Not dead yet. Not kidnapped, captured, tortured or killed. But he's come bloody close... Meet ' Big' Phil Campion. To his fellow operators he's a private military contractor. To you or me he's a mercenary, a soldier of fortune, a gun for hire selling violence to the highest bidder. But to Big Phil it's all just another chapter in a life spent fighting in the shadows. Abandoned. Run-away. Half-beaten to death. Blown-up. Locked up. & all before the age of twenty. This is the incredible true story of how Phil Campion survived all of that, & went on to complete Commando selection, Para selection, & to join the SAS
- before fighting as a mercenary in the world's toughest war zones. Undertaking deniable operations, freeing hostages & escaping terrorists hell bent on revenge
- the dangers & insane risks of life as a private military operator eclipsed even those of waging war in an SAS Sabre Squadron. Big Phil's story of life on the private military circuit (' The Circuit') is a high-octane blend of chasing fast bucks in a Wild West industry, whilst always staying one step ahead of the bad guys. 'I've often been asked if I've killed anyone. My answer: I didn't shoot to miss.' Phil Campion, January 2010.

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Reg Kray is one of Britain's most notorious criminals. Together with his brother Ron, he rose through the ranks of London's East End gangland to run an evil empire of vice & villainy. But, after half a lifetime behind bars, Reg wants to set the record straight. Here, in his own words, is the true story of his life as one half of a criminal double act with his brother Ron, the chilling career of two street-wise kids who became standard-bearers of violence
- from fire-bombings to shootings & cold-blooded murder. But here too is the inner voice of a one-time mobster who learned compassion through his own struggle to come to terms with a life sentence.
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When hundreds of thousands of Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, they brought with them long experience as rebels & outcasts as well as unparalleled skills as frontiersmen & guerrilla fighters. This book chronicles the epic journey of this remarkable ethnic group. ...

Explains how empathy develops, why it is essential for our development into healthy adults, & how it is threatened in the modern world. This title shows that compassion underlies the qualities that make society work
- trust, altruism, collaboration, love, charity-and how difficulties related to empathy are key factors in social problems.
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Teenagers Rand & Jena Thompson reluctantly move from Chicago to Africa with their scientist father, only to discover orphaned cub Elsa. Elsa has been raised by Ellie Porter & her daughter Val, but now faces life in a zoo. Rand & Val set about revivi ...

In Born Liars, Ian Leslie takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of ideas that brings the latest news about deception back from the frontiers of psychology, neuroscience, & philosophy, & explores the role played by lies
- both black & white
- in our childhoods, our careers, & our health, as well as in advertising, politics, sport & war. Drawing on thinkers as varied as Augustine, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud & Joni Mitchell, the author argues that, far from being a bug in the human software, lying is central to who we are; that we cannot understand ourselves without first understanding the dynamics of deceit. After reading Born Liars you'll never think about lies
- or life
- in quite the same way again. This book has 497 pages & is 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm



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The next League novel from 1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Born an Outcast, Talyn Batur has spent

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For Caillen Dagan, a defiant soldier of fortune, survival isnt a right: its a brutal daily battle. Moving through the Ichidaian universe like a wraith, his brushes with the law & death are legendary. But when an act of rare heroism reveals his hidden birthright, hes forced into a world much more dangerous & cold-hearted than the bloody streets where he was raised
- one of obscene wealth & lethal politics.

Ferocious & determined, Desideria serves as an official bodyguard for her queen. Born of questionable genetics, she will do anything to prove herself worthy of the weapons she carries & the position shes won by combat.

But when she uncovers a ruthless plot to assassinate the queen & overthrow her countrys government, Desideria is caught in the crossfire. With assassination contracts out on both of them, Caillen & Desideria must learn to fight together or die alone. & if they fail, their governments will fall into the hands of an unimaginable evil.




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War drama based on the autobiographical book by Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise plays Kovic, a man brought up in the God-fearing All-American tradition, the perfect material to fight for the US cause in Vietnam. However, nothing could prepare the young Marine for t ...

Elliot is terrified of almost everything.

From the moment he was born, his life has been governed by acute fear. The only

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