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MH370 Should Be Here by Mereo Books

The disappearance of Flight MH370 on the night of March 8 2014 remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation, as well as a terrible tragedy with the loss of 239 people. Despite a multi-million-dollar hunt using resources from several countries and state-of-the-art exploration technology, the aircraft has still not been located.

The author of this book believes that MH370 is not in the Southern Indian Ocean as most people believe but much nearer to its point of departure, in the South China Sea. This book explains in detail the reasoning behind this theory.

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7th January 2019 0

Von MTV nach Mekka durch Mereo Books

Kristiane Backer war die erste deutsche MTV-Moderatorin. Über Jahre bewegt sie sich in den exklusiven Zirkeln der Popwelt und genießt Kultstatus bei ihrem Publikum. Auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Karriere lernt sie Werte kennen, die einen krassen Kontrast zu ihrem Umfeld darstellen. Während einer Reise nach Pakistan taucht sie ein in die muslimische Welt und beginnt die Vorurteile zu hinterfragen. Kristiane setzt sich über Jahre ausführlich mit der
Religion auseinander und findet schließlich im Islam ihre innere Zufriedenheit und den Lebenssinn, der ihr im Rampenlicht fehlten.

‘Ich bewundere Kristiane für Ihre Charakterstärke und Überzeugung einen anderen Weg einzuschlagen und ihrem Herzen zu folgen. Der Rock ’n roll hat viele seiner Teilnehmer auf die unterschiedlichsten Wege gebracht. Diese Geschichte ist eine der ungewöhnlichsten. Von MTV nach Mekka? Vom Babe zur Burka passt besser’ Bob Geldof, Musiker Ich freue mich, das ich Kristiane meine Kultur und Religion näherbringen konnte. Ihr gefiel besonders die poetische Qawali Musik, die moghule Architektur und die einheimische Küche. Aber Kristiane hatte auch ein offenes Herz für die Muslime, die sie durch mich traf und für die Bücher die ich ihr zu lesen gab. So begann sie hinter die Schlagzeilen zu schauen und sich ernsthaft mit den Konzepten des Islams auseinanderzusetzen. Ich bewundere wie Kristiane sich später die Religion zu eigen machte und diese auch wirklich praktiziert, trotz aller
Herausforderungen in einem öffentlichen Klima der Islamophobie. Dieses Buch ist eine Inspiration für Muslime sowie Nicht Muslime. Imran Khan, Premierminister Pakistan

Es war mir eine Ehre Kristiane Backer vor so vielen Jahren durch MTV Europe kennen zu lernen und es ist mir ebenfalls eine Ehre ihre erlebnissreiche Reise durch diese Buch mitzuerleben. Jim Kerr, Simple Minds

Von MTV nach Mekka ist eine lange Reise, nicht nur körperlich sondern viel mehr psychologisch und spirituell. Diese faszinierende Darstellung einer solchen Reise von Kristiane Backer sollte für alle interessant sein, die sich mit der Beziehung des Islams zum Westen beschäftigen, aber auch für Menschen, die eine spirituelle Bedeutung im Leben suchen. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Professor für Islam GW Universität, Philosoph, Theologe.

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26th December 2018 0

An Islamic Renascence

The Middle East today is in turmoil. The hijacking of the Arab Spring has wrought havoc in both Libya and Syria and brought back to power authoritarian rule in Egypt. Europe has witnessed the largest movement of people since the Second World War, all seeking to escape the military onslaught in Syria. Peace prospects between Palestinians and the State of Israel remain as elusive as ever. The author believes that an ‘Islamic renascence’ is now critical to prevent the Muslim Ummah from imploding upon itself. Consequently, a ‘counter-narrative’ to so-called ‘radical Islam’ has become all the more crucial. To keep pace with the global economic, political and military challenges of the future the Muslim Ummah needs to refocus its strategy on establishing an effective and credible economic and political alliance that will firmly be embedded in democratic principles and processes.

The author, who is a British-born Muslim with a Master’s Degree in International Commercial Law, has made a rational study of these issues in this book.

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19th December 2018 0

A Summer’s Child by Mereo Books

Lara Allen seems to have it all. A linguist for the Foreign Office, she speaks five languages and has the ear of world leaders and government ministers. But there is one part of her life that leaves an ache which all her success can never fill – a daughter she gave away at nineteen after a chance encounter while waitressing in Portugal.

Returning sixteen years later for her sister’s hen night, Lara finds herself drawn back to that time, and to the family who had adopted her child. After sixteen years of staying strong, she finds herself wanting to know what happened, and wanting to peek into the life of the girl she left behind.

By turns funny and moving, this is a heart-warming story of families coming together, and sharing their hopes and their regrets. Filled with fascinating characters and great locations, A Summer’s Child is a poignant reminder that sometimes the things we think we’ve lost can still be found, and in the end there is nothing like family to teach us how to live, and how to forgive.

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A Romaunce Book

18th December 2018 0

Postman’s Knock by Mereo Books

The old proverb ‘The grass is always greener’ turned out to be an artist’s impression, not real life at all. When Charlotte Whitfield – known to everyone as Charlie – receives a letter from her best friend Libby, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. Libby and James, Charlie’s husband, have been having an affair, and James has decided to leave the marriage and move in with Libby.

But if Libby and James thought that Charlie was ready to be a victim, they had forgotten the tough resourceful woman they had both known and loved. Calling on all her strength, Charlie takes control of her own life, despite losing a baby as well as a husband.

When James, for whom the grass turned out not to be greener on the other side, starts to threaten Charlie his erratic behaviour turns quickly into dangerous obsession. Charlie is forced to re-evaluate everything, and find out, for the first time, what it is she truly wants. Beside her all the way is Libby’s ex-husband Bruce, whose underappreciated grace and charm become a bedrock for Charlie. Are they too falling in love?

Elaine Ellis’s Postman’s Knock is a moving story of the way life continues to surprise, and how the actions of other people, for better or worse, make us look anew at ourselves.

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A Romaunce Book

18th December 2018 0

A Scottish Destiny by Mereo Books

When seventeen-year-old Marie Sinclair travelled to Strathlinn in Scotland in 1920 to visit her brother and his new family, all she was looking for is rest and recuperation after the death of Lady Hanley, for whom she had been caring for over the past eighteen months. But when her pregnant sister-in-law is rushed to hospital in danger of the life of her and her twins, Marie is forced to take on a far greater role in the lives of her Scottish family. And who is Mark Blackford, the new, young Estate owner, who seems only interested in machines and who is struggling under the new responsibilities of running the estate and gathering rent from tenants who are not always inclined to pay? Meeting him on the train to Strathlinn, Marie’s life becomes entwined with his, as friend, help-meet, and, maybe, something more? Full of complex, loveable characters, and poised at a moment when the world is changing in new and dramatic ways, A Scottish Destiny is a beautiful novel which explores how, in a world turned upside down, the things that bind us continue to do so – family, responsibility and, though Marie dare not whisper it to herself, love. From the author of Return to Bonnybrae, this is another gripping tale of love in a heart-warming climate.

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A Romaunce Book

18th December 2018 0

Sons of York by Mereo Books

Janet Evershed was the daughter of the Mayor of York, a successful and well-regarded mercer. But Janet’s life didn’t follow the usual pattern for a well brought-up girl. Due to a series of unexpected events she became a very young widow running her own growing business in London; the mistress of the charismatic king; and an exile in the Low Countries with her life inextricably entwined with those of the Princes in the Tower. They were all sons of York – Edward IV, Richard III, their brother George and all their children. Janet was not part of the elite, glittering court. She was both a bystander and a part of their lives.

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18th December 2018 0

I Am England by Mereo Books

Sweeping through fifteen centuries of life in the heart of southern England, this epic novel records the lives of the ordinary folk of Britain from the end of the Roman occupation through to the late 16th century. The author has brought to life a colourful range of characters, from serfs to kings, from slave girls to bishops and from honest working families to murderers, to illustrate what it must have been like to live through some of the most challenging periods of English history, including the attacks of the hated Viking marauders, the French defeat of the English at Hastings, the arrival of the despised Norman invaders and the dissolution of the monasteries. The hardship and terrible cruelty our ancestors had to endure are vividly described.

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A Romaunce Book

18th December 2018 0

The Sword of Hachiman by Mereo Books

“Twelfth-century Japan, the dawn of the Shogun era. Two mighty warrior clans, the Minamoto and the Taira, struggle for power of the figurehead Cloistered Emperor. At the moment, the Taira are in uneasy control, but the three Minamoto sons, separated and exiled at birth,are secretly reuniting to conquer the Taira and avenge their father’s bloody death. Although the eldest is the leader, it is the youngest, Yoshitsuné, whom the warlike monks who sheltered him and trained him in the martial arts deem worthy of possessing the family heirloom, the sword of Hachiman – the sword of the War God.

With striking colour and authenticity, Lynn Guest unfolds the story of one of the most romantic and celebrated heroes in Japanese history and legend. Yoshitsuné is initiated into espionage and
love in the bedchamber of a young Taira noblewoman. Soon tested in the ferocious hand-to-hand combat that is his birthright, he wins his first and most faithful retainer, the fierce, hard-drinking monk, Benkei. We follow Yoshitsuné behind the scenes of the rarefied Cloister Court, where the delicate, sarcastic emperor desperately manipulates the lords who hold him prisoner – but who nevertheless must have his blessing to act.

Two extraordinary women enter Yoshitsuné’s life: Shizuka, whose artistry and independence fascinate and lure him, but fatally deny her his protection; and the lady Tamako, a Taira whom he
marries for political advantage, but who stands by him in the ultimate sacrifice of a samurai wife. In a poignant climax, jealousy pits the eldest brother against the loyal Yoshitsuné, just as victory is grasped and the first Shogun – a Minamoto – is seated, thus assuring the supremacy of the samurai whose code held sway over Japan from then to modern times. The Sword of Hachiman is a richly detailed panorama of an era that fires our imagination today.”

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A Romaunce Book

18th December 2018 0

Return to Bonnybrae by Mereo Books

It is the start of 1919 and Miss Rina Capel, granddaughter of the Laird of Stavondale has one ambition – to set aside her life of privilege and become a nurse. But when she is summoned back to the Bonnybrae to see her dying grandfather just before her eighteenth birthday, he reveals to her family secrets which turn her world upside down. In love with a man she can’t have, and facing marriage to a man she has never met, Rina must draw on all her reserves of strength and female guile to escape a fate to which her dissolute parents would condemn her. And what dark secret is it that her father harbours, and which threatens the estate itself?

Set in the wilds of a Scotland looking to recover from the most terrible war in human history, this is a gripping tale of one woman’s attempt to give her life meaning, and to be a force for good against terrible odds. Can Rina chart a course in a world torn asunder, and can she protect the Estate from the awful consequences of her parents’ actions? And can she find love, and find a way for happiness to return to Bonnybrae?

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A Romaunce Book

18th December 2018 0
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