Pilgrim Days: A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS (MacKenzie Alastair)(Paperback)

Pilgrim Days: A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS (MacKenzie Alastair)(Paperback)

This title details the author's unique military experience, from platoon command in the jungles of Vietnam, through service with the Paras in Northern Ireland and commanding a troop in the legendary 22 SAS, to operating with the ParaBats in South Africa and training the Special Forces of Oman. 'We

Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story (Laurence John)(Paperback)

John Laurence covered the Vietnam war for CBS News from its early days, through the bloody battle of Hue in 1968, to the Cambodian invasion. He was judged by his colleagues to be the best television reporter of the war, however, the traumatic stories Laurence covered became a personal burden that

Rendezvous (MacNeill Alastair)(Paperback)

Based on a short story by Alistair MacLean, Rendezvous conjures up the darkest days of the war in the Mediterranean, and the nail-biting drama of a secret life haunted by the fear of betrayal and capture. Early in 1942 the Special Operations Executive and American Military Intelligence must put

Slow Bullets (Reynolds Alastair)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of the Revelation Space series comes an interstellar adventure of war, identity, betrayal, and the preservation of civilization itself.A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at an end. A conscripted soldier is beginning

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Reynolds Alastair)(Paperback / softback)

Two scintillating stories from science fiction's hottest new

SAS Band of Brothers (Lewis Damien)(Paperback / softback)

The new SAS epic from bestselling military historian Damien

Walking the Via Francigena Pilgrim Route - Part 3: Lucca to Rome (Brown Sandy)(Paperback)

Guidebook to the final 400km of the Via Francigena pilgrim route from Lucca to Rome. Crossing Tuscany in the heartland of Italy, the route goes through two of the region's most important cities, Lucca and Siena, and visits San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, and Radicofani. Described in 18 stages, with

Blair Years - Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries (Campbell Alastair)(Paperback / softback)

The Blair Years is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade

Diaries: From Blair to Brown, 2005 - 2007 (Campbell Alastair)(Pevná vazba)

From Blair to Brown is the second of four new volumes of diaries from Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former chief press secretary and director of communications and

Vietnam - An Epic History of a Tragic War (Hastings Max)(Paperback / softback)

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War. Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the

The Ride of a Lifetime : Lessons in Creative Leadership from the CEO of the Walt Disney Company - Robert Iger

The CEO of Disney, one of Time's most influential people of 2019, shares the ideas and values he embraced to reinvent one of the most beloved companies in the world and inspire the people who bring the magic to life.Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time

Redemption Ark (Reynolds Alastair)(Paperback / softback)

Return to the universe of REVELATION SPACE in the new bestseller from SF's hottest

The Man of Feeling (MacKenzie Henry)(Paperback)

Mackenzie's hugely popular novel of 1771 is the foremost work of the sentimental movement, in which sentiment and sensibility were allied with true virtue, and sensitivity is the mark of the man of feeling. The hero, Harley, is followed in a series of episodes demonstrating his benevolence in an

Pilgrim - Follow Stage Book 1 (Cottrell Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Pilgrim is a major new teaching and discipleship resource from the Church of England. It will help enquirers and new Christians explore what it means to travel through life with Jesus Christ. A Christian course for the twenty-first century, Pilgrim offers an approach of participation, not

Winners - And How They Succeed (Campbell Alastair)(Paperback / softback)

Drawing on the wisdom of an astonishing array of talented people - from elite athletes to top managers, from rulers of countries to rulers of global business empires - Alastair Campbell uses his forensic skills, as well as his own experience of politics and sport, to get to the heart of

Red Star Over the Third World (Prashad Vijay)(Paperback)

From Cuba to Vietnam, from China to South Africa, the October Revolution inspired millions of people beyond the territory of Russia. The Revolution proved that the masses could not only overthrow autocratic governments, but also form an opposing government in their own image. The new idea that the

Women, Race, & Class (Davis Angela Y.)(Paperback)

A powerful study of the women's liberation movement in the U.S., from abolitionist days to the present, that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. From the widely revered and legendary political activist and scholar Angela Davis

Thousand Moons (Barry Sebastian)(Paperback / softback)

From the Costa Book of the Year-winning author of Days Without EndEven when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live.Winona is a young Lakota orphan adopted by former soldiers Thomas McNulty and John Cole.Living with Thomas and John on the farm they work in

The Art of Bible Translation (Alter Robert)(Paperback)

From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a 'hugely entertaining and irreverent' (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into English In this brief book, award-winning biblical translator Robert Alter offers a personal and

Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering (Webb Michael)(Paperback)

From the ruins of Palmyra in the Syrian desert to the ghost town of Bodie, the painted churches of Sucevita in Romania,and a fire festival in a Japanese village: Michael Webb has ventured far afield in search of the rare and

Fortunate Pilgrim (Puzo Mario)(Paperback / softback)

From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. She cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor

Prayers to Broken Stones: Stories (Simmons Dan)(Paperback)

From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind. A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the

Feast Days (MacKenzie Ian)(Paperback)

A New York Times Editors' Pick 'Devastating, funny and wise, it's among the best novels I know about the fate of American innocence abroad.' --Garth Greenwell Intelligent and deeply felt, Feast Days follows a young wife who relocates with her financier husband to S o Paulo--a South American

Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (Mackenzie Alexander)(Paperback / softback)