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Written by Jonny Mardling
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
 The Admirals' Game
Author: David Donachie
Format: Paperback
Published: 01/02/2010
Publisher: Turnaround Publisher Services Ltd
ISBN-13: 9780749007805
It was 1794. Lieutenant John Pearce, recently returned from the Atlantic, is caught between the constant feuding of two senior admirals. One puts him in a position of maximum danger while another asks him to undertake a hazardous commission, one he must undertake in order to protect his friends, the Pelicans. They are his Achilles heel and those in power know it.
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515
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Written by Jonny Mardling
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
 The Life You Can Save: How To Play Your Part In Ending World Poverty
Author: Peter Singer
Format: Paperback
Published: 05/02/2010
Publisher: Macmillan Distribution (Mdl)
ISBN-13: 9780330454599
Would you walk past a drowning child? This is a book that will change the way you think about giving. It shows what you can do, as an individual, about the fact that more than a billion people are living in extreme poverty. It argues for an urgent change in our culture, and it invites you to play your part. The complexities of the aid debate are well rehearsed; the phrase 'charity begins at home' is all too familiar; the sheer scale of the task is overwhelming.
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516
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Written by Jonny Mardling
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
 The Weight Of A Mustard Seed
Author: Wendell Steavenson
Format: Paperback
Published: 01/02/2010
Publisher: Tbs The Book Service Ltd
ISBN-13: 9781843543060
If you are unable to protect yourself from a tyrant, how can you protect your family? And how does a proud man live with that knowledge? Reminiscent in part of "Stasiland" and "The Bookseller of Kabul", this is the story of one family's struggle to survive the iniquities of Saddam Hussein's savage dictatorship. It is a career-defining book for Wendell Steavenson. In "The Weight of a Mustard Seed", Wendell Steavenson tells the story of General Kamel Sachet, a decorated hero of the long Iran-Iraq war and a favourite of Saddam Hussein's. As Steavenson reveals the emotional and psychological scars the Sachet family suffer as a result of decades spent living with war and repression, she reaches towards the heart of a previously unspoken story of Iraq: a once prosperous nation, reduced by Hussein's megalomania and paranoia to bankruptcy, corruption and impotence.
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517
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Written by Jonny Mardling
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
 All My Shows Are Great: The Life Of Lew Grade
Author: Lewis Chester
Format: Hardback
Published: 25/02/2010
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd
ISBN-13: 9781845135089
Lew Grade was the last of the old-time media moguls a genuine show business tycoon. From humble Jewish immigrant beginnings in east London, he became the world Charleston dance champion (and could dance it well into his eighties), from which he drifted into theatrical agenting, at which he discovered he was extremely good. Soon he was a top impresario, with his brothers Bernard (Delfont) and Leslie Grade putting together variety bills, owning theatres, and eventually booking showbiz's biggest names from both sides of the Atlantic. The birth of commercial television saw him win a franchise with ATV, where Grade was a pioneer of popular culture, responsible for such TV hits as Saturday Night at the London Palladium, Robert Powell's epic portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth and bringing shows like Thunderbirds and The Muppets to British TV screens. He then went into films, most notoriously with Raise the Titantic! whose cost over-runs inspired his most memorable witticism, that It would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic .
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Written by Jonny Mardling
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
 Ground Truth: 3 Para Return To Afghanistan
Author: Patrick Bishop
Format: Paperback
Published: 04/02/2010
Publisher: Harpercollins Distribution Services
ISBN-13: 9780007296651
Afghanistan, 2008. After their eighteen-month epic tour of Helmand Province, the troops of 3 Para are back. This time, the weight of experience weighs heavily on their shoulders. In April 2006 the elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on a tour that has become a legend. All that summer the Paras were subjected to relentless Taliban attacks in one of the most gruelling campaigns fought by British troops in modern times. Two years later the Paras are back in the pounding heat of the Afghanistan front lines. The conflict has changed. The enemy has been forced to adopt new weaponry and tactics. But how much progress are we really making in the war against the insurgents? And is there an end in sight? In this searing account of 3 Para's return, bestselling author Patrick Bishop combines gripping, first-person accounts of front-line action with an unflinching look at the hard realities of our involvement in Afghanistan. Writing from a position of exclusive access alongside the Paras, he reveals the 'ground truth' of the mission our soldiers have been given. It's a sombre picture.
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