Posted by Notcot on Jun 29, 2012 in
Cult Film 
The devastating consequences of the slave trade in 18th century are explored through the powerful but impossible attraction of well-born Frances and her slave Mehuru. From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Bristol in 1787 is booming from its stinking docks to its elegant new houses. Josiah Cole a small dockside trader is prepared to gamble everything to join the big players of the city. But he needs ready cash and a well-connected wife. An arranged marriage to Frances Scott is a mutually convenient solution. Trading her social contacts for Josiah’s protection Frances enters the world of the Bristol merchants and finds her life and fortune dependent on the respectable trade of sugar rum and slaves. Once again Philippa Gregory brings her unique combination of a vivid sense of history and inimitable storytelling skills to illuminate a complex period of our past. Powerful haunting intensely disturbing this is a novel of desire and shame of individuals of a society and of a whole continent devastated by the greed of others.
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Posted by Notcot on Jun 24, 2012 in
Cult Film 
Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable alcoholic mother a mother who played tortuous unpredictable games – games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. She no longer considered Dave a son but a slave; no longer a boy but an ‘it’. His bed was an old army cot in the basement his clothes were torn and smelly and when he was allowed the luxury of food it was scraps from the dog’s bowl. The outside world knew nothing of the nightmare played out behind closed doors. But throughout Dave kept alive dreams of finding a family to love him. This book covers the early years of his life and is an affecting an inspirational book of the horrors of child abuse and the steadfast determination of one child to survive. ‘Dave Pelzer conveys brilliantly how his own determination allowed him to keep alive his dream of one day find a family who would be proud to call him their son. Truly touching and emotionally shocking. A marvel’ Best
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Posted by Notcot on Jun 29, 2010 in
Handhelds & PDAs 
Average Rating: 4.5 / 5 (7 Reviews)
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From the heart of Africa to the Hardanger Glacier, the powermonkey-eXplorer has proved to be an invaluable piece of kit, providing essential power in the most remote locations. Incorporating the new solar-slave, the powermonkey-eXplorer lets you charge wherever, whenever. Compatible with the majority of mobile phones, iPods, MP3 / MP4, PDAs and portable games consoles including the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS & DS-Lite, powermonkey-eXplorer will recharge your devices – giving you 96 hours of standby on your mobile, 40 hours on your iPod, 5 hours on your games console, 48 hours on your PDA and 6 hours on MP3/MP4 players. Available in 4 fantastic colours; Blue, Grey, Pink and Yellow – stylish and essential! And, if you own one of our Soundtraveller speakers – you can use the powermonkey-eXplorer to power them instead of spending your money replacing the batteries! The solar-slave draws power directly from the sun – giving you free power wherever you are! Make sure your powermonkey-eXplorer’s got full power at all times by charging it with the handy solar-slave, which can be attached to a rucksack, hung from a window, left in a car or taken anywhere the sun shines! Make sure the powermonkey-eXplorer unit is turned OFF when re-charging from the solar slave in order to reduce charging time! You can even use the solar-slave to recharge your device directly – so you have back up power at all times. For example, plug the solar-slave into the back of one of our Soundtraveller speakers and it will run your speakers from the power of the sun – no batteries needed! Ultra compact, tough and powerful, the powermonkey-eXplorer is water resistant and made from rubberised casing so can take whatever life throws at it, yet it remains the lightest, most versatile charger available today Featuring an LCD screen that displays battery capacity and the level of charge, the powermonkey-eXplorer also has short-circuit protection, over-charging protection and over-dischargi
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