{"product_id":"blood-sand-10th-anniversary-edition","title":"Blood and Sand","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn the June 6, 2004, while on assignment in Riyadh, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Against all the odds, Frank Gardner survived.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Today, although partly paralysed, Frank continues to travel the world, reporting and making documentaries for the BBC. This acclaimed memoir was brought up to date with a new chapter that recounted his return to Saudi Arabia for the first time since he was shot and the story he tells continues to move and inspire, and remains an affirmation of his deep understanding of - and affection for - the Islamic world in these uncertain times.\u003cbr\u003e ___\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Gardner tells his remarkable tale well and bravely, with an astonishing lack of anger and enduring love and respect for the Islamic world'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Brave, unsentimental and genuinely inspiring'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'What makes Gardner's moving, often humorous, deeply personal story so important is the fact that he has woven into it a brilliantly dispassionate, clear-eyed account of the Islamic world'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSCOTSMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A witty, self-deprecating, inspiring testament'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Blood \u0026 Sand 10th Anniversary Edition","offer_id":44405312356549,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Blood_20and_20Sand.jpg?v=1737519075","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/blood-sand-10th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}