On 3 May 1961 after a trial conducted largely in secret a man named George Blake was sentenced to an unprecedented forty-two years in jail. At the time few details of his crimes were made known. By his own confession he was a Soviet spy & rumours later circulated that his actions had endangered British agents but the reasons for such a severe punishment were never revealed. To the public Blake was simply the greatest traitor of the Cold War. Yet as Roger Hermiston reveals in this thrilling new biography his story touches not only the depths of treachery but also the heights of heroism. In WWII the teenage Blake performed sterling deeds for the Dutch resistance before making a dramatic bid for freedom across Nazi-occupied Europe. Later recruited by British Intelligence he quickly earned an exemplary reputation & was entrusted with building up the Service's networks behind the Iron Curtain. & following a posting to Seoul he also suffered for his adopted country when captured by North Korean soldiers at the height of their brutal war with the South. By the time of his release in 1953 Blake was a hero one of the Service's brightest & best officers. But unbeknownst to SIS they were harbouring a mole. Week after week year after year Blake was assiduously gathering all the important documents he could lay his hands on & passing them to the KGB. Drawing on hitherto unpublished records from his trial new revelations about his dramatic jailbreak from Wormwood Scrubs & original interviews with former spies friends & the man himself The Greatest Traitor sheds new light on this most complex of characters & presents a fascinating shadow history of the Cold War. ...

Who are the fifteen best players ever to represent Wales at rugby? We all know the answers but all our answers are different! In pubs & clubs in classrooms & chat rooms the length & breadth of this rugby-mad nation this is a question that prompts energetic & entertaining debate; a question that has divided households & destabilized lifelong friendships. In The Greatest Welsh XV Ever which

Includes:: over 130 full-colour photographs Eddie Butler has gone where angels (and ex-international back-row forwards) fear to tread. Devoting a chapter to each position on the field he produces a shortlist of the great players before making his final decisive definitive choice in each case. So will it be Barry John or Phil Bennett at number 10? Jamie Roberts or John Dawes at number 12? Graham Price or Adam Jones at number 3? This is your chance to join in the greatest national debate since devolution.

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Experience aquamarine coastline sun-bleached ancient ruins strong feta & stronger ouzo. The Greek landscape thrills & its people are equally passionate about politics coffee art & gossiping. Korina Miller Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book... 9 expert authors 42 weeks of on-the-ground research 150 maps 72 ancient ruins Inspirational photos Island hopping & cruising planning features Pull-out city map of Athens 3D plans of iconic sights Comprehensive planning tools In-depth background ...

Greece is the cradle of civilisation & the Peloponnese is the cradle of Greece: Olympia is here so are the mountains of Arcadia & Homer's Mycenae. But Bradt's Greece: The Peloponnese" also embraces the living world: the traditional panagyria (village festivals) & the people who still embody the Greek spirit of philoxenia or hospitality to strangers. It leads travellers to idyllic campsites by ancient theatres; picnic spots in olive groves; buzzing towns & hidden communities; & tells them the best places to hike kayak or to spot the famous loggerhead turtle. & if you want to dance on the same beach as Zorba the Greek or wonder why newborn babies cause old women to spit over their shoulders
- you'll find the answers in the pages of this the best guide to the best of Greece."
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In this sumptuous guide to twelve centuries of military development Peter Connolly combines a detailed account of the arms & armies of Greece & Rome with his superb full-colour artwork. Making use of fresh archaeological evidence & new material on the manufacture & use of the weapons of the period the author presents an attractive & impressive volume that is both scholarly & beautifully presented with illustrations that are quite rightly recognised as being the best & most accurate representation of how the soldiers from these formidable military empires appeared. Greece & Rome at War lucidly demonstrates the face of battle in the ancient world. Covering the wars between the Greeks & the Persians & the epic contest between the Romans & their most capable opponent Hannibal as well as organisation tactics armour & weapons & much more this excellent work brings the armies of Greece Macedon & Rome vividly to life. This new revised edition contains a Preface by Adrian Goldsworthy. ...

Most travellers want to have fun & feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination
- thats what Marco Polo
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Five Men. One Robbery. A deadly game of greed revenge & betrayal is about to begin. Fresh out of the SAS Matt Browning is down on his luck. He owes $500 000. If he doesn't get the money soon he dies. From nowhere he is offered a lifeline. A hit on al-Queda sanctioned & helped by MI5. Matt gathers a small team of former SAS men to steal $10 million in gold & diamonds from the world's most deadly terrorist organisation. MI5 will give them all the equipment & information they need. No charges will ever be pressed. Matt thinks it's the perfect crime. Safe quick & patriotic. But after the money is stolen the killing starts. Someone is taking down the members of the team one by one. A silent expert assassin is stalking the team gruesomely murdering both them & their families. & Matt knows that he's next. Greed is an explosive story of what happens when terrorism money love & jealously combust
- an explosively violent tale from the established master of the military thriller.
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Nadia Sawalha has always loved cooking but until recently rarely ate her own food. Like a lot of women whilst her family tucked in to delicious dishes she nibbled on diet food. Later ravenously hungry she binged somehow convincing herself that the calories didn't count if nobody saw her eating them. Two years ago after decades of fluctuating weight she decided enough was enough: * She wasn't going to start a new diet tomorrow. * She wasn't going to start a new diet ever again. * She was going to eat normal meals with her family & most importantly she was going to do so for the rest of her life. Since then Nadia has lost & kept off 31/2 stone by simply throwing away the diet books. Instead she shaved off the hidden calories all without anyone noticing. A little less oil here a different cut of meat there; brown rice instead of white more herbs spices & colour; & a dessert every day! The result is The Greedy Girl's Diet which is packed with more than 100 delicious recipes & Nadia's invaluable tips & advice on how to achieve a slim fit & healthy body. ...

The UK's most influential food & drink journalist shoots a few of the sacred cows of the food world. The doctrine of local food is dead. Farmers' markets are merely a lifestyle choice for the affluent middle classes. & 'organic' has become little more than a marketing label that is way past its sell by date. That may be a little hard to swallow for the ethically-aware food shopper but it doesn't make it any less true. & now the UK's most outspoken & entertaining food writer is ready to explain why. This engaging witty & honest narrative is driven by the appetite of one large man: Jay Rayner
- someone who lives to eat but also understands that there is a world beyond the high-end obsessions of the farmers' market. Combining sharply-observed memoir
- growing up with the UK's most famous agony aunt who also happened to be a bloody good TV chef; witnessing the arrival of Mc Donald's & Dayville's ice cream in Seventies London; working as a butcher's boy
- with hard-nosed reportage Jay Rayner will blow conventional foodie wisdom apart. For here is the reality: within a few decades we will have nine billion mouths to feed & we won't be doing that by flogging free-range eggs from a stall in Borough market. Jay explains why the doctrine of organic has been eclipsed by the need for sustainable intensification; & why the future lies in large-scale food production rather than the cottage industries that foodies often cheer for. From the the cornfields of Illinois to the killing lines of Yorkshire abattoirs Rayner takes us on a journey that will change the way we shop cook & eat forever. & give us a few belly laughs along the way.


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The greedy python eats every creature he comes across. From a tiny mouse to an enormous elephant the eaten animals eventually befriend one another in the belly of the snake where they team up & kick the inside of the python until he spits them out. Rather than learning his lesson the python sticks to his greedy ways
- when he spots his own tail & mistakes it for food he swallows himself & disappears!
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