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The book charts the life of two brothers, from the UK, who were young criminals in the 1960s, in England. They were both sent to prison for malicious wounding and served time in Dover Borstal and Maidstone Prison. On release from Dover Borstal, the younger brother had a three-year career of undetected crime until arrested, but not by the police. He had a bad trip on LSD and called out to God for help, saying Jesus. ''Please help me''. He turned his life around that night, and read the bible to find out who Jesus was and read classical Christian literature. Went on to higher education became a lecturer, and Baptist minister, and taught electronics for over 22 years in colleges of Further and ...
To the sea they ran, and so began the most unlikely tale: A girl and a hound, horizon-bound, as their little boat set sail.
The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographic index. 48 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.
Featured on BBC Radio 4’s Open Book • Featured on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking • An ELLE Magazine cultural pick • Reviewed in the Observer ‘Beautifully written’ Joanna Cannon ‘Fascinating ... full of personality’ Guardian ‘Brilliant ... What a debut’ Pandora Sykes
Ze hebben allebei geen tijd voor de liefde. Maar wat als de vonk tóch overslaat? 'Someone to stay' is het derde en laatste deel in de succesvolle Someone-serie van Laura Kneidl. 'Someone to stay' is het hartverwarmende slotdeel van de Someone-serie van Laura Kneidl over Aliza en Lucien. Aliza heeft geen tijd voor een relatie. Ze is vastberaden om door te gaan met haar rechtenstudie, ze heeft haar handen vol aan haar succesvolle Instagram-account én haar eerste kookboek komt bijna uit. Ze kan zichzelf geen enkele afleiding toestaan – zelfs niet van de aantrekkelijke Lucien. Voor Lucien is liefde ook de laatste prioriteit. Sinds de dood van zijn ouders staat zijn zusje op de eerste plek. Maar hoe beter Aliza en Lucien elkaar leren kennen, hoe sterker de vonk tussen hen overslaat...
A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS IN TRANSLATED LITERATURESHORTLISTED FOR THE SAIF GHOBASH BANIPAL PRIZEAbdel Latif, an old man, dies peacefully in a hospital bed in Damascus. Before he dies, he tells his youngest son Bolbol that his final wish is to be buried in the family plot in their ancestral village of Anabiya in the Aleppo region. Though Abdel Latif was not the ideal father, and though Bolbol is estranged from his siblings, he decides to persuade his older brother Hussein and his sister Fatima to accompany him and their father's body to Anabiya - only a two-hour drive from Damascus.But the country is a warzone. With the landscape of their childhood now a labyrinth of competing a...
'Every day is the same. Nothing exciting ever happens to me,' thinks Adam one boring Monday morning. But today is not the same. He helps a beautiful young woman because some men want to take her bag, and life gets exciting and very, very dangerous.
Just as there are responsible drinkers and alcoholics, there are those who can moderate their cannabis use and those who cannot. If you are struggling to quit and you want to learn how to quit successfully, this book is for you - you'll never look at cannabis the same way again. Learn about the science and psychology of cannabis addiction - understand what drives your addiction Understand cannabis withdrawal symptoms and how to best treat them Know what to expect during the quitting process - relapses, self-doubt, emotional ups and downs Understand how to overcome the obstacles to sobriety - mental gymnastics, social pressure, boredom, nostalgia Embrace the Quitting Mindset - discover the knowledge and approaches necessary for maintaining long-term sobriety Life is too short to be a slave to a plant. Begin your recovery journey today. Quitting Weed: The Complete Guide is the definitive book on overcoming cannabis addiction. A former addict himself, Matthew Clarke provides an easy-to-follow, comprehensive guide for understanding how cannabis addiction works, and most importantly, detailed advice on how to conquer addiction - permanently.
Through a detailed ethnographic account of the everyday lives of detainees' wives in the occupied Palestinian Territory, No Place for Grief reveals the ways in which the normalization of these women's distress is intrinsically and painfully linked to the collective struggle for freedom from the occupation.
*One of Financial Times' Best Books of 2017* "SEA OF RUST is a 40-megaton cruise missile of a novel - it'll blow you away and lay waste to your heart . . . visceral, relentless, breathtaking" Joe Hill, Sunday Times bestselling author An action-packed post-apocalyptic thriller from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. Humankind is extinct. Wiped out in a global uprising by the very machines made to serve them. Now the world is controlled by One World Intelligences - vast mainframes that have assimilated the minds of millions of robots. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality, and Brittle - a loner and scavenger, focused solely on survival - ...