The Taliban have disappeared from Kabuls streets but the long shadows of their brutal regime remain. In his short life eleven-year-old Fawad has known more grief than most: his father & brother have been killed his sister has been abducted & Fawad & his mother Mariya must rely on the charity of family to eke out a h&-to-mouth existence. Then Mariya finds a position as housekeeper for a charismatic western woman Georgie & Fawad dares to hope for an end to their struggle. He soon discovers that his beloved Georgie is caught up in a dangerous love affair with the powerful Afghan warlord Haji Khan a legendary name on the streets of Kabul. At first resentful of Haji Khans presence Fawad learns that love can move a man to act in surprising ways & an overwhelming act of generosity persuades him of the warlords good intentions. But even a man as influential as Haji Khan cant protect Fawad from the next tragedy to blight his young life a tragedy so devastating that it threatens to destroy the one thing Fawad thought he could never lose: his love for his country. ...

Wild orangutans swing through jungle canopies Irrawaddy dolphins play in the shimmering waters of the South China Sea & saltwater crocs watch boats gliding down the river in search of Dayak longhouses. Daniel Robinson Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book 54 maps 427 500km of jungle adventures 25 spectacular dive sites 112 days of on-the-ground research In-depth background Clear easy-to-use maps Adventure Borneo planning feature At-a-glance practical info Comprehensive planning tools Easy-to-read layout ...

The author Roger Annett experienced first-hand the events detailed here. Flying with 215 Squadron & co-piloting Argosy transport aircraft deep over Malayan jungle terrain from 1963 to 65 he is well placed to provide a colorful account of this dramatic period. Following a reunion of RAF Whirlwind veterans of Borneo Annett began work on this record of their collective experience attempting to stir the memories of both war veterans & civilians alike riveted by the drama as it played out by opposing forces attempting to control the island of Borneo. The book describes the oppositions antagonisms victories & defeats experienced on the isl&. Borneo itself with its difficult terrain jungles & lack of adequate road networks proved to be one of the biggest challenges from a military perspective & it is brought to life here. The story of the ' Borneo Boys' of the title traces a journey from new recruits at boot camp to flying training & on to Borneo itself. It was here where a fraternal bond was to be forged to last a lifetime & provide an impetus for this book. The process of Theatre familiarization
- jungle training nursing Whirlwind 10s over & around the mountainous Malayan jungle
- is recorded here with first-hand authenticity. Setting this journey in context Annett fills out the history of the wider conflict in which the boys were embroiled. The Far East colonial tensions which bred antagonism & ultimately led to the conflict are detailed as are the cross-border raids & riots which bred a fever of revolt. Much is written already on the Borneo conflict a lot of it dealing with the politics of the situation. This book swoops its focus on the young men who were called upon to fly over such confusion far away from home. It is their daily adventures camaraderie & learning trajectory which we are faced with. All the excitement of the Aviator's adrenalin ride is translated into eloquent prose strengthened by the kind of confident delivery that only a man involved in such proceedings could achieve.

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DI Joe Faraday is convalescing after a serious injury
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One fateful summer evening businessman Robin Timariot meets a strikingly beautiful woman while out walking. They exchange only a few words but those words prove to be unforgettable. A few days later the newspapers are full of the rape & murder of Lady Louise Paxton
- & to his horror Timariot realises that this was the woman he met just hours before her death. A man is swiftly charged & convicted of the crime but a series of bizarre events begin to convince Timariot that all is not what it seems. Against his better judgement he is soon sucked into the tortuous complexity of the dead woman's life. But the closer Timariot gets to the truth the more hideous & uncertain it seems to be. & far too late he realizes that anybody who uncovers it is unlikely to live...
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Lucy Hull a young childrens librarian in Hannibal Missouri finds herself both kidnapper & kidnapped when her favourite patron ten-year-old Ian Drake runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading but needs Lucys help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother who has enrolled Ian in weekly anti-gay classes. When Lucy finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a backpack of provisions & an escape plan she allows herself to be hijacked by him & the pair embark on a spontaneous road trip. But is it just Ian who is running away? & should Lucy really be trying to save a boy from his own parents? ...

This title features a new heroine from the creator of the internationally bestselling Amelia Peabody" series. A missing masterwork in wood the last creation of a master carver who died in the violent tumult of sixteenth century Germany may be hidden in the medieval castle in the town of Rothenburg. The prize has called to Vicky Bliss drawing her & an arrogant male colleague into the forbidding citadel & its dark secrets. But the treasure hunt soon turns deadly. Here where the blood of the long forgotten stains ancient stones Vicky must face two perilous possibilities: either a powerful supernatural evil inhabits the place...or someone frighteningly real is willing to kill for what Vicky is determined to find." ...

The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece inside the harpsichord under the kitchen clock. They own nothing borrow everything & think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arriettys father Pod was an expert Borrower. He could scale curtains using a hatpin & bring back a dolls teacup without breaking it. Girls werent supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty was an only child her father broke the rule & then something happened which changed their lives. She made friends with the human boy living in the house... Starring Robert Sheehan Aisling Loftus Christopher Ecclestone Stephen Fry & Victoria Wood a br&-new film for the BBC of The Borrowers" will be a must-watch Christmas Day special. This is the film directed by Tom Harper & screenplay written by Ben Vanstone." ...

Pod Homily & Arrietty are a family of tiny people who live beneath the floor behind the grandfather clock in the old rectory. They own nothing
- everything they have is borrowed from the human beans who dont even know they exist. Arriettys father Pod is an expert borrower. He can scale curtains using a hatpin & bring back a dolls teacup without breaking it. Girls arent supposed to go borrowing but as Arrietty is an only child Pod breaks the rules. But when she is in the house borrowing something happens which changes their lives. Arrietty makes friends with the boy upstairs.
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Deep beneath the floorboards lives the tiny Borrower family
- Pod Homily & Arrietty Clock. Everything they have is borrowed from
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