In a fly-blown bar in West Africa, British war reporter James Brabazon found himself being briefed on covert military plans to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea by one of Africa's most notorious mercenaries
- his friend Nick du Toit. The Byzantine plot, its farcical execution & its tragic consequences led to Simon Mann & a host of celebrated guns-for-hire falling victim to their own avaricious plans, Machiavellian scheming & ruthless double-crosses. In a twist of fate, James Brabazon remained free. His mercenary friend wasn't so lucky. Nick du Toit was sentenced to serve thirty-four years in Black Beach prison, Africa's most notorious jail
- a sentence which James could have been serving alongside him. Their unlikely friendship began two years earlier on the bloody battlefields of the Liberian civil war. With Nick as his bodyguard, James was the only journalist to film behind rebel lines. Establishing him as a brave & talented filmmaker, the war tested James's physical & moral boundaries to the limit
- & opened a door on to a dangerous world of mercenaries, spies & violent regime change. MY FRIEND THE MERCENARY recounts James's courageous journey into the Liberian war, & tells the inside story of the most infamous coup attempt in recent history. Through this gripping narrative, James Brabazon explodes the myth of the modern mercenary, & paints a moving portrait of an extraordinary friendship. It is a brutally honest book about what it takes to be a journalist, survivor & friend in the morally corrosive crucible of war.


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Meet Happy, a magical imaginary friend who can make any day brighter.

If you're feeling worried, sad or scared,

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Details: This great A6 notebook

Includes:: 15 ' My Friends' entries where you can add key information


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Details: This great A6 notebook

Includes:: 15 ' My Friends' entries where you can add key information


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Jamie has lots of friends – lots of friends with different kinds of families.

Kate’s got two dads, Hannah has a

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Details: In this amusing story follow a little boy who loves to spend time with his funny family. Despite their wild &
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Mum's 30th birthday is coming up & after such a hectic year for the Butterfields, Mattie wants to make it extra-special.

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Helen Babbs lives in Holloway, North London, in a first-floor flat with a small roof garden. Inspired by the launch of a Living Roofs for Wildlife campaign she decides to transform her rooftop into an organic, wildlife-friendly, edible garden. A complete gardening novice, she embarks upon a year of gardening & nature watching. ...

Details: Everybody has a ghost story, but how many people have filmed theirs? Following on from the hugely popular first
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Everybody has a ghost story. But how many people have filmed theirs? Welcome to My Ghost Story, where true & unbelievable stories of the paranormal are told by the people who lived through them
- & actually captures their hauntings on camera. From moving furniture to dark apparitions to violent poltergeists, these harrowing eye-witness accounts of the unexplainable are transformed into more than tales with terrifying visual evidence. In My Ghost Story
- Caught On Camera, you'll have no choice but to believe your eyes.

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