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On 28th May 1982, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment – 2 Para – went into action to retake the settlement of Goose Green on East Falkland, where more than 1000 Argentine soldiers were holding 119 Falkland Islanders – men, women, children and one baby – in squalid conditions. Forty years on, Goose Green is still the biggest and bloodiest battle the British Army has fought in modern times. This book is the living narrative of the battle told by the very men who fought it; not just the soldiers of 2 Para, but also the SAS, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, and others, in more than a hundred exclusive and untold personal accounts.
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As BA Flight 149 took off for Malaysia via Kuwait in August 1990, Iraqi troops were already gathering on the Kuwaiti border. Invasion was imminent. Using extensive and exclusive accounts, Stephen Davis reveals the true extent of the hostages’ ordeal and their battle for survival.
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On 12 July 1962, the Rollin’ Stones performed their first-ever gig at London’s Marquee jazz club. Down the line, a ‘g’ w as added, a spark was lit and their destiny was sealed. No going back. Lesley-Ann Jones’s new history tracks this contradictory, disturbing, granitic and unstoppable band through hope, glory and exile, into the juggernaut years and beyond into rock’s ongoing reckoning, where the Stones seem more at odds than ever with the values and heritage against which they have always rebelled.
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By the time she was in her twenties, Tess Swan had moved into a squat and become addicted to heroin. Unable to maintain social relationships, and suffering terrible mental and physical health, she gave birth to two children she couldn’t care for. After later being diagnosed with Hepatitis C and the total collapse of her relationship with her daughter, Tess was at rock bottom. Enter Kratu, Tess’ unexpected canine saviour who changed her life. Born on the streets of Romania, Kratu was destined for a life of hardship, that was until Tess decided to adopt him and bring him home. Together they have gone on to achieve amazing things, overcoming multiple obstacles such as Tess’s diagnosis with Autism, bringing joy to each other and everyone they meet. Tess’s determination and Kratu’s lovable energy have warmed the hearts of many, including the crowds of Crufts, where Kratu was a runaway success.
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After equalling Michael Schumacher’s records in both race wins, and world titles, in 2020, Lewis Hamilton became the joint-most successful racing driver of all time – and the most dominant and successful Briton ever to drive in Formula 1. Hamilton’s debut season in 2007 won him fans around the world, and his place in Formula One history was sealed the following year when he became the youngest-ever world champion. In the years since, he has created headlines on and off the track with his rivalries with Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel and relationships that have landed him on the front pages of the tabloids. However, despite the media glare, he has continued to prove his incredible talent and tenacity and remain dominant in his sport. In this insightful biography, bestselling sports author Frank Worrall traces the slipstream of Hamilton’s incredible career as the fastest driver on the planet.
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We take summer holidays for granted but, back in the 1940s, the picture was very different. War had gripped Britain. Wave after wave of bombs fell, beaches were closed off, and petrol was rationed by the forbidding question, ‘Is your journey really necessary?’ But the summer days (with double summer time) seemed to go on forever, war or no war – and British families were determined to make the best of their paralysed country. For evacuated children, this meant freedom that is unimaginable today: wandering at will, discovering wildlife in fields and ponds, foraging from orchards and hedgerows and swimming in the streams. Elsewhere, country estates were requisitioned for the war efforts, the tennis courts given over for training and the Lord and Lady of the manor sent packing! In this book, Caroline Taggart shows us how Britons succeeded in keeping up spirits in spite of the constant devastation of battle.
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THE STORY OF THE NEW KING OF THE KOP
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More words have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. And yet, until now, the one voice missing has been the one belonging to the man who knew him best. Muhammad Ali was, without doubt, the world’s most-loved sportsman and people. At the height of his celebrity he was the most famous person in the world. And no one was closer to him than Rahaman Ali, his only sibling and best friend. From time spent relaxing together behind closed doors, to encounters with kings, presidents and celebrities, he is able to offer an insider’s perspective on all the well-known stories as well as never-before-told tales.
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Well-known social historian, broadcaster and author, Carl Chinn, has spent decades searching the Peaky Blinders out. Here, he reveals the true story of the notorious gang members, one of whom was his own great grandfather, an illegal bookmaker in back-street Birmingham. In this social history, Chinn shines a light on the rarely reported struggles of the working class in one of the great cities of the British Empire before the First World War.
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In her own words, the life of the beautiful young model and dancer who helped to bring down the Tory government of Harold Macmillan – the ‘Profumo Affair’ remains the greatest political sex scandal in recent British history. Following Christine Keeler’s death in December 2017, it is now possible to update her book to include revelations that she did not wish to be published in her lifetime. The result is a revised and updated book containing material that has never been officially released, which really does lift the lid on just how far the Establishment will go to protect its own.
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On 21st March, 2002, Milly Dowler left her school in Surrey for the last time. Less than an hour later, she was to be abducted and murdered in the cruellest fashion, sparking a missing person investigation that would span months before her body was found. In the two years that followed, two more young women РMarsha McDonnell and then Am̩lie Delagrange Рwere murdered in unspeakably brutal attacks. Yet with three murdered women on their hands, and few leads open to them, investigating officers were running out of ideas and options, until SIO Colin Sutton was drafted into the investigation for the murder of Delagrange. Seeing a connection between the three women, and thriving under the pressure of a serial killer hunt, Sutton was finally able to bring their murderer to justice after the case had begun to seem hopeless.
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From a start in life as the only child of working-class parents in Brighton, this is the story of how Sir Rod Aldridge came to develop one of the UKs most successful companies, Capita, after being failed by the UK’s educational system.
