Hidden Wonders of the Human Heart is an intimate guide to ways of seeing which help us reveal what is stirring in our hearts. It unveils a source of hidden wisdom in each of us, a vital realm alive with the possibility of new beginnings.
At age 22, Susan Holliday was broadsided by a speeding car, which left her on life support and in a coma for over 3 months. She writes how her religious faith guided her through this recovery and through two other near-fatal accidents. Even thousgh she still suffers daily with depression, constant pain and multiple physical problems, she faces life straight on with determination and refuses to lose hope.
Fiction, 9-12, set in Wales. printed in Large Print. When a powerful Welsh legend comes to life and creeps its way into a hospital, suddenly everyone begins thinking of miracles. When Alun wakes up from the terrible darkness, he can't tell where he is - doesn't really want to know where he is, or what has happened. His wonderful bike has gone, that's for sure, the bike his father had saved so hard to buy. The rest of his nightmare only gradually unfolds, as his new friends in the hospital ward bring warmth back to his cold, cold heart. Then there's the story that starts out as just a piece of schoolwork, but which gradually takes hold of everyone in the ward: Sara, in her wheelchair; Huw, hobbling on his crutches; even Morgan, the brainy one who scoffs at first. When the power of the legend begins to work its spell, everyone will be thinking of miracles. This story is set in west Wales. The Black Mountain, only a car-ride away from the hospital, is the westernmost edge of the Brecon Beacons, and is the setting of the ancient Welsh legend, The Lady of Llyn-y-Fan Fach.
A collection of photocopiable stories designed to extend attention spans and reading abilities, as well as motivate readers. This book progresses to a final section that comprises a set of stories with an ingenious theme, which links them all together and leads to a final climatic chapter.
Homeless and desperate - how had she come to this? Sara's dad died a year ago and now her mum is seeing a new man. Sara feels like no-one loves her any more. Liam is older: 18, reassuring, and caring ... until Sara accidentally gets him into trouble with the police over his drug taking habit. Then she's forced to go on the run with him. They find a squat in London, where Sara's best friend Ruby lives with her boyfriend, but gradually they are all dragged into an underworld of drugs and homelessness. Sara and Ruby want to go home, but their boyfriends make them feel trapped and dependent ... until the police raid ... In the end it is Sara and Ruby's friendship that gets them through each day, and finally gives them the strength to find a better life. "An immensely readable and evocative book" Mandy Pannet, Poet and Novelist
Carrie's best friend has an accident and can no longer make the round-the-world trip they'd planned together, so Carrie decides to go it alone. Violet is also travelling alone after splitting up with her boyfriend in Thailand. She is desperate for a ticket on the Trans-Siberian Express, but there is nothing available. When the two women meet in a Beijing hotel, Carrie makes the impulsive decision to invite Violet to take her best friend's place. Thrown together in a strange country, and the cramped cabin of the train, the women soon form a bond. But as the journey continues through Mongolia and into Russia, things start to unravel - because one of these women is not who she claims to be...
A riveting and rollicking tour-de-force about the terrifying power of nature's most deadly phenomena — colossal waves — and the scientists and super surfers who are obsessed with them. The New York Times bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth probes the dramatic convergence of baffling gargantuan waves that pummel oil rigs and sink massive ships, the extreme surfers willing to stare down death in order to ride them, and the marine scientists trying to unlock the physics of these waves, the climate changes that are provoking them, and what chaos they might wreak. Susan Casey explores the phenomenon of monster waves and how they have become an obsession for extreme surfers like Laird Hamilton — who serves as the author's guide as she takes the reader into the intense, white-knuckle world of 100-foot waves.
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