The Prophet Muhammad taught the word of God to the Arabs. Within a generation of his death his followers
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On 22 February 2006 GBP53 million was stolen from a cash warehouse belonging to the Securitas company in Tonbridge Kent. In terms of value the robbery puts previous British capers such as the Great Train Robbery in the shade. This was a crime notable for its audacity carried out by an unlikely crew of players that included a used car salesman two Albanian casual workers & a roofer. Five men were convicted at the Old Bailey in January 2008 which attracted nationwide media coverage. A sixth man Paul Allen was sentenced in October 2009 for his part. Having become close to the Tonbridge gang & the police during three years of research Sounes relates a classic crime caper in irresistible almost forensic detail. After the robbery comes the exciting sometimes comical story of the getaway. Money is found & arrests are made but key characters slip out of the country & millions of pounds are still missing. HEIST is the definitive account of these compelling events is wildly entertaining & a must for all fans of well-written true crime. Since the book has been written Darren Aronofsky (director of The Wrestler) has announced he will direct a British-made film about the robbery. ...

When Katarina Bishop was three her parents took her to the Louvre...to case it. For her seventh birthday Katarina & her Uncle Eddie travelled to Austria...to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen she planned a con of her own
- scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country determined to leave the family business behind. But now her dad's life is on the line & Kat must go back to the world she tried so hard to escape...
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How far do you go to rescue your child? Paul van Niekirk a successful white South African is held up at gun-point when driving his new BMW. Hes dragged out & his abductor drives off in his car. Its an everyday car jacking. Except his nine-month old daughter is in the back seat. As a pacifist Paul is reluctant to carry a gun but he descends into the heart of darkness of his country determined to find his child. He uncovers a criminal gang involved in people trafficking & discovers in himself a capacity for violence. When the trail goes cold he is on the verge of losing everything but finds redemption in the most unlikely circumstances. Moving from the enclaves of Johannesburgs northern suburbs to the throbbing heart of Sowetos informal settlements Paul is forced to confront the changing political & social landscape of the new South Africa questioning his own values as his perfect life crumbles around him. ...

Helen Dillon is revered worldwide as one of the most skilled & perceptive gardeners of our time. In this book she encapsulates in her inimitably witty & accessible style her deep love of plants assured sense of design & a lifetime of gardening know-how. Here is illumination for every gardener
- from the beginner wondering why nothing will grow in the garden of the new house to the sophisticate aiming at exquisitely subtle effects. Thoughtful ideas on garden style are underpinned by practical advice on looking after plants & careful instructions on the basics of digging planting & propagating. Helen Dillon teaches us all how to garden & garden well.
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As soon as men began to write they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty & a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus & the Trojan Prince Paris Helen was held responsible for an enduring enmity between East & West. For millennia she has been viewed as an exquisite agent of extermination. But who was she? Helen exists in many guises: a matriarch from the Age of Heroes who ruled over one of the most fertile areas of the Mycenaean world; Helen of Sparta the focus of a cult which conflated Helen the heroine with a pre-Greek fertility goddess; the home-wrecker of the Iliad; the bitch-whore of Greek tragedy; & the pin-up of Romantic artists. Focusing on the real Helen
- a flesh-&-blood aristocrat from the Greek Bronze Age
- acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes reconstructs the context of life for this elusive pre-historic princess. Through the eyes of a young Mycenaean woman Hughes examines the physical historical & cultural traces that Helen has left on locations in Greece North Africa & Asia Minor. Vivid & compelling this remarkable book brilliantly unpacks the facts & myths surrounding one of the most enigmatic & notorious figures of all time.

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She understood women. She understood beauty. & she started a revolution. Helena Rubinstein was born into a poor Polish family at the end of the nineteenth century; by the time of her death in 1965 she had built a cosmetics empire that spanned the world. When Rubinstein opened her first salon in Melbourne her scientific approach to beauty was an instant sensation. Women just couldn't get enough of her innovative advice on skincare & her beauty products were constantly sold out. Having conquered Australia Rubinstein went on to open salons in Europe & America at a time when women were barely seen in business let alone running their own multinational companies. For this visionary entrepreneur lived & breathed her work & nobody
- lover husband or child
- was allowed to get in the way of business success. Helena Rubinstein was a total original & her legacy can still be seen today in the methods used to market & manufacture cosmetics. This is her amazing life story.

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The Sporty Fairies are in need of Rachel & Kirsty's help. Everyone in Fairyland is preparing for the Fairy Olympics but Jack Frost & his goblins have stolen the magic sporty items so they can win by cheating! What's more with the items missing everyone in the human world is playing sports really badly & so the human Olympics is in danger of being ruined too! Can Helena the Horseriding Fairy get her Magic Hard Hat back before a goblin gallops off with it? ...

The most moving Holocaust diary published since Anne Frank". (Telegraph). Helga's Diary is a young girl's remarkable first-hand account of life in a concentration camp during World War II. Like The Diary of Anne Frank this is a publication of international importance & a book that will endure for decades. In 1938 when her diary begins Helga is eight years old. Alongside her father & mother & the 45 000 Jews who live in Prague she endures the Nazi invasion & regime: her father is denied work schools are closed to her she & her parents are confined to their flat. Then deportations begin & her friends & family start to disappear. In 1941 Helga & her parents are sent to the concentration camp of Terezin where they live for three years. Here Helga documents their daily life
- the harsh conditions disease & suffering as well as moments of friendship creativity & hope
- until in 1944 they are sent to Auschwitz. Helga leaves her diary behind with her uncle who bricks it into a wall to preserve it. Helga's father is never heard of again but miraculously Helga & her mother survive the horrors of Auschwitz the gruelling transports of the last days of the war & manage to return to Prague. As Helga writes down her experiences since Terezin completing the diary she is fifteen & a half. She is one of only a tiny number of Czech Jews who have survived. Reconstructed from her original notebooks which were later retrieved from Terezin & from the loose-leaf pages on which Helga wrote after the war the diary is presented here in its entirety accompanied by an interview with Helga & illustrated with the paintings she made during her time at Terezin. As such Helga's Diary is one of the most vivid & comprehensive testimonies written during the Holocaust ever to have been recovered. Helga Weiss was born in Prague in 1929. Her father Otto was employed in the state bank in Prague & her mother Irena was a dressmaker. Of the 15 000 children brought to Terezin & later deported to Auschwitz only 100 survived the Holocaust. Helga was one of them. On her return to Prague she studied art & has become well known for her paintings. The drawings & paintings that Helga made during her time in Terezin which accompany this diary were published in 1998 in the book Draw What You See (Zeichne was Du siehst). Her father's novel & God saw that it was bad written during his time in Terezin & which she illustrated was published in 2010. In 1954 Helga married the musician Jiri Hosek. She has two children three grandchildren & lives to this day in the flat where she was born."

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Nothing else comes close to the thrilling sensation of a swift vertical flight in a helicopter. Admire the views while swooping across the beautiful landscape from awesome heights. After what will seem a lengthy few minutes in the air you settle gracefully back on the ground. This truly is an exciting & unforgettable experience. You will be welcomed & briefed by a specialist team & given the opportunity to see & hear a modern helicopter at close quarters. Then you will experience climbing gracefully to over 1 000 feet accelerating to over 120mph swooping over the landscape & then settling gently back on the ground. Cameras are positively encouraged
- with an experience this exhilarating you will want to relive it as often as possible! Launch sites (subject to change): Ayr Ayrshire Bicester Oxfordshire Bournemouth Dorset Cotswold Airport Gloucestershire Coventry West Midlands Cranfield Bedfordshire Denham Middlesex Edinburgh (East Fortune & Whitehill) Exeter (Dunkeswell) Glasgow (Bargeddie) Gloucester Gloucestershire Hornchurch Essex Hull (Beverley) Greenock Kilmalcolm Liverpool (RAF Woodvale) Newcastle-upon-Tyne Nottingham Peak District Derbyshire Perth Perthshire Preston Lancashire Redhill Surrey Stirling Stirlingshire St Ives* Cornwall Thruxton Hampshire Wolverhampton West Midlands York (Breighton) * At St Ives there will be two summer camps in June & August. What You Will Receive On purchasing this experience you will receive a Silver A5 Presentation Pack. Your Silver A5 Presentation Pack is embossed with a ribbon design great if you are buying this experience as a gift. Included within your presentation pack: Your Gift Experience Voucher
- Keep this safe! You will need this to book your experience & may be required to take this with you on the day of your experience. An Information Booklet
- Detailing all you need to know about your experience including personal injury cover cancellation cover & full terms & conditions of the experience. How to Book Guide
- A personal guide based on your chosen experience detailing all the available locations & contact numbers you need to ensure you experience runs smoothly. "



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