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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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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.
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The official, never before told, account of Brooks’s wartime service as an undercover agent. After the war, he continued to serve with MI6, and so was constrained not to relate any of his experiences. His is an exciting story; time and again he was faced by danger and incipient disaster. He brushed shoulders with some of the worst traitors of the Second World War, and was targeted by the Gestapo, who came within an ace of entrapping him.
