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<p> <strong>'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING...AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY</strong> </p> <p>In this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting on the Middle East where his internationally bestselling <em>The Great War of Civilisation</em> left off.</p> <p>From the Arab uprisings and the Syrian civil war to Israel's conflicts with Palestine and Lebanon, Fisk condemns the West's ongoing hypocrisy and interference while revealing the horrific truth of life on the ground. Unafraid to criticise authority and unpick complex truths, hecreates a compelling narrative of passionate and engaging journalism, historical analysis and eyewitness reporting.</p> <p>With a Postscript by Nelofer Pazira-Fisk and a foreword by Patrick Cockburn, <em>Night of Power</em> delivers an essential and prophetic account of the last twenty years, which exposes the inescapable consequences of colonial oppression and violence in the Middle East.</p> <p> <strong>'This is a masterly work by a unique and gifted "historian of the present", who was unafraid to criticise authority while revealing the horrific realities of life and death on the ground' Conor O'Clery, <em>Irish Times</em></strong> </p> <p> <strong>'Every sentence of Robert Fisk radiates his loathe of wars and the inevitable dehumanization they produce, which makes his (sadly) last book an everlasting warning, beyond its value as a meticulous historical recount and analysis of today's events' Amira Hass, journalist, <em>Haaretz</em></strong> </p> <p> <strong>'Fisk's reporting is clear-eyed and unflinching, a model for what journalists should aspire to practice in their ever more important and widely threatened craft' Anthony Arnove, editor, <em>Iraq Under Siege</em> and author, <em>Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal</em></strong> </p> <p> <strong>'I was at the funeral of a friend of mine, in Kilternan cemetery ... I came across Robert Fisk's grave. Someone has to bear witness to the unspeakable, and he did it, whatever the cost to himself' Neil Jordan, film director and writer</strong> </p>

<p><b>'A necessary book - and I can think of no writer better qualified to write it' Cal Flyn </b></p><p><b><i>What if Chernobyl was just the beginning?</i></b><br/><br/><b>The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-five days of war<br/><br/></b>On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, armoured vehicles approached the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. It was the most direct way for them to reach the capital - and an extraordinarily reckless plan after the disaster that had taken place there three decades earlier. Russian occupation of the plant had begun. It would last thirty-five days.<br/><br/>Closely reported and narrated from multiple perspectives, this is the story of the Ukrainians who were held hostage and worked shifts for weeks instead of days to spare the world a new nuclear accident. We meet Valentyn Heiko, the foreman who had also been there for the clean-up of the Chernobyl accident in 1986 and turned sixty during the occupation; plant workers who found a way to celebrate International Women's Day despite all odds; Russian officers who had no knowledge of nuclear reactors; and four stalkers who were caught in the middle and stood in for the overworked cook.<br/><br/>Gripping and unforgettable, Chernobyl Roulette sounds the alarm about the dangers of nuclear sites in an unprecedented time, when plant workers are left to fight on their own while the world holds its breath. In a book that reads like a thriller, Serhii Plokhy tells a remarkable story about human nature, uncertainty and courage.</p>

<p><i>The Achilles Trap </i>masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America's fundamental miscalculations during its ruinous, decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein.<br/><br/>Beginning with Saddam's rise to power in 1979 and the birth of Iraq's secret nuclear weapons programme, Steve Coll traces Saddam's motives through understanding his inner circle. He brings to life the diplomats, scientists, family members and generals who had no choice but to defer to their leader - a leader directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, as well as the torture or imprisonment of many more. This was a man whose reasoning was impossible to reduce to a simple explanation, and the CIA and successive presidential administrations failed to grasp critical nuances in his paranoia, resentments and inconsistencies - even when the stakes were incredibly high.<br/><br/>Using unpublished and underreported sources, interviews with surviving participants, and Saddam's own transcripts and audio files, <i>The Achilles Trap </i>is a remarkable picture of a dictator who was convinced the world was out to get him and acted accordingly. A work of great historical significance, it is the definitive account of how corruptions of power, lies of diplomacy and vanity - on both sides - led to avoidable errors of statecraft: ones that would enact immeasurable human suffering and forever change our political landscape.</p>

<p><b>A<i> Financial Times</i>,<i> New York Times</i> and <i>Times</i>/<i>Sunday Times </i>Book of the Year<br/><br/>'As powerfully intimate as it is politically incendiary' <i>VOGUE</i><br/>'Private Revolutions could be a Netflix series, for family, violence and romance abound'<i> IRISH TIMES</i><br/>'A portrait of China through four women who refused to accept the life laid out for them. Incredible' <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br/>'A revelatory, moving and tender tale of hopes, fears and change' PETER FRANKOPAN</b><br/><br/>Yuan Yang, the first Chinese-born British MP, tells the stories of four Chinese women striving for a better future in an unequal society. From June, who dreams of going to university rather than raising pigs, to Sam, forced into hiding as her activist peers are lifted from the streets, this is a singularly immersive portrait of a rapidly changing nation - and of the courage of those caught in the swell.</p>

<p><b>Pre-order the final book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling the story of The Odyssey - can a hero find his way home?</b><br/><b>Sometimes the hardest journey is the way back home . . .</b><br/>Wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca, has won Troy for the Greeks - after a decade of brutal, bloody warfare. But now this warrior remembers he is a husband and father - and his gaze turns longingly towards home.<br/>Setting sail with a small fleet, Odysseus dreams of soon lying in the arms of his beloved wife Penelope, and of teaching his son Telemachus the ways of a warrior. However, the gods laugh at the foolish hopes of mortals. And, angered by this upstart, Poseidon - God of the ocean realms - curses our hero to wander the seas for ten long years.<br/>Encountering one-eyed giants, six-headed monsters, terrible storms, titanic whirlpools, hypnotic sirens, seductive witches and jealous goddesses, Odysseus is tempted and tormented beyond any man's endurance.<br/>Yet he is no mere mortal - and the lure of his wife and son draws him, step by step, stroke by stroke, ever closer to home and his ultimate destiny . . .<br/>A tale of love and longing, return and redemption, home and hope, Stephen Fry's <i>Odyssey</i> sees the author and national treasure weave the final threads of the fabulous story begun in the worldwide bestseller, <i>Mythos,</i> into an astonishing and mesmerising tapestry for the ages.<br/><b>Praise for Stephen Fry's Greek Myths series:</b><br/><br/>'Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased' <i>The </i><i>Times</i><br/><br/>'Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' <i>Daily Mail</i><br/><br/>'A head-spinning marathon of legends' <i>Guardian</i><br/><br/>'A rollicking good read' <i>Independent</i><br/><br/>'An Olympian feat. The gods seem to be smiling on Fry - his myths are definitely a hit' <i>Evening Standard</i></p>

<strong>One of the government's former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want. </strong> <p>Influence makes you think what you think and do as you do. You use it to change the thoughts and behaviours of others - just as others use it change yours.</p> <p>We have been perfecting our influence for millions of years, but in the last 20 years digital technologies have revolutionised how influence works. We are now connected to old school friends and niche interest groups - but unwittingly also to organised criminals, terrorists and hostile states who infiltrate our societies. The course of history is being shaped: elections have been hijacked, lies spread about pandemics and the rapidly heating climate, and information has become as important as bullets and bombs to winning wars. More than ever, influence has become the crucial currency for commercial and political gain: If you don't understand it, you will likely become its victim.</p> <p>Written by a former government behavioural scientist working at the cutting edge of this field, <em>Influence</em> is a groundbreaking guide to the chaotic and murky world we live in. Through examining five key factors we are taken on a tour from the past to our real-world present, to build a picture of the major role influence plays in everyday life.</p> <p><em>Influence</em> provides a simple personal plan illustrating how you can use influence to achieve your goals - whether gaining that promotion, getting your friends to a music festival, or your children to eat their greens. But by understanding the nature of influence, you will also see how it is changing in the information age, enabling dangerous adversaries to gain power, leaving our societies in peril. Most importantly, by using the tools of influence you will be empowered to play your part in protecting us - it will be down to you and everyone you know.</p> <p><em>Influence</em> is a fascinating guide to how you can help by understanding it, using it and resisting it.</p>