A Secret Well Kept: The Untold Story of Sir Vernon Kell, Founder of Mi5 (Kell Constance)(Pevná vazba)

A Secret Well Kept: The Untold Story of Sir Vernon Kell, Founder of Mi5 (Kell Constance)(Pevná vazba)

The United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, most commonly known as MI5, was founded in 1909 by Sir Vernon Kell KBE. Kell ('K' within the agency) not only founded MI5, but was also its Director for 31 years, the longest tenure of any head of a British government

Mi5: British Security Service Operations, 1909-1945: The True Story of the Most Secret Counter-Espionage Organisation in the World (West Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

MI5 is arguably the most secret and misunderstood of all the British government departments. Its enigmatic title - much more than its proper name, the Security Service - stands in the public mind for the dark world of the secret services in general. In reality it has a very specific brief:

Kelly Wearstler: Evocative Style (Wearstler Kelly)(Pevná vazba)

For her first book in ten years, Kelly Wearstler, one of the most irreverent and fascinating designers working today, continues to push boundaries with her inventive and opulent interiors, here inviting readers into her latest creations including her newly designed home. Celebrated for luxurious

Churchill Girls - The Story of Winston's Daughters (Trethewey Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

The fascinating untold stories of three women from England's most famous

I Spy: My Life in Mi5 (Marcus Tom)(Pevná vazba)

'One of the most successful MI5 undercover surveillance officers of his time.' - SunTom Marcus spent years of his life working covertly against those who want to do us harm. Now, for the first time, he tells the full story of what it is like to live your life in the shadows and who you need to

Heiress - The untold story of Pride & Prejudice's Miss Anne de Bourgh (Greeley Molly)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully written LGBTQ+ reimagining of the life of one of Pride & Prejudice's most underdeveloped characters, Miss Anne de Bourgh, The Heiress is an extraordinary tale of self-discovery and liberation set in Jane Austen's beloved

How I Got My Wiggle Back: A Memoir of Healing (Field Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

The dramatic personal story of Anthony Field, founder and costar of the world's most popular children's musical group, The WigglesWith their distinctive look, catchy music, and upbeat message, the Wiggles have performed their way into the hearts and homes of millions of kids and their parents

Return to Sender: Revisiting John Hinde's Ireland (Kelly Paul)(Pevná vazba)

John Hinde was a pioneer of colour photography and one of the most successful postcard publishers in the world. His largest collection of postcards celebrated Ireland. He portrayed an island brightened by his imagination, a place where children were red-haired and freckled, the sun always shining,

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical (Kelly Helena)(Paperback / softback)

An iconoclastic re-evaluation of one English Literature's most celebrated

Once Upon a Time in Shaolin - The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan's Million-Dollar Secret Album, the Devaluation of Music, and America's New Public Enemy No. 1 (Bozorgmehr Cyrus)(Paperback / softback)

Written in vivid detail, Cyrus Bozorgmehr documents the untold story behind one of the most controversial and innovative album releases in modern music history: Wu Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in

RMS Mauretania (1907): Queen of the Ocean (Hutchings David)(Pevná vazba)

This well-researched book tells the fascinating story of the then-most-famous liner in the world, the Mauretania. Built for the North Atlantic she was created to regain the fabled Blue Ribband that had been taken from Great Britain by a rapidly expanding and imperially ambitious Germany. Although

Modern Family: The Untold Oral History of One of Television's Groundbreaking Sitcoms (Freeman Marc)(Pevná vazba)

And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks (Weschler Lawrence)(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, his own most singular patient An] engrossing biographical memoir. This is Sacks at full blast: on endless ward rounds, observing his post-encephalitic patients . . . exulting over horseshoe crabs and chunks of Iceland spar. --Barbara Kiser, NatureThe author

Operation Trojan Horse - The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years (Davis Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

**Soon to be a major TV drama**The true story behind the secret of Flight 149 and the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty

Elizabeth and Monty: The Untold Story of Their Intimate Friendship (Casillo Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Violet-eyed siren Elizabeth Taylor and classically handsome Montgomery Clift were the most gorgeous screen couple of their time. Over two decades of friendship they made, separately and together, some of the era's defining movies--including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Misfits, Suddenly, Last Summer,

Cigars: A Guide (Foulkes Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

The story of cigars. 'The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Cigar.' Evelyn WaughExploring not just the extraordinary story of tobacco and cigars but also a history that has been instrumental in the foundations of societies and

Classical Myth in Alfred Hitchcock's Wrong Man and Grace Kelly Films (Padilla Mark William)(Pevná vazba)

This book treats six beloved films of Hitchcock: The 39 Steps, Saboteur, and North by Northwest, plus Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief. Padilla reviews their production histories with an eye to classical influences, and then analyzes their links with Greek art, poetry, and

I Heard God Laugh: A Practical Guide to Life's Essential Daily Habit (Kelly Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Is Your Life Working? Most of us are trying to put together the jigsaw puzzle we call life without a very important piece. Over time this becomes incredibly frustrating. In this extraordinary book, Matthew Kelly powerfully demonstrates that we cannot live the life we have imagined, or experience

Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream (Gruber Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again.The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal

The Hovercraft Story (Hollebone Ashley)(Pevná vazba)

The full story behind the simplest yet most futuristic of crafts The hovercraft has a multitude of uses across numerous arenas, including leisure cruising and Formula 1 racing; it has modernized travel and saved many lives, boasting zero fatalities in accidents, yet despite all this little has been

England: The Biography - The Story of English Cricket (Wilde Simon)(Pevná vazba)

The most comprehensive and revealing account of the story of England cricket and cricketers yet

Hunter Killers - The Dramatic Untold Story of the Royal Navy's Most Secret Service (Ballantyne Iain)(Paperback / softback)

HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using

True Professional - The Clive Sullivan Story (Oddy James)(Pevná vazba)

True Professional tells the story of one of the most iconic and beloved rugby league players of all time. Overcoming major injury, racism and poverty, Clive Sullivan achieved his dreams and lit up the city of Hull for more than 20 years. The biography looks back on a true one-off, who showed skill

The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy (Hall Manly P.)(Pevná vazba)

The Secret Teachings of All Ages is perhaps the most comprehensive and complete esoteric encyclopedia ever written. The sheer scope and ambition of this book are stunning. In this book Manly P. Hall has successfully distilled the essence of more arcane subjects than one would think possible. He