Veronica Cecil was twenty-five years old when her husband was offered a job at a large multi-national company in the Congo. Filled with enthusiasm for their new life, the couple & their eleven-month-old son set off for an African adventure. Very soon, however, Veronica began to realise that life in the Congo was not what she had imagined. Food shortages were an everyday occurrence; she felt like an outsider at the club in Leopoldville, which only the Belgians & other expats frequented; & flickers of violence were starting to erupt everywhere. Six months later Veronica & her family were sent to Elizabetha, a remote palm oil plantation on the banks of the Congo River. But even here paradise didn`t last. Civil war broke out, & the rebels captured the neighbouring town of Stanleyville & took all the whites hostage. Despite the fact that Veronica was on the verge of giving birth, the situation was so dangerous that she & her toddler had to be evacuated. Leaving her husband & all their possessions behind, she & her son began on a two-day journey through the jungle. But on the plane back to Leopoldville, the first labour pains began... Praise for ” Letters From Abroad”, written & read by Veronica Cecil, BBC Radio 4: ”...absolutely enthralling.” (” Daily Telegraph”). ” Blending her personal memories with the wider picture, Miss Cecil effortlessly packs more into her quarter hour than many an hour long documentary...” (” Daily Mail”). ...

Drumsagard, Hallside & Newton in 1896 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the area from Newton southward to Flemington & eastward to Blantyreferme House. Features include Hallside Steel Works, St Columba`s church, Calderglen, Westburn Rows, Hallside Newhouse Farm, Newton Colliery Pits 1 & 2, Hallside Colliery, West & East Hallside, Blantyreferme Colliery, NBR railway with Newton station, stretch of CR Hamilton Branch, severeral mineral lines, etc. On the reverse is a directory of Cambusland entries E to Z. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life & death decisions in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman. The drought
- or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it
- has been going on for a while now. Everyone`s lives have become an endless list of don`ts: don`t water the lawn, don`t fill up your pool, don`t take long showers. Until the taps run dry. Suddenly, Alyssa`s quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbours & families turned against each other on the hunt for water. & when her parents don`t return & her life
- & the life of her brother
- is threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she`s going to survive.



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”A tough, edgy thriller...readers are going to love this. I wish like hell that my name were on the cover.” (Wiley Cash, New York Times bestseller & winner of the 2014 Gold Dagger for This Dark Road to Mercy). Edgar Nominated for Best First Novel, 2014. Shortlisted for the LA Times Book Award
- Thriller/ Mystery. When an elderly recluse discovers a corpse on his l&, Officer Henry Farrell follows the investigation to strange places in the countryside, & into the depths of his own frayed soul. In Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania, secrets & feuds go back generations. The lone policeman in a small township on the sparse northern border, Henry Farrell expected to spend his mornings hunting & fishing, his evenings playing old-time music. Instead, he has watched the dual encroachment of fracking companies & drug dealers bring money & troubles to the area. As a second body turns up, Henry`s search for the killer opens old wounds & dredges up ancient crimes which some people desperately want to keep hidden. With vivid characters & flawless pacing, Tom Bouman immerses readers in this changing landscape. In these derelict woods, full of whitetail deer & history, the hunt is on...
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Dry Wash means that you can wash your hands without the use of water. The gel which contains aloe vera
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Dry Wash means that you can wash your hands without the use of water. The gel which contains aloe vera
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Dry Wash means that you can wash your hands without the use of water. The gel which contains aloe vera
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THE NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAIL BOOK ` Pure genius` The Sunday Telegraph This book is full of the very best cocktails
- the most delicious
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In the dying town of Drylands, Janet Deakin sells papers to lonely locals. At night, in her flat above the newsagency, she attempts to write a novel for a world in which no one reads
- `full of people, she envisaged, glaring at a screen that glared glassily back.` Drylands is the story of the townsfolk`s harsh, violent lives. Trenchant & brilliant, Thea Astley`s final novel is a dark portrait of outback Australia in decline.
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Dri-Store 10 litre is a waterproof stuff sack with a roll top closure that also acts as a compression system, squeezing surplus air out of the sack as you roll it down. Dri-Store bags can be used inside or outside a rucksack or as a full rucksack liner, they are made from 30 denier siliconised Cordura®, a lightweight, waterproof, rip-stop fabric, with fully taped seams, & a single click shut buckle. Dri-Store 10 litre measures 19x 35cm & weighs 44g. ...