Rory Stewarts moving sparsely poetic account of his walk across Afghanistan in January 2002 has been immediately hailed as a classic. Caught between hostile nations warring factions & competing ideologies at the time Afghanistan was in turmoil following the US invasion. Travelling entirely on foot & following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the Mohgul Emperor Babur the Great Stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme hostile conditions. Only due to the help of an unexpected companion & the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war. This is traveling at its hardest & travel-writing at its best
- David Gilmour an astonishing achievement: a unique journey of great courage
- Colin Thubron wise funny & marvelously humane
- Michael Ignatieff [this] evocative book feels like a long lost relic of the great age of exploration -- Guardian His encounters with Afghans are tragic touching & terrifying.
- Daily Telegraph



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One of the most inspiring spiritual teachers of our time offers simple practical advice for living with less fear less anxiety & a more open heart. Bought in a hotly contested auction The Places That Scare You is now available in massmarket taking Pema Chodron s spiritual teachings to a wider audience. We always have a choice Pema Chodron teaches: we can either let the circumstances of our lives harden us & make us increasingly resentful & afraid or we can let them soften us & make us kind. This unique book shows us how to awaken our basic goodness & connect to others. In her lively contemporary voice Chodron translates the wisdom of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for the layperson. Her wisdom cuts across all traditions & religions
- appealing to everyone from the Dalai Lamas followers to ordinary people trying to make sense of their lives. This title has gone straight onto the bestseller lists in the USA where it has just been published. Recently profiled in Oprahs O magazine Pema Chodron is a spiritual teacher for anyone
- whether they have a spiritual path or not. Her heartfelt advice & wisdom (developed in her 20 years of practice as a Tibetan Buddhist nun as well as her years previously as a normal housewife & mother) give her a wide appeal. Particularly in these difficult times this advice strikes just the right note offering us comfort & challenging us to live deeply & contribute to creating a more loving world.

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This is a blood-pumping white-knuckle sci-fi thriller of epic proportions. The FAYZ goes from bad to worse... The darkness has been foiled once again & the resurrected Drake has been contained. But the streets of Perdido Beach are far from safe with a growing army of mutants fighting against the humans for power in the town. In a small room of a house near the edge of town Little Pete lies ill on a bed. In his fevered dreams he continues his battle with the hidden evil that seeks to use his power to bring about anarchy & destruction. ...

With the city of Exeter ravaged by an outbreak of the yellow plague Sir John de Wolfe the county coroner must divide his time between visiting his sick brother William who has been struck down by the disease & dealing with a series of brutal murders which appears to be linked to a revival of heresy in the city. When some of the cathedral canons begin a crusade against this danger to the Church Sir John finds himself accused of being too sympathetic to the heretics bringing him into conflict with the ecclesiastic authorities. As the situation worsens the coroner must seek sanctuary in order to save his skin. Can he survive long enough to unmask the real killer? ...

Clive Cusslers fifth Oregon Files" novel " Plague Ship" pits Juan Cabrillo against a deadly adversary. In a Norwegian glacier during World War Two a Nazi officer makes an extraordinary discovery
- the most legendary ship of all time... Sixty years later Juan Cabrillo & the crew of the Oregon
- a top secret state of the art military vessel disguised as a heap of junk
- reap the terrible rewards of this find. In the Persian Gulf they encounter a cruise ship full of the dead & the dying. While attempting a rescue the stricken liner erupts into a fireball. Cabrillo escapes with his life & one survivor. When Cabrillo decides to probe deeper into this mystery he finds a powerful cult obsessed with the end of the world. It is a discovery that sees the Oregon & her crew racing against time to prevent a sinister madman from using the secrets of the past to to destroy the future..." Plague Ship" is a high-stakes high-seas adventure you wont be able to put down. The number-one bestseller Clive Cussler author of the thrilling " Dirk Pitt" novels " Arctic Drift" & " Valhalla Rising" & co-author Jack Du Brul are back with their most exciting Juan Cabrillo assignment yet in the fifth novel of adventure series " The Oregon Files" " Plague Ship". Praise for Clive Cussler: " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept millions of readers hooked with adventures at sea exotic locations cutting-edge science & page-turning pace for four decades. As well as the " Oregon Files" series there are also the "NUMA Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the " Isaac Bell" adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the " Oregon Files" are: " Golden Buddha" " Sacred Stone" " Dark Watch" " Skeleton Coast" " Corsair" " The Silent Sea" & " The Jungle" & are all available in Penguin paperback."


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It's up to the servants of No. 67 Clarges Street to hatch a scheme.. .and arrange a match! ' Oh to be as beautiful as Euphemia!' sighs plain Jane Hart when she joins her sister at No. 67 for the Season as then Lord Tregarthan might notice her.. .as she has noticed him & forever lost her heart. & while it is Euphemia's fate to flit her way through balls & into the arms of a marquis Jane's is to stay at home.. .until the Downstairs staff transform the plain Miss into the Season's sensation & send her waltzing into a daring liaison with the man of her dreams! ...

The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother took the child's life. When Ellie Hathaway a disillusioned big city attorney comes to Paradise Pennsylvania to defend Katie two cultures collide & for the first time in her high profile career Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Delving deep into the world of those who live 'plain' Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. As she unravels a tangled murder case Ellie also looks deep within to confront her own fears & desires when a man from her past comes back into her life. ...

In 1999 England slumped to a new low in their long & tumultuous cricket history. Defeat in a home series at the hands of a mediocre New Zealand team saw them fall to the bottom of the world Test rankings below even Zimbabwe. Yet only just over a decade later England had reached the top. It has been a remarkable & profound transformation brought about largely by two men with an insatiable desire to succeed Duncan Fletcher & Andy Flower. In The Plan" Steve James tells the story of the renaissance of English cricket from a unique perspective. As the former batting partner of ECB managing director Hugh Morris a player under Fletcher at Glamorgan & Flowers closest confidant in the press corps James is able to both relate & analyse the reasons behind the rise. From crucial choices of captain to innovative coaching & a complete overhaul of training & preparation for matches it is the tale of a refusal to be second best. & in examining Fletcher & Flowers background in Zimbabwe where James himself played he uncovers the continental shift behind the turnaround. It is the story of how English steel has been melded with African fire to create the most potent combination in world cricket." ...

In 1999 England slumped to a new low in their tumultuous cricket history. Defeat at home by a mediocre New Zealand team saw them fall to the bottom of the world Test rankings below even Zimbabwe. Yet only just over a decade later England reached the top. It was a remarkable & profound transformation brought about largely by two men with an insatiable desire to succeed Duncan Fletcher & Andy Flower. In The Plan" Steve James tells the story of the renaissance of English cricket from a unique perspective. As the former batting partner of ECB managing director Hugh Morris a player under Fletcher at Glamorgan & Flower's closest confidant in the press corps James is the perfect analyst of this period in cricket history. From crucial choices of captain to innovative coaching & a complete overhaul of training & preparation for matches it is the tale of a refusal to be second best. & in examining Fletcher & Flower's background in Zimbabwe where James himself played he uncovers the continental shift behind the turnaround. It is the story of how English steel was melded with African fire to create the most potent combination in world cricket." ...

Aviation has revolutionised warfare over the last 100 years & this new pocket guide gives the reader the essential details of 70 iconic aircraft including the Sopwith Camel the Spitfire the Messerschmitt Bf 109 the P-51 Mustang & the F-4 Phantom. Drawing on Ospreys comprehensive aviation archive the Plane Spotters Guide" uses detailed profile artwork to illustrate & aid recognition as well as

Specification boxes to provide all the technical details."

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