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'A superb account of the invasion that deserves immense praise. To convey the human drama of Normandy requires great knowledge and sensitivity. Holland has both in spades' The Times • Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history, unflinchingly examining the brutality and violence that characterised the campaign, and totally recalibrating our understanding of this momentous event • D-Day and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed have come to be seen as a defining episode in the Second World War. Its story has been endlessly retold, and yet it remains a narrative burdened by both myth and assumed knowledge • In this reexamined history, James Holland challenges what we think we know

По мере того как экономика данных набирает силу, Карисса Велиз рассказывает о том, как крупные технологии и правительства подрывают нашу конфиденциальность, почему это важно и что мы можем с этим поделать. "Обязательное чтение для тех из нас, кто нажимает "согласен" по десять раз в день" - Джонатан Вульф • По мере того как экономика данных набирает силу, Карисса Велиз рассказывает о том, как крупные технологии и правительства подрывают нашу конфиденциальность, почему это важно и что мы можем с этим поделать • В тот момент, когда вы проверяете свой телефон утром, вы отдаете свои данные. Еще до того, как вы выключите будильник, целый ряд организаций будет оповещен о том, когда вы проснулись, где вы спали и с кем • Без вашего разрешения или даже без вашего ведома технологические компании собирают вашу информацию, ваше местоположение,ваши симпатии, ваши привычки и делятся ею между собой

Перед вами - интерактивный дневник самопознания, призванный помочь читателю взрастить в себе творческую жилку, вдумчивость, самоосознанность и мотивацию. И не утонуть в хаосе и сумбурности повседневной жизни. А всё потому, что она напоминает нам: те, кто потратят время на самопознание и более глубокое понимание своих целей, смогут по достоинству оценить мир вокруг и воплотить в жизнь свои мечты • На страницах вдохновляющей книги Миры Ли Патель, оформление которой бросается в глаза благодаря эффектному шрифту и визуальному стилю оформления, обеспечившего множество поклонников её бренду текстильных изделий и канцелярских принадлежностей, вы найдёте упражнения, способствующие саморефлексии посредством писательства, рисования, составления графиков и других способов

Кристин Куинн, звезда популярного сериала Netflix "Продаваемый закат", показывает женщинам, как непримиримо владеть своей властью в бизнесе и отношениях, чтобы жить так, как они хотят • Книга Кристин Куинн "Как стать стервой-боссом", частично содержащая инструкции, частично манифест, частично рассказывающая обо всем, откровенно рассказывает о сексе и деньгах, моде и славе, сплетнях и благодарности, уверенности и сознательности. Делясь подробностями своего пути от выпускницы средней школы до миллионерши, сделавшей себя сама, звезды реалити-шоу и предпринимателя в сфере моды и красоты, Куинн дает своим читателям инструменты для определения собственного стиля "стервозной начальницы" и демонстрации собственного успеха - без ограничений со стороны общества

A colouring book edition of this million-copy-selling classic! If you could do anything, what would you choose? And now choose the colours too! • A colouring-book edition of the bestselling classic which children can colour in and make their own • Imagine you could go anywhere, with anyone and do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep? Who would be your friends? What games would you play? Go on . . . You choose! With the help of Nick Sharratt's wonderful illustrations, Pippa Goodhart looks at a whole range of scenarios where choosing is made fun! • There are 24 jam-packed pages to colour in and sixty fantastic full-colour stickers to stick wherever you choose • The perfect combination of fun and learning, this is a wonderful way to expand skills in literacy

1936. George Street, West Yorkshire, houses a gleaming, brand-new telephone exchange where a group of capable girls works the complicated electrical switchboards. Among them are Cynthia, Norma and Millicent, who relish the busy, efficient atmosphere and the independence and friendship their jobs have given them • But when Millicent connects a telephone call for an old friend, and listens in to the conversation - breaking one of the telephonists' main rules - she, and then Norma and Cynthia too, become caught up in a story of scandal, corruption and murder • Soon, the jobs of all three girls are on the line • Norma's romance is in ruins • And Millicent has entered a world of vice • In tough times, the telephone girls will need to call on their friends more than ever

'I know who you are: you're the Boss.' The words of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, on meeting Jack Charlton and his Republic of Ireland team before the 1990 World Cup Finals • Indeed Jack Charlton was the Boss - a man whose strength of character drove him to achievements beyond the scope of his own natural talents or those of the teams who played under him • His book tells of his childhood in a Northumberland mining village and how he escaped a life down the mine by joining Leeds United, where he played for twenty years. As a footballer, he touched the pinnacle in England's legendary 1966 World Cup winning team. As a manager, he dragged the Republic of Ireland from the backwaters of international football to compete with the world's best. As a man, he was noted for his forthright personality - one whose views were as honest as they were respected

For ten years, Delia has had to fend for herself and her son Jack, and as a young unmarried mother, life has never been easy. Every new coat and pair of shoes was bought with what little money she could scrape together as a singer on the stage • But when the theatre work dries up, Delia faces a dilemma: continue the search for employment with no knowing whether she’ll find the stability and security her son needs, or return to the place that should be home . . . where only spite and hatred await them • Desperate now, a chance encounter suddenly presents a lifeline. But Delia is faced with an impossible, heart-wrenching choice. Can she bear to leave Jack behind, hoping another family will care for him? Will they ever be reunited? • What else can a mother do to give her son the life he deserves? • Val Wood's wonderful historical sagas are perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Maggie Hope and Rosie Goodwin

North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. It is Orwell’s 1984 made reality • The regime controls the flow of information to its citizens, pouring relentless propaganda through omnipresent loud speakers. Free speech is an illusion: one word out of line and the gulag awaits. State spies are everywhere, ready to punish disloyalty and the slightest sign of discontent • You must bow to Kim Il Sung, the Eternal Leader and to his son, Generalissimo Kim Jong Il. Worship the dead and then hail the living, the Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un • North Koreans are told their home is the greatest nation on earth. Big Brother is always watching • Posing as a university professor, award-winning BBC journalist John Sweeney travelled undercover to gain unprecedented access to the world’s most secret state

When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they are primed for action - but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack: the what, where or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless • The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world, a dark, lean man born and raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done before - pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs - pass off Martin as the trusted Khan • It will require extraordinary preparation, and then extraordinary luck, for nothing can truly prepare Martin for the dark and shifting world he is about to enter

A love story like no other! Perfect for fans of David Nicholls, Jojo Moyes and Richard Curtis films, You, Me and the Movies will leave you crying tears of joy and sadness • When Arden meets Mac she quickly falls for the handsome, charismatic film lecturer. Their love is the sort you see in movies: dramatic, exciting and all-consuming... and complicated • A love like theirs could never last • But years later, whilst visiting a friend in hospital, Arden sees the one face she could never forget. Badly injured, Mac can only make brief references to the classic films they once watched together. Which is all it takes for Arden to remember everything • Will Arden ever find a movie-worthy love again?

How do you tell someone what it's like to kill a man hand to hand, run a bayonet through his guts, or shoot a sniper in the face who turns out to be a woman? How do you explain the nine-year-old boy who throws a grenade and kills your best friend? How do you tell them what it's like? Or about the sunsets on the mountains or the green of Viet Nam, or the sounds and the smells, and the people, and the girl who can't even say your name, but you know you love her. There was nothing any of them could say. So most of them rode home in silence • For seven years Paxton Andrews would write an acclaimed newspaper column for Americans from the front, before finally returning to the States and then attending the Paris peace talks. But for her, and for the men who fought in Viet Nam, life would never be the same again