Hyper Arid is the first comprehensive photographic book on all of the worlds extreme deserts (defined for the purposes of this book as those that receive no ore than 4 inches of precipitation per year) the most remote & inhospitable places on earth. It is also a visual adventure story by one of the worlds top expedition photographers who has spent the last 15 years on this epic body of work. The stunning & surreally beautiful photographs are enriched with stories from his adventures in the worlds most difficult places: smuggling his aircraft into Libya getting arrested fro spying in Iran crashing into a tree in Western China & into the ocean off the coast of Mexico. The book is a comprehensive exploration of virtually every dune field & patch of barren ground that add up to the last great class of wilderness left on our planet. To visualize these remote places in a unique way Steinmetz learned how to fly the worlds lightest & slowest aircraft a motorized paraglider. This experimental foot launched aircraft consists of a backpack motor & a parachute style wing that lets him fly low & slow to take pictures of places that have never been seen before. Together these extraordinary places are like a disparate family of co evolved landscapes each similar but uniquely beautiful. ...

He is waiting... He is watching... He will hunt her down. Angel is on the run. Her mother is dead her body buried in a shallow grave by her latest boyfriend Scotty a ruthless illegal hunter who is prone to violence & who now wants Angel dead before she can talk to the police. Angel has lived through more than a young girl should have but shes determined to stay alive. But in the scorching heat of the open desert where can she hide? ...

Money was tight in rural Fellburn in the 1880s & this perhaps explained why Hector Stewart only two years after the death of his wife announced to his children that he was to marry Moira Conelly a wealthy distant relative from Irel&. But Moira had not been entirely honest about her background or her finances & had convinced herself she would be marrying into landed gentry complete with a lifestyle to which she felt entitled. It was with surprise therefore that she first saw the run down farm that would be her new home.. . ...

Ben & Zoe travel to the Kalahari Desert where a frantic lioness is keeping local people from their well. It seems her cub has fallen down the well & it's up to the children to rescue it. But with thirst-bating heat & deadly creatures at every turn as well as a powerful sandstorm will they manage to return the cub to its pride before it's too late? This is the eighth book in the action-packed Wild Rescue series. ...

Sultan Gadaffi has escaped from Libya with a fistful of dangerous secrets. The British Government want ex-Special Forces operative Steve Range the go-to man for any Black-Ops missions to lead an ultra-covert mercenary group to seize him from his near-impregnable desert stronghold. Saed is defended by Tuareg warriors armed to the teeth with stolen NATO hardware. If Range's team can somehow overcome them then they will earn themselves gold bullion worth $500 million. But as the bullets begin to fly & the body count rises Range realises that he's been double-crossed. Unwilling to lose the gold he begins to contemplate cutting a deal with the devil. ...

For seventy years now " Desert Island Discs" has managed that rare feat
- to be both enduring & relevant. By casting away the biggest
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Flotsam & Jetsam" is the ultimate trivia book for fans of the popular BBC Radio 4 programme " Desert Island Discs" & a fascinating introduction for all those who have yet to discover its delights. Taking the reader through seven decades of wonderful entertainment here is an absorbing range of facts figures & miscellany
- including who chose what & why. It also reveals much about the castaways drives & motivations their influences & of course their lives. Spanning the early years with the original presenter Roy Plomley & the present day the " Desert Island Discs" programme has brought its own unique surprises to listeners some very personal some humorous such as Eric Morecambes choice of a deckchair as his luxury & Ernie Wises of a deckchair ticket machine. From Beethoven to the Beatles from chessboards & chocolate to Jane Austen & Zola " Flotsam & Jetsam" is the perfect companion guide to the national treasure that is " Desert Island Discs"."
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With the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish this thrilling critically acclaimed debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones sweeps into the glittering tradition of sword-&-sorcery. In 8th century Baghdad the scholar Dabir realizes that a jewelled tablet may unlock secrets hidden within the lost city of Ubar a desert Atlantis. But when the tablet is stolen Dabir & Captain Asim go after it
- a life-or-death adventure of a lifetime...
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Set in the late 1950s this is the story of Evelyn Hall an English Professor who goes to Reno to obtain a divorce & put an end to her disastrous 16-year marriage. While staying at a boarding house to establish her six-week residency requirement she meets Ann Childs a casino worker & fifteen years her junior. Physically they are remarkably alike & eventually have an affair & begin the struggle to figure out just how a relationship between two women can last. Desert of the Heart examines the conflict between convention & freedom & the ways in which the characters try to resolve the conflict ...

Formed in September 1941 from the Western Desert Force British 8th Army (comprising British Commonwealth Free French & Polish troops) went on to wage a lengthy hard-fought campaign against Axis forces across the deserts of North Africa. The Desert War was unlike any other fought by the British Army involving highly mobile operations covering vast distances. The hot unforgiving climate in which the troops lived & fought was almost as troublesome as the enemy. During its two-year period of service in North Africa 8th Army underwent major changes in organization equipment & training to accustom it to desert warfare. ...