Forest Yeo-Thomas GC was one of the bravest of the brave. A fluent French-speaker he joined SOE & was parachuted into occupied France three times to work with the Resistance. Appalled by the lack of help the British were providing he managed to arrange a five-minute meeting with Winston Churchill during which he persuaded him to do more. On his third mission he was betrayed & captured by the Gestapo; he suffered horrendous torture before being sent to Buchenwald concentration camp from where he eventually managed to escape making it back to Allied lines shortly before the end of the war. Sophie Jacksons biography reveals new information about how the torture affected Yeo-Thomas the state of SOE-Resistance co-operation Gestapo typhus experiments at Buchenwald & how White Rabbit Yeo-Thomas provided the inspiration for Ian Flemings famous secret agent James Bond. ...

Over 60 female agents were sent out by Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. These women
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Just over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Pashtun tribeman on the North West Frontier -- the great-great-grandfathers of the Taliban & tribal insurgents in modern-day Afghanistan. Winston Churchill then a young cavalry lieutenant wrote a vivid account of what he saw during his first major campaign. The Story of the Malakand Field Force published in 1898 was Churchill's first book & a hundred years later is required reading for military commanders on the ground both British & American. In Churchill's First War acclaimed author & foreign correspondent Con Coughlin tells the story of that campaign a story of high adventure & imperial success which contains many lessons & warnings for today. Combining historical narrative interviews with contemporary key players & the journalist's eye for great colour & analysis Churchill's First War is not only a dramatic piece of military history but affords us a rare insight into both the nineteenth-century ' Great Game' & the twenty-first-century conflict that has raged longer than the Second World War & taken more lives than the Falklands. ...

'A carefully researched book on a long-neglected subject which fills a major gap in our Second World War knowledge'
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Throughout his six decades in the public eye Winston Churchill understood & wielded the power of words. In his speeches books & newspaper & magazine articles he expressed his feelings & laid out his vision for the future. His wartime writings & speeches in particular have fascinated generation after generation with their powerful narrative style & thoughtful reflection. In this book Martin Gilbert has skillfully selected 200 extracts from Churchills entire oeuvre of books articles & speeches that reflect his life story career & philosophy. They range from intimate memories of his childhood & schooldays to his contributions to more than 50 years of debates on social policy & on war & his efforts after 1945 to see the world a better place. In them we see how he used words for different purposes: to argue for moral & political causes to advocate courses of action in the social national & international spheres & to tell the story of his own life struggles setbacks & achievements. As Churchills official biographer Martin Gilbert is uniquely qualified to select from Churchills own inimitable words not only those that describe the main adventures of his life & the crises of his career but also those passages that express the essence of Churchills thoughts & personality. Gilberts informed & subtle choice of extracts together with his illuminating introductory & explanatory text linking them together create a fascinating & compelling biographical narrative of Churchills life as recounted in the great mans own words. They provide an invaluable insight into Churchills character & how he made his mark on Britain & the world stage. ...

After taking a serious beating whilst engaged in unofficial undercover work in London's 19th century slums Constable Tom Churchyard takes himself to Cornwall. Here in spite of his injuries he becomes right-hand man to Amos Hawke now a senior Cornish policeman. His knowledge of the London rogues proves invaluable as Amos seeks to foil a gang of city thieves. Then a brutal murder is committed during their investigations. Churchyard & Hawke" is an exciting & insightful novel of the years when the Cornwall Constabulary was in its infancy." ...

Set among the apple orchards of rural Maine it is a peverse world in which Homer Wells odyssey begins. As the oldest unadopted offspring at St Clouds orphanage he learns about the skills which one way or another help young & not-so-young women from Wilbur Larch the orphanages founder -- a man of rare compassion & an addiction to ether. Dr Larch loves all his orphans especically Homer Wells. It is Homers story we follow from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery to his adult life running a cider-making factory & his strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend. ...

Cider vinegar is used as a treatment for rheumatoid & osteo-arthritis as well as other conditions including rheumatism diverticulitis & gout. This book gives a listing of the complaints that cider vinegar can help with & explains how the treatment works & how to use it at home. The Sheldon Natural Remedies" series has been created to offer advice on natural remedies. It aims to set out the safe way to use complementary remedies including quick reference for symptoms which require medical attention what to expect from a treatment who should not use the remedies motivation & maintaining effective change." ...

Cider with Roadies is the story of a boys obsessive relationship with pop. A life lived through music from Stuarts audience with the Beatles (aged 3); his confessions as a pubescent prog rocker; a youthful gymnastic dalliance with northern soul; the radical effects of punk on his politics homework & trouser dimensions; playing in crap bands & failing to impress girls; writing for the NME by accident; living the sex drugs (chiefly lager in a plastic glass) & rock & roll lifestyle; discovering the tawdry truth behind the glamour & knowing when to ditch it all for what really matters. From his four minutes in a leisure centre with MC Hammer to four days in a small van with Napalm Death its a life-affirming journey through the land where ordinary life & pop come together to make music. ...

Cider with Rosie" is a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village a village before electricity or cars a timeless place on the verge of change. Growing up amongst the fields & woods & characters of the place Laurie Lee depicts a world that is both immediate & real & belongs to a now-distant past." ...