` What I`ve learned from climbing mountains is that we can push ourselves far beyond what we think we are capable of, & it`s outside of our comfort zones that the most amazing things happen.` What drives us to go to our limits & beyond? What does it take to make dreams come true over all else? & how can you turn fear into courage? From Everest to K2, The Girl Who Climbed Everest is the story of Bonita Norris` journey undertaking the world`s toughest & most dangerous expeditions. Once an anxious teenager with an eating disorder it was the discovery of a passion for climbing that inspired Bonita to change her life. Drawing on her experiences to capture the agonies
- both mental & physical
- & joys of her incredible feats Bonita also imparts the lessons learned encouraging you to harness greater self-belief. The Girl Who Climbed Everest is an honest exploration of everything Bonita has learnt from climbing. Life lessons about ambition, values, risk, happiness, the courage to fail, & what`s ultimately important. An indispensable & important book for anyone who has ever doubted their potential or put limits on themselves
- whatever challenge you face or ambitions you want to achieve, The Girl Who Climbed Everest will inspire you to take action & live life more fearlessly.


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` What I`ve learned from climbing mountains is that we can push ourselves far beyond what we think we are capable of, & it`s outside of our comfort zones that the most amazing things happen.` What drives us to go to our limits & beyond? What does it take to make dreams come true over all else? & how can you turn fear into courage? From Everest to K2, The Girl Who Climbed Everest is the story of Bonita Norris` journey undertaking the world`s toughest & most dangerous expeditions. Once an anxious teenager with an eating disorder it was the discovery of a passion for climbing that inspired Bonita to change her life. Drawing on her experiences to capture the agonies
- both mental & physical
- & joys of her incredible feats Bonita also imparts the lessons learned encouraging you to harness greater self-belief. The Girl Who Climbed Everest is an honest exploration of everything Bonita has learnt from climbing. Life lessons about ambition, values, risk, happiness, the courage to fail, & what`s ultimately important. An indispensable & important book for anyone who has ever doubted their potential or put limits on themselves
- whatever challenge you face or ambitions you want to achieve, The Girl Who Climbed Everest will inspire you to take action & live life more fearlessly.


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A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black & The Fall of the House of Usher New Engl&, The 1890s When a young doctor begins work at an isolated mental asylum, he is expected to fall in with the shocking regime for treating the patients. He is soon intrigued by one patient, a strange amnesiac girl who is fascinated by books but cannot read. He embarks upon a desperate experiment to save her but when his own dark past begins to catch up with him, he realises it is she who is his only hope of escape. In this chilling literary thriller from a master storyteller, everyone has something to hide & no one is what they seem. ...

THE NO 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NEWBERY MEDAL WINNEREvery year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the Forest, Xan, is in fact a good witch who shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster & a Perfectly Tiny Dragon. Xan rescues the children & delivers them to welcoming families on the other side of the forest, nourishing the babies with starlight on the journey. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight, filling the ordinary child with extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. As Luna`s thirteenth birthday approaches, her magic begins to emerge
- with dangerous consequences. Meanwhile, a young man from the Protectorate is determined to free his people by killing the witch. Deadly birds with uncertain intentions flock nearby. A volcano, quiet for centuries, rumbles just beneath the earth`s surface. & the woman with the Tiger`s heart is on the prowl... The Newbery Medal winner from the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Witch`s Boy.
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In August 2014, Farida Khalaf was just a normal Yazidi girl, living in a village high in the mountains of northern Iraq. Then her village was attacked & swiftly taken by ISIS fighters, & her whole world changed. The jihadists murdered the men & the boys of her village, including her father & brothers, before taking Farida prisoner along with the rest of the women. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured: the beatings, the rapes, the markets where ISIS sold their female prisoners like cattle, & Farida`s realisation that the more difficult & resistant she became, the harder it was for her captors to continue their atrocities against her. So she struggled, she bit, she kicked, she accused her captors of going against their religion, & then, one day, the door to her room was left unlocked. She took her chance along with 5 other women, & set out across the Syrian desert... This is a story of incredible courage in the face of unthinkable atrocity. As the battle against ISIS continues to ravage the Middle East, The Girl Who Escaped Isis provides an astonishing perspective on this very terrifying global threat. ...

First published in 1989 as Children of Wax, The Girl Who Married a Lion

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When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows just the man to ask
- Father Christmas. But the magic she wants to believe in is
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC? It is Christmas Eve & all is not well. Amelia Wishart is trapped in Mr Creeper`s workhouse & Christmas is in jeopardy. Magic is fading. If Christmas is to happen, Father Christmas knows he must find her. With the help of some elves, eight reindeer, the Queen & a man called Charles Dickens, the search for Amelia
- & the secret of Christmas
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As delightfully wry & witty as his bestselling debut, ` The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window & Disappeared`, this is a tale of how one young woman`s attempt to change her future ended up changing everything. On 14th June 2007, the King of Sweden disappears. In 1994 South Africa dismantles six missiles, developed during its brief nuclear weapons programme. In 1961 Nombeko Mayeki is born in a Soweto shack. Seemingly destined for a life nasty, brutish & short, her path takes an entirely unpredictable turn. Because really this story is all about the seventh South African missile
- the one that was never supposed to have existed. The one that Nombeko knows far too much about. So now she`s on the run & running into twins who are officially one person, a Vietnam vet & a potato-loving Baroness. But the fate of the King of Sweden, & indeed the world, will remain on her shoulders alone.
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Two girls, from very different places, are brought together in a tale of loss, courage & family. Abela has lost everything, & now she must leave her home in Tanzania & flee to Britain. Rosa`s struggling to cope with her mum`s wish to adopt a child. When they are brought together, will Abela & Rosa ever be able to love one another like sisters? From the Carnegie Medal-winning author Berlie Doherty, The Girl Who Saw Lions is a powerful & moving story, inspired by the author`s visit to Africa. ...