Renowned Zen master & Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh explores the origins of fear & offers detailed practises on how to deal with its often toxic presence in our lives. Formed by a lifetime of mindfulness in action he also shows us the path to peace happiness & freedom that can come out of such explorations. For him happiness is not found by suppressing our emotions but by purposefully living in a mindfully aware state. Only by practicing mindfulness in this way can we identify the source of pain that is responsible for our fear & anxiety & cut it off from its roots so that the pain can subside. When were not held in the grip of fear we can truly embrace the gifts of life. ...

' The most powerful indictment of Mugabe's regime yet written' The Economist 'A brave sensitive & observant account of Zimbabwe's tragedy exposing the cruelty of Mugabe's regime & the remarkable courage of those who have defied it' Financial Times In mid-2008 after thirty years of increasingly tyrannical rule Robert Mugabe lost an election. Instead of conceding defeat his supporters launched a brutal campaign of terror -- Zimbabweans called it simply The Fear. Peter Godwin travels at considerable risk to see the havoc raging at the heart of his country but what emerges from the brutality are the heartbreaking tales of resistance & survival the astonishing moments of humour & goodwill & the unforgettable characters who will not be subdued. 'A beautifully written chronicle of his journey through his ravaged but still achingly beautiful homeland' Independent ' An important book detailing the violent realities the grotesque injustices the hunger the sadness & a portrait of Mugabe the tyrant who is the cause of it all' Paul Theroux ...

The fifth heart-stopping installment of the bestselling GONE series. Night is falling in the FAYZ. Even though it's been nearly a year since everyone over the age of fifteen disappeared the sun has continued to shine on the kids of Perdido Beach. Now though the gaiaphage has blotted out the sun & plunged the FAYZ into perpetual gloom. Divided & dispirited the survivors face their greatest enemy yet
- the darkness of their own minds.. .
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This is a compilation of the subversive important & entertaining writer of Hunter S. Thompson
- renowned American writer of Fear
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' We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive.. ."' Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney the Samoan to find the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions the duo engage in a surreal succession of chemically enhanced confrontations with casino operators police officers & assorted Middle Americans. This stylish reissue of Hunter S. Thompson's iconic masterpiece a controversial bestseller when it appeared in 1971 features the brilliant Ralph Steadman illustrations of the original. It brings to a new generation the hallucinatory humour & nightmare terror of Hunter S. Thompson's musings on the collapse of the American Dream." ...

Amelie a well-intentioned & eager young westerner goes to Japan to spend a year working at the Yumimoto Corporation. Returning to the land where she was born is the fulfilment of a dream for Amelie but working there turns into a comic nightmare of terror & self-abasement. Disturbing hilarious & totally convincing Fear & Trembling displays an elegant & shrewd understanding of the intricate ways Japanese relationships are made & spoiled. ...

Throughout history some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves
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For two women Ted Bundy Americas most notorious serial killer is the ultimate obsession. One is a cop whose sister may have been one of Bundys victims. The other is a deranged groupie who corresponded with Bundy in prison
- & raised her son to finish what he started. To charm & seduce innocent girls. To kidnap & brutalize more women than any serial killer in history. & to lure one obsessed cop into a trap as sick & demented as Bundy himself... Praise for Gregg Olsen: Olsen will have you on the edge of your seat." (Lee Child). " Wickedly clever...twisted." (Lisa Gardner). " Olsen is a top-notch writer." (Michael Connelly). " Olsen keeps the tension taut & pages turning." (Publishes " Weekly")."
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Following a string of disastrous house-sitting assignments & an equally troubled personal life Thea Osborne is understandably apprehensive about her latest commission: a wintry month in an isolated house with only an assortment of animals including her loyal spaniel Hepzie for company. With the summer lushness of the Cotswolds turned icy grey Thea spends her first few days exploring the beautiful hamlet of Hampnett meeting some of the locals. But then the weather turns extreme & so do events. When she stumbles across a man lying dead in a snow-covered field Thea finds herself once again at the heart of a mystery. ...

The young men who flew with RAF Bomber Command in World War Two were a complex mixture of individuals but they all shared the gift of teamwork. A crew of seven may have comprised all non-commissioned men & some crews included commissioned officers but not always flying as pilots. The outstanding fact was that each man relied on every other member of his crew to return from each mission safely. This book contains ten intriguing reminiscences of bomber aircrew; some were pilots others navigators flight engineers bomb-aimers or gunners. They flew as both commissioned or NCO airmen.. Understandably a common problem was that of coping with fear. Many former aircrew hold that anyone who claims to have felt no fear on operations is either lying or has allowed the years to blank out that fear. But there are a few who do maintain that they never felt afraid. For the majority though handling fear was something to be worked out by the individual. Some hit the bottle others womanized to excess; others tightened the gut & bit the lip; or drew the curtain & focused upon the plotting table or the wireless set. The passing years may have silvered what hair remains dulled the eye that formerly registered on the merest speck; lent a quiver to the hand that once controlled the stick penciled in the track manipulated the tuning dial set the bombsight tapped the gauge or rotated the turret. & yet for all the attributes of age their irrepressible youthfulness shines through. ...