Al Qaeda expert & CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen paints a multi-dimensional picture of the hunt for bin Laden over the past decade as well as the recent campaign that gradually tightened the noose around him. Other key elements of the book will include: a careful account of Obama's decision-making process in the final weeks & days as the raid was planned as well as what NSC cabinet members were advising him. The fascinating story of a group of mostly women analysts at the CIA in the HVT (high value target) section who never gave up assembling the tiniest clues about OBL's whereabouts. It is the untold & action-packed history of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) & the SEALs which accounts for the confidence Obama had in tasking them with the mission. It is an analysis of what the death of OBL means for al Qaeda for the wider jihadist movement that looked to him for inspiration & strategic guidance & for Obama's legacy. ...

This is Patrick Leigh Fermor's spellbinding part-travelogue part inspired evocation of a part of Greece's past. Joining him in the Mani one of Europe's wildest & most isolated regions cut off from the rest of Greece by the towering Taygettus mountain range & hemmed in by the Aegean & Ionian seas we discover a rocky central prong of the Peleponnese at the southernmost point in Europe. Bad communications only heightening the remoteness this Greece
- south of ancient Sparta
- is one that maintains perhaps a stronger relationship with the ancient past than with the present. Myth becomes history & vice versa... Leigh Fermor's hallmark descriptive writing & capture of unexpected detail have made this book first published in 1958 a classic
- together with its Northern Greece counterpart Roumeli.


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Telling the story of humankind as never before this book based on a major new History Channel series follows the journey of mans first steps out of Africa through the creation of empires to the globalized society of the twenty-first century. Focusing on pivotal moments that changed the course of history the History Channel series & book jumps back & forth through the millennia & across the globe to bring to life our shared human narrative in vibrant & unexpected ways. Much like a Hollywood action movie Mankind" is a fast-moving adventurous history of key events from each major historical epoch. More than just dates more than the melding of biology anthropology & archaeology this is history the way it is meant to be experienced- as the single story of humanity. With more than 300 colour photographs & maps " Mankind" is a fast-moving adventurous overview of the broad story of civilization but also

Includes:: illustrated pop-out side-bars explaining distinctions between science & history. Why is there 700 times more iron than bronze buried in the earth? Why is pepper the only food we can taste with our skin? How did a wobble in the earths axis help bring down the Egyptian empire? This is the most exciting & entertaining history of mankind ever produced. History is the TV channel that connects history with viewers in an informative immersive & entertaining manner across many platforms. It is the winner of multiple awards including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards & 12 News & Documentary Emmy Awards. It has strong international potential. " Mankind" the television series will air in 130 different countries. It has strong international support. It

Includes:: more than 300 full-colour photos. It has wide audience appeal. Written in an accessible & adventurous tone the book brings history to life with plenty of sidebars illustrations & charts. It covers key events in history from all over the globe."



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Eleanor Trewynn recently widowed returns home from years of working overseas to retire to the cozy village of Port Maybn in Cornwall Engl&. Even in retirement though she continues her charity work leasing out the first floor of her house to a charity shop. One morning as she opens the shop she finds both a particularly valuable donation & a corpse stuffed into the storeroom. The donation is linked to a violent robbery in London but the corpse looks nothing like the robbers being sought by the police. With the help of her niece Detective Sergeant Megan Pencarrow & begrudgingly Detective Inspector Scumble Eleanor is determined to unscramble this confounding case of daring theft double cross & murder most foul. ...

In June 1944 an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring & highly risky behind-the-lines mission which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day. Dropping ahead of the main Allied invasion 9 PARA were tasked with destroying an impregnable German gun battery. If they failed thousands of British troops landing on the beaches were expected to die. But their mission was flawed & started to go wrong from the moment they jumped from their aircraft above Normandy. Only twenty per cent of the unit made it to the objective & half of them were killed or wounded during the attack. Undermanned & lacking equipment & ammunition the survivors then held a critical part of the invasion beachhead. For six bloody days they defended the Breville Ridge against vastly superior German forces & bore the brunt of Rommel's attempt to turn the left flank of the Allied invasion. The Manner of Men is an epic account of courage beyond the limits of human endurance where paratroopers prevailed despite intelligence failures & higher command blunders in what has been described as one of the most remarkable feat of arms of the British Army & the Parachute Regiment during the Second World War. ...

Raise a glass & toast the Manning family wedding! For a small fee fifteen-year-old Carrie Weston wants Jason Manning to take her mother out on a date. A confirmed bachelor Jason's having none of it & neither it seems is Charlotte Carrie's mum who's mortified... Her resistance however suddenly makes it more of a challenge one that Jason can't resist... With a broken engagement to one of the Manning sisters behind him James Wilkens heads for some Vegas sun...there he meets Summer Lawton. She's on the rebound from a painful betrayal & James bets her that in a year she'll be over it. To prove his point he makes a date
- same time next year
- what will happen when they meet again? Make time for friends. Make time for Debbie Macomber.

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You are invited to a Manning family wedding... When Taylor Manning meets Russ Palmer she can't believe someone can be so stubborn macho & have such outdated views on womanhood! She's moved home & job specifically to avoid heartbreak so staying away from Russ shouldn't be a problem. Except she's itching to teach him just how powerful a woman can be... Christy Manning is on a flying visit to see her sister Taylor. She hasn't banked on her life changing. But that's exactly what happens when she sees Cody Franklin. She knows the look between them can't be real because Christy's engaged to someone else back home. But Cody can't let the love of his life walk away again. ...

Raymond Blanc has achieved worldwide fame as an inspired chef with a relentless drive for perfection. His cooking has been described as 'an extraordinary process of creativity passion subtlety indeed genius'. He is entirely self-taught & has never revealed the secrets of his cuisine. But here he explains his uniquely successful methods & shares some of the very special recipes from his Oxfordshire restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. M. Blanc's reputation is such that even before it opened in 1984 Le Manoir was awarded two Michelin stars. In keeping with Raymond Blanc's insistence on fresh produce the emphasis in this book is on seasonal variety with thirty to forty recipes for each season. With glorious photographs by Michael Boys a preface by Egon Ronay & foreword by Hugh Johnson Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons conveys a little of the genius of the chef widely regarded as the best in Britain. ...

For over three decades Manolo Blahniks shoes & his sense of the theatrical wedded to the finest materials & superlative craftsmanship have inspired fanatical devotion. This beautiful book collects together over 120 of the exquisite drawings Blahnik makes at the outset of the design process. Inimitable in style these drawings superbly reproduced in this book with special inks vividly convey Blahniks unique vision. ...

Each book in this inspired series by fashion writer Camilla Morton inventively reimagines one of our favorite Once Upon a Time" stories blending it with the real-life story of a famed fashion designer. Lushly illustrated by the designers themselves these tales illuminate each iconic individuals creative magic while celebrating his unique life & career. The result is an intriguing combination of whimsy & memoir. In this contemporary twist on the tale of the " Elves & the Shoemaker" Manolo Blahniks delightful drawings evoke the past envision the future & of course evidence the indelible footprint hes made on fashion history. His illustrations take us from the banana plantations of his childhood to his current reign at the top of high-fashion footwear design while playfully hinting at all the adventures hes had & friends hes met along the way." ...