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  • Death to Order

    A Modern History of Assassination

    by Simon Ball ...
    A deeply researched history of assassination in the modern world, from Franz Ferdinand to Osama bin LadenArchduke Franz Ferdinand, Leon Trotsky, Reinhard Heydrich, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Osama bin Laden, Qasem Soleimani: assassination—the murder of a specific individual by an organised conspiracy in pursuit of political ends—has rarely ... Read more

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  • Secret History

    Writing the Rise of Britain's Intelligence Services

    by Simon Ball ...
    As John le Carré's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations.Secret History demonstrates that a critical scrutiny of internal "after action" assessments of intelligence prepared by British officials provides an invaluable and ... Read more

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  • The Guardsmen

    Harold Macmillan, Three Friends and the World they Made

    by Simon Ball ...
    From the playing fields of Eton via the horrors of the Western Front to the pinnacle of political power in 20th-century Britain – a brilliant collective biography of Harold Macmillan, Lord Salisbury, Oliver Lyttleton and Harry Crookshank.Harold Macmillan, Oliver Lyttleton, Bobbety Cranbourne and Harry Crookshank all arrived at Eton in 1906, all served on the Western Front in the same battalion of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Alamein

    Great Battles

    by Simon Ball ...
    Series series Great Battles
    El Alamein was one of the pivotal battles of the Second World War, fought by armies and air forces on the cutting edge of military technology. Yet Alamein has always had a patchy reputation - with many commentators willing to knock its importance. This book explains just why El Alamein is such a controversial battle. Based on an intensive reading of the contemporary sources, in particular the ... Read more

    $11.59 CAD

  • The Bitter Sea

    The Struggle for Mastery in the Mediterranean 1935–1949

    by Simon Ball ...
    A gripping history of the Mediterranean campaigns from the first rumblings of conflict through the Second World War and into the uneasy peace of the late 1940s.The Mediterranean Sea lies at the very heart of recent world history. To the British during the Second World War, the Mediterranean was the world’s great thoroughfare. To the Americans, it represented the answer to anti-imperialism. And to ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Secret History

    Writing the Rise of Britain's Intelligence Services

    by Simon Ball ...
    As John le Carré's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations.Secret History demonstrates that a critical scrutiny of internal "after action" assessments of intelligence prepared by British officials provides an invaluable and ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Death to Order

    A Modern History of Assassination

    by Simon Ball ...
    Narrated by Mike Cooper ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 34 min

    A deeply researched history of assassination in the modern world, from Franz Ferdinand to Osama bin LadenArchduke Franz Ferdinand, Leon Trotsky, Reinhard Heydrich, Mahatma Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Osama bin Laden, Qasem Soleimani: assassination—the murder of a specific individual by an organized conspiracy in pursuit of political ends—has rarely ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Navy Board Ship Models

    A beautifully illustrated history of the early ship models of the Royal Navy that are prized today as works of art.From about the middle of the seventeenth century, the Royal Navy's administrators began to commission models of their ships that were accurately detailed and, for the first time, systematically to scale. These developed a recognized style, which included features like the unplanked ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Great Debates in Employment Law

    Series series Great Debates in Law
    This textbook is an ambitious and engaging introduction to the more advanced writings on employment law, primarily designed to allow students to 'get under the skin' of the topic and begin to build their critical thinking and analysis skills. Each chapter is structured around key questions and debates that provoke deeper thought and, ultimately, a clearer understanding.The aim of the book is ... Read more

    $51.49 CAD

  • Integrity, Community and Interpretation

    Critical Analysis of Ronald Dworkin's Theory of Law

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1998, this volume examines the work of Ronald Dworkin, the leading legal philosopher of our time, ten years after his seminal work, Law’s Empire. Its impact and influence was so extensive that the authors felt compelled to undertake both an in-depth analysis of both the book itself and its critical reaction, including a survey of the literature on Law’s Empire. ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Science Stories

    The complete BBC Radio 4 popular science series

    Unabridged

    22 hours 32 min

    In these ten absorbing series, award-winning authors Naomi Alderman and Philip Ball and guest presenters Tracey Logan, Kevin Fong, Simon Schaffer and Lindsey Fitzharris take a look at the many amazing events and characters from science's long history. In this collection, which runs close to 23 hours in total, they throw light on the revolutionary visionaries who defined how we see the world, from ... Read more

    $29.51 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Barrytown

    Five Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations including The Commitments, Snapper & The Van

    Unabridged

    5 hours 30 min

    Full-Cast dramatisations of Roddy Doyle’s award winning novels with his iconic, well loved charactersRoddy Doyle's storytelling takes center stage in this comprehensive collection of dramatisations. Known for his authentic portrayal of working-class Dublin life, Doyle's works are brought to life in this series, featuring the Barrytown trilogy—The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van—as well as h. ... Read more

    $25.83 CAD

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