maximise your gains & improve your health; how to set up your own low-cost but super-productive home gym; & a real-life step-by-step training cycle for you to learn from.
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Beyond Essence is the third book from David Everitt-Matthias & shows a marked evolution in his food a cuisine seven years on from the recipes which made up David's first book ' Essence'. In these recipes he has drawn inspiration from around the world showcasing an even greater understanding & sensitivity towards new ingredients & techniques yet always pairing them perfectly with classic traditions. Beyond Essence is a joyous collection of innovative & exciting recipes each demonstrating a craft of incredible skill & precision. These recipes will inspire keen amateur cooks & professionals alike. It is a book which confirms the talents of a remarkable artist & a natural & generous teacher & which will further enhance the reputation of one of the world's truly great chefs. A double-award-winning author Beyond Essence is David's third book. ...

The horrific murders of Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman shocked & sickened the nation. The man found guilty of their murders is now one of the most reviled men in the country. As if his crime was not dreadful enough he has recently admitted that he lied under oath about the circumstances of one of the murders. This in-depth book is written by investigative journalist Nathan Yates who witnessed the murder hunt first-hand & even interviewed Huntley & former girlfriend Maxine Carr. Yates also has an exclusive source for contact with Ian Huntley & will have further revelations about how far Huntley has lied about what happened that tragic day. ...

Sporadic news reports indicate chaos & violence spreading through US cities. An unknown evil is sweeping the planet. The dead are rising to claim the earth as the new dominant species in the food chain. Day by Day Armageddon & its sequel Beyond Exile are the handwritten journals of one desperate survivor as he battles in the face of global disaster. Zombie fiction at its finest these books will take you to a whole new level of terror. ...

What is done out of love always takes place beyond good & evil. Always provocative the Friedrich Nietzsche of Beyond Good & Evil (1886) is at once sceptical psychologist & philosopher-seer passionately unmasking European society with his piercing insights & uncanny prescience. This masterpiece of his maturity considers quintessential Nietzschean topics such as the origins & nature of Judeo-Christian morality; the end of philosophical dogmatism & beginning of perspectivism; the questionable virtues of science & scholarship; liberal democracy nationalism & womens emancipation. Written in his most masterful style full of irreverence & brio Nietzsche dissects self-deluding human behaviour bankrupt intellectual traditions & the symptoms of social decadence while at the same time advancing an extra-moral wisdom to be shared by those kindred soul who think beyond good & evil. This new translation of Beyond Good & Evil provides readers with a true classic of modernity that sums up those forces & counterforces in nineteenth-century Western Civilisation that to an astonishing degree have also determined & continue to inform the course of our own century. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

In this book the author attempts to open out the discussion between Buddhist thought & psychotherapy & the new findings of neuroscience in the context of our search for wellbeing. Buddhist teachings are concerned with a way of living & engage most resonantly with practice rather than with theory thus the conversation between Buddhism & psychotherapy has been a particularly fruitful one for as long as dialogue has existed between Buddhist & Western disciplines. In search of a way to happiness Buddha set out to explore our experience & in so doing presented what may well be called the earliest psychology an experiential exploration of subjectivity. In the West for much of the twentieth century psychology (science) & psychotherapy (practice) had little to say to one another. Despite Sigmund Freuds early wish to consider psychoanalysis as a science academic psychology had scant time for what it considered at best an art form while psychotherapy found little of interest in psychologys lack of concern with subjective experience. All this has changed since the growth of the interdisciplinary fields of cognitive science neuroscience & consciousness studies & the development of new technology. Today ideas arising from Buddhism & from contemporary cognitive science may encourage us to engage anew with our experience our embodiment & our relationships. ...