From the time she was a little girl Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother & three aunts & wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan who turned out to be a violent man. Beaten raped & abused Maryam found joy in the birth of a baby son. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mothers reach. For many long years she searched for her lost son while civil war & Taliban oppression raged back home in Afghanistan. Set against a landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering Jean Sasson author of Princess chronicles the story of one resolute but tormented woman determined to achieve freedom & equality with men. ...

In this mouth-watering collection of inspired & delicious dishes renowned chef Denis Cotter takes vegetarian cooking to a new level. ' No other book on vegetables in my library is so beautifully written or so thought-provoking. The recipes are intriguing & original but even if you never cook a single thing out of this book (which would be a crying shame) its worth buying for Denis's beautiful prose
- you'll never think of vegetables in the same way again.' Darina Allen in the Irish Examiner on Wild Garlic These recipes are designed to complement busy modern-day life & include ideas for mid-week bowl dishes & simple snacks as well as summer barbecue recipes & mouth-watering salads & risottos. Denis is famous for his inventive approach & this collection will inspire cooks everywhere no matter what your taste or skill level. For the Love of Food is an essential cookbook for vegetarians but will also appeal to non-vegetarians who enjoy flavour-packed food & new combinations. Full of simple & satisfying solutions this is a book that you will turn to everyday. These beautiful recipes are a joy to read. Recipes include: Orecchiette with broad beans & baby courgettes Mussaman curry of new potatoes chickpeas & green beans with cucumber & coriander salsa Pumpkin stew with fennel leeks & borlotti beans Chocolate olive oil mousse with salt & chilli sesame praline & cherry salsa Rhubarb & strawberry trifle with prosecco orange mascarpone & pistachio-lemon praline The best cheese on toast in the world Maple & chilli roasted beetroot with wild rice pecans bitter greens & orange yoghurt Broad bean & ricotta stuffed braised artichoke with citrus yoghurt & beetroot pastry Saffron-braised squash with aubergine pine nut & spinach stuffing & lentil-goat's cheese sauce
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When Sarah Taylor suspected that her four-year-old daughter Nadia had been kidnapped by Fawzi her abusive ex-husband Sarah's whole world was turned upside down. Shadowy airport CCTV images showed Nadia had boarded a flight to Tripoli with her father & Sarah's worst fears were confirmed. No child abducted to Libya had ever been successfully returned to their mother in Engl&. But then Sarah Taylor was no ordinary mother. The only possibility of getting Nadia back was to give up everything that she held dear in England & move to Libya. But her journey wouldn't be easy. Nadia was moved secretly between Fawzi's relatives for two years in a desperate attempt to hide her until a dramatic car chase through the backstreets of Tripoli finally led to the safe reconciliation of this extraordinary mother & daughter. Sarah's quest to bring her beloved daughter is described in an unfolding story of blackmail & embezzlement the involvement of the Libyan secret police death threats a meeting with Colonel Gadaffi & the intervention of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. ...

There are only three things a cat needs for a fine life
- good food a comfortable bed & universal praise & love. Luckily
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Elena Weaver in her skimpy dresses & bright jewellery exuded intelligence & sexuality. A student at St Stephen's College Cambridge she lived a life of casual but intense physical & emotional relationships with scores to settle & targets to achieve. Until someone lying in wait on the bank of the River Cam where Elena went running every morning bludgeoned the young woman to death. Called into the rarefied world of academia Inspector Thomas Lynley & his partner Barbara Havers find a tangled skein of love obsession & desire
- a maelstrom of emotion that has claimed Elena Weaver's life.
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High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan a young American volunteer has been sent to handle the dyamiting. There in the mountains he finds the dangers & the intense comradeship of war. & there he discovers Maria a young woman who has escaped from Franco's rebels. Like many of his novels adapted into a major Hollywood film For Whom the bell Tolls is one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century by one of the greatest American writers. ...

Martin Bell OBE has been many things
- an icon of BBC war reporting Britains first independent MP for 50 years a UNICEF ambassador
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A beautiful classic book to be given as a special christening gift. The themed arrangement of Bible passages & classic prayers makes this a book to be used & enjoyed by the child when they are old enough. The book also

Includes:: a keepsake element for the parents to fill in as a personalised record of their child.

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I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories One morning in February 1952 a journalist called Ian Fleming sat down at his desk & set about creating a fictional secret agent. James Bond was born & would go on to become one of the most successful enduring & lucrative creations in literature. But Bonds world of glamour & romance gadgets & cocktails espionage & villainy wasnt entirely drawn from imagination: Flemings background & his experiences as an intelligence officer during the Second World War were all formative parts in the creation of the worlds most famous spy. Packed with astonishing detail & written in Macintyres inimitable style For Your Eyes Only is the most enlightening enlivening book on the creator of the spy who not only lived twice but proved to be immortal. ...

' Private armies private wars. How much energy they siphoned off from the common cause how much fire they directed away from the common enemy!' From A View to A Kill"; " For Your Eyes Only"; " Quantum of Solace"; " Risico"; The Hildebrand Rarity Five stories. Five missions. Five glimpses into the mind of a spy. From Jamaican estates to brooding French forests Bond is tested to his limits by the world's most dangerous men & the dark secrets they keep." ...