Did you ever feel that you were missing someone you had never met?. Haunted by the ghost of the wise mystical lovely lady who lives just around the corner in time Richard Bach begins his quest to find her to learn of love & immortality not in the here-after but in the here & now. Yet caught in storms of wealth & success disaster & betrayal he abandons the search & the walls he builds for protection become his prison. Then he meets the one brilliant & beautiful woman who can set him free & with her begins a transforming journey a magical discovery of love & joy. None...can touch Richard Bach for his unerring ability to create beauty. San Diego Tribune ...

Christina Noble's story is one of bravery & resilience in the face of deprivation & abuse on a scale that most would find unimaginable. Her childhood in the Dublin slums barely merits the name: after the early death of her mother her family was split apart her alcoholic father unable to care for his children. Christina was sexually abused & later escaped from an orphanage to live in poverty on the streets of Dublin. Whilst in an abusive marriage in a dream she found the will to fight. Christina's hope lay in a determination to work among the bui doi the street children of Vietnam & this was the starting point for the most extraordinary part of her story. Within two years of arriving in Ho Chi Minh City she had opened a medical & social centre & achieved worldwide fame. Outspoken often angry yet profoundly moving Bridge Across my Sorrows is one of the most inspirational stories ever told. ...

Learn how to play bridge with this simple step-by-step guide. While good bridge classes are of course of great value this book ...

Your plain-English guide to the most popular card game in the world Bridge as any player will tell you is simply the best card game ever. It's challenging-each hand presents a different set of conditions you must figure out & solve. It's very social-you play with a partner & two opponents. & best of all-it's fun. Bridge For Dummies gives you a step-by-step explanation of the fundamentals of the game in terms you can underst&. It walks you through the different aspects of bridge featuring real-life examples so that you can feel comfortable with the basics before you ever start to play. & if you're already experienced at the game you'll discover a wealth of tips & hints that can make you a better player.* Covers playing bridge online *

Includes:: updated websites & other resources* Gives you the latest bidding techniques including ACOL Bridge For Dummies is the perfect guide for a beginner hoping to learn to play bridge as well as the seasoned player looking for new techniques & strategies.

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Victor Mollo's Bridge in the Menagerie is on any list of the all-time top ten books on the game. The stories it contains originally published in the 1960s in Bridge Magazine & The Bridge World found a worldwide audience in book form. Everyone can relate to the characters (the Hideous Hog the Rueful Rabbit Oscar the Owl & the rest) the bridge hands are brilliant & the stories themselves hilarious. This is the book against which all subsequent attempts at bridge humour are measured. Bridge in the Menagerie has been out of print for some time & is reissued now with illustrations by bridge cartoonist Bill Buttle. ...

The Bridge on the River Kwai tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway
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Now a major motion picture discover the beloved Newbery Medal-winning story of Jess Aarons & Leslie Burke. Join Jess & Leslie as they form an unlikely friendship & create the imaginary land of Terabithia. There they rule as king & queen until a terrible tragedy occurs that helps Jess understand just how much he has learned from Leslie. ...

This is the story of a special friendship between a two lonely children Jess & Leslie. Together they create an imaginary land called Terabithia which they reach by swinging over a creek on a rope. In this wonderland they seek escape from the difficulties of the real world & also learn how to cope. Until one day tragedy strikes & their imaginary world is seemingly torn apart forever. ...

Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class. He's been practising all summer & he's sure he's going to win. But when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever. Not only does Leslie not look or act like any of the girls in school she also turns out to be the fastest runner in the year. After getting over the humiliation of being beaten by a girl Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay
- she's clever & funny & not a bit soppy. It is Leslie who invents Terabithia the secret country on an island across the creek. Here Jess could forget his large quarrelsome family his father who thought it was ummanly to love drawing & his little sister May Belle who was always tagging after him. Here he could be strong & unafraid. The only way to reach Terabithia is by rope-swing where Jess & Leslie become King & Queen defeating giants sharing stories & dreams & plotting against their enemies. They are invincible
- until tragedy strikes. It is more dreadful than anything Jess had ever dreamed of but as he struggles to cope with his grief & anger he finds that his family value him more than he'd thought & that still King he could even save Terabithia for the future.

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The Battle of Arnhem one of the most dramatic battles of World War II was as daring as it was ill-fated. It cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day. This is the whole compelling story told through the vast cast of characters involved. From Dutch civilians to British & American strategists its scope & ambition is unparalleled superbly recreating the terror & suspense the heroism & tragedy of this epic operation. ...