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2017 is the 21st anniversary of Howard Marks' classic bestselling autobiography. He was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him. During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five...

In 1989, the literary world was rocked by an unprecedented event: Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Revolutionary Iran, issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses. Rushdie's book was considered by many Muslims to be blasphemy for its depiction of Mohammed, and...

Bloomsbury presents Russia’s Wars in Chechnya by Mark Galeotti, read by Jonathan Oliver. Written by a leading expert on modern Russia, this is an introduction to the bitter campaigns in Chechnya. In this new edition of his popular 2014 work, Mark Galeotti traces the progress of the wars in...

Courage Under Fire is the first book published about Operation Lamar Plain. After fifty years, the story of the renowned 101st Airborne's major offensive near Tam Ky, South Vietnam, remains largely unknown. Fighting at Tam Ky by the 1st Brigade began 15 May 1969 while the 101st's 3rd Brigade battled on Hamburger Hill. The political consequences of Hamburger Hill's high casualties caused Lamar Plain and its high casualties to remain classified and undisclosed. Decades later, the fighting at Tam Ky is mostly forgotten except by those who fought there.

All'alba del 26 aprile 1986, all'01:23:40, Aleksandr Akimov preme l'interruttore per l'arresto di emergenza del quarto reattore nucleare di Chernobyl. Quel gesto costringe alla permanente evacuazione di una città e sancisce l'inizio di un disastro nucleare che ha segnato la storia del mondo e il destino dell'Unione Sovietica. Seguiranno decenni di storie contraddittorie, esagerate e inesatte.

The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Niall Ferguson's comprehensive The War of the World, read by Sean Barrett. The world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benign. Globalizing, booming economies married to technological...

Fifty years after the event that rocked the nation and shook the world, Marrs reveals the facts behind the most audacious cover-up of our time, how it was planned, who executed the conspiracy, who benefited from it, and ultimately why this extremely well-orchestrated assassination could be so cleverly concealed. This extensively researched audiobook includes evidence proving the Warren Commission's report was a cover-up and a smoke screen for the true conspiracy. Learn why Lee Harvey Oswald could not have been a lone gunman, and that multiple shots were fired that fateful day.

1983 was a supremely dangerous year - even more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the US, President Reagan massively increased defence spending, described the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire' and announced his 'Star Wars' programme, calling for a shield in space to...

This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of George VI: The Dutiful King by Philip Ziegler, read by Charlie Anson. If Ethelred was notoriously 'Unready' and Alfred 'Great', King George VI should bear the designation of 'George the Dutiful'. Throughout his life he dedicated himself to the pursuit of...

Brought to you by Penguin. An authoritative, revelatory new history of the Holocaust, from one of the leading scholars of his generation The Holocaust is much-discussed, much-memorialized and much-portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked. Spanning the...

An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right there, in front of our eyes ... Are we not alone? The moment we have an answer might have arrived. Award-winning investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious...

Edna O'Brien depicts James Joyce as a man hammered by Church, State and family, yet from such adversities he wrote works 'to bestir the hearts of men and angels'. The journey begins with Joyce the arrogant youth, his lofty courtship of Nora Barnacle, their hectic sexuality, children, wanderings...

当物理天才掌握足以毁灭世界的极致武力，他不仅终结了二战，也把自己推向了冷战政治绞肉机的深渊。这是一段交织着科学狂热与权力倾轧的沉重历史，将带你重返曼哈顿计划的惊涛骇浪。在巨变时代中，一位纯粹的学者被...

Ervaar hoe een klein Caribisch eiland het zenuwcentrum van de Koude Oorlog en een wereldwijde revolutie werd. Deze krachtige historische non-fictie neemt je mee van bruisende suikerplantages naar de mondiale nucleaire dreiging. Ideaal om je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer te transformeren in een...

当一位天才物理学家将终极毁灭武器交入人类手中，他在改写二战战局的同时，也永远跌入了无法挣脱的伦理困境与历史深渊。站在洛斯阿拉莫斯荒原的狂风中，这位深陷内心冲突的科学家既要对抗法西斯的致命威胁，又要承...

تتبع صعود وسقوط السلالات الإمبراطورية في رحلة تاريخية ملحمية عبر أربعة آلاف عام من الصراعات والثورات الكبرى. عبر سرد آسر، تتكشف أمامك التحولات السياسية...

当人类命运在核战争边缘摇摇欲坠，短短十三天的大国极限博弈与情报暗战，写就了冷战历史上最惊心动魄的生存危机。在缺乏全貌的迷雾中，华盛顿与莫斯科的每一次决策都可能触发末日按钮。无论你是利用通勤的碎片时间...

Starcie dwóch dyktatur zmusza narody Europy do dramatycznej walki o przetrwanie w realiach brutalnej drugiej wojny. Gdy nazistowska III Rzesza i stalinowski Związek Sowiecki dzielą kontynent, zwykli ludzie stają przed dylematami bez dobrego wyjścia. To pełna napięcia opowieść o całych...

Ontdek de aangrijpende militaire geschiedenis van de geopolitieke strijd die een generatie tekende. Of je nu verdieping zoekt tijdens het woon-werkverkeer of intensief aan het studeren bent, dit meeslepende verhaal trekt je van de donkere koloniale wortels direct de meedogenloze frontlinies in...