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<b>THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNE, ENDORSED BY THE MAYNE FAMILY </b><br/><b><br/>Summer 1944:</b> the SAS were charged with the most crucial D-Day missions, taking on the might of the Nazi Reich deep behind enemy lines.<br/><br/>Facing Hitler's fearsome Panzer divisions with <b>little more than raw courage and their nimble Willys jeeps</b>, it would take maverick thinking and unconventional warfare to survive and overcome. Hunted at every turn, <b>Blair 'Paddy' Mayne's SAS would face a bitter and bloody struggle</b> to topple the enemy.<br/><br/> Drawing on <b>never-before-seen archive material</b>, bestselling military historian Damien Lewis brings to life the incredible efforts of the SAS as they dared all to bring the war to its close.<br/><br/> <b>Praise for Damien Lewis' books:</b><br/> <b>'A convincing insight</b> into the terror and adrenaline rush of war' - <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br/><br/> 'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and <b>a born storyteller'</b> - Lee Child<br/><br/><b>'One of the most remarkable stories</b> in the history of Special Forces' operations' - <i>Daily Express</i><br/><br/>'A <b>howitzer</b> of a tale' - <i>Daily Mail</i><br/><br/>'Absolutely <b>gripping'</b> - <i>Times Radio</i><br/><br/><b>'Riveting</b>. Extraordinary' - Dan Snow<br/><br/>'An incredible story, and <b>so well told'</b> - Bear Grylls<br/><br/>'Honesty, integrity and real experience that <b>puts you in the thick of the action</b>' - Billy Billingham

<b>The extraordinary story of Olympian who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and survived to tell his story.</b><br/><br/>Alfred Nakache, a Jewish child from Constantine, never imagined that he would one day swim for France at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, nor than he would achieve a world record, as he did in 1941. As a child he was petrified of the water and yet, somehow, through sheer willpower and determination, he rose to become one of the very best swimmers in the world. That was until 1943, when he was banned from the pool - and in the same year, deported and sent to Auschwitz.<br/><br/>Not knowing if he would ever see his wife and daughter again, Alfred battled on, through the humiliation and the pain, even defying the guards by swimming in the water reserves of Auschwitz. Somehow - miraculously - he survived, swimming every day until the end of his life.<br/><br/><i>The Swimmer of Auschwitz</i> is the unique, true story of a forgotten hero, told with remarkable power and simplicity.

<b>The instant No. 1 <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller, updated with exclusive new material.<br/><br/>'Scoops aplenty are here . . . An irresistible insider account of momentous royal events' -</b> <b>Melanie Reid, <i>The Times</i><br/><br/>'Fascinating . . . the book everyone is talking about' - <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br/><br/>By the acclaimed royal biographer and commentator Robert Hardman, <i>Charles III</i> is a brilliant and intimate portrait of the new monarch that draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, their close friends and staff, plus previously unseen papers from the Royal Archives.<br/><br/>With damaging headlines unleashed by the Sussexes, political crises and questions about the future of the monarchy, Charles III had no shortage of challenges when he started his reign. The Royal Family then faced a double blow in 2024 when the King and Catherine, the Princess of Wales, were diagnosed with cancer, the news shocking the nation.<br/><br/>The dramatic story is uncovered here, along with the vital role played by Queen Camilla, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal and others. From the emotional days following the death of Elizabeth II to the pageantry of the coronation, from the truth about the King's relationship with Prince William and Prince Harry and the way he has coped with his illness to his role on the world stage, Hardman takes us behind the pomp and ceremony to reveal Charles the man as well as the monarch.<br/><br/>Authoritative and richly insightful, <i>Charles III</i> is the definitive account of a king determined to maximize 'the time God grants me' - and enjoy it.<br/><br/><b>'This glorious book reveals the real Charles III. Hardman's magisterial biography, full of detail about the King, the Queen and the Sussexes alike, will become a historical document' - Simon Heffer, <i>The Telegraph</i></b>

Hard work is irrelevant. Be radically honest. Adequate performance gets a generous severance.<br/><br/>And never, ever try to please your boss. These are some of the ground rules if you work at Netflix. They are part of a unique cultural experiment that explains how the company has transformed itself at lightning speed from a DVD mail order service into a streaming superpower - with 125 million fervent subscribers and a market capitalisation bigger than Disney.<br/><br/>Finally Reed Hastings, Netflix Chairman and CEO, is sharing the secrets that have revolutionised the entertainment and tech industries. With INSEAD business school professor Erin Meyer, he will explore his leadership philosophy - which begins by rejecting the accepted beliefs under which most companies operate - and how it plays out in practice at Netflix. From unlimited holidays to abolishing financial approvals, Netflix offers a fundamentally different way to run any organization, one far more in tune with a fast-paced world.<br/><br/>For anyone interested in creativity, productivity and innovation, the Netflix culture is something close to a holy grail. This book will make it, and its creator, fully accessible for the first time.

We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents. But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran. Corrupt companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The police in one country can arm and train the police in another, and propagandists share resources and themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America. International condemnation and economic sanctions cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements, from Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow, don&rsquo;t stand a chance. The members of Autocracy, Inc, aren&rsquo;t linked by a unifying ideology, like communism, but rather a common desire for power, wealth, and impunity. In this urgent treatise, which evokes George Kennan&rsquo;s essay calling for &ldquo;containment" of the Soviet Union, Anne Applebaum calls for the democracies to fundamentally reorient their policies to fight a new kind of threat.

<i>Infantilised: How Our Culture Killed Adulthood</i> is the definitive grown-up's guide to a cultural landscape predicated on the primacy and constancy of youth.

Från det romerska torget till digitala valutor hur har marknaden utvecklats under historiens gång och hur kan den komma att se ut i framtiden? Denna antologi gör en djupdykning i marknadsutvecklingen och tittar närmare på marknaders avgörande roll i att utforma samtiden men tar också upp den brännande frågan om hur vi ska navigera fram till en hållbar framtid. <br/><br/>I tankeväckande essäer skrivna av internationella forskare, politiker och sakkunniga utforskas marknadens dynamik under tre kritiska faser: i går, i dag och i morgon. Med utgångspunkt i det antika Greklands torg och i det medeltida Europas marknader undersöker författarna hur tekniska framsteg, konsumentbeteende och geopolitisk strategi till exempel den politik som utövades under Reagan-eran har format nutida marknader. Slutligen tar boken upp de utmaningar för stabiliteten på marknaden som utgörs av till exempel auktoritära stater och AI.