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Silent Witnesses

History

McCrery, Nigel

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Arrow

A moving narrative history of the professional soccer players who fought and died in World War I, with a foreword by Gary Lineker. In 1914, as today, successful soccer players were heroes and role models. They were the sporting superstars of their time; symbols of youth, health, and vigor. Naturally enough, when war broke out they felt it was their duty to join up and fight. Between 1914 and 1918, 213 professional players fell in action. Some teams lost half their players, either killed or else so badly injured in mind and body that they were never to play again. The Final Season is the powerfully moving account of these young men who swapped the turf of the pitch and the cheers of the fans for the freezing mud of the battlefield and the terrible scream of shell fire. It follows them as they leave their fans and families behind, undergo training, and then travel on to the bloody arenas of war: Ypres, Gallipoli, the Somme, Passchendaele. Nigel McCrery paints these men in vivid detail. From their achievements on the soccer pitch to their heroic conduct on the battlefield, we will learn of the selfless courage and determination they displayed in the face of adversity. For far too many, we will also learn when, and how, they made the ultimate sacrifice.

The Final Season: The Footballers Who Fought and Died in the Great War

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

RANDOM HOUSE UK

The full story from its foundation in World War II, and updated to include the regiment in Afghanistan and Iraq There have been many books written on the SAS, most telling of individual events in the regiment's history, but this book tells the full story, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa through eight decades of covert warfare in some of the world's toughest battlefields to present action in the Middle East. The author has interviewed many ex-members, making for compelling first-hand accounts of daring raids, missions behind enemy lines, hostage rescues, and acts of incredible bravery. This history provides an inside look at modern selection and training and the combat engagements that have made the SAS such a unique and internationally respected special forces unit.

The Complete History of the SAS: The Full Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Elite Fighting Force

Europe

Andre Deutsch

Go! Go! Go!: The Dramatic Inside Story of the Iranian Embassy Siege [Hardcover] [Jan 16, 1900]

Go! Go! Go!: 17 Minutes That Changed the World

Weidenfeld Nicolson Ltd

Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lapslie and Sergeant Emma Bradbury are back in an electrifyingly suspenseful new novel, chasing down one of the most fearsome, brilliantly terrifying characters to ever stalk the pages of a book. After a year of working at home in order to control his synaesthesia (the rare neurological condition that causes his brain to crosswire his senses), DCI Lapslie gets a visit from Emma Bradbury, summoning him back to active duty. A well-known television reporter has been brutally murdered and the top brass think Lapslie is the man to investigate the crime. With no witnesses and no suspects, Lapslie finds himself facing one of the toughest cases of his career. Then, in short order, he has a second murder on his hands: a man is found dead in a train-station bomb explosion. Despite all odds, Lapslie begins to suspect that the two high-profile cases may be connected. Under pressure to produce results and with the media bearing down on him and his synaesthesia going wild, Lapslie approaches his breaking point, but the solution to what’s beginning to look like the crimes of an especially evil—and diabolically creative—serial killer remains elusive. To make matters worse, the killer’s next target may be much closer than Lapslie could possibly guess.

Tooth and Claw: A Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Pantheon

When the badly decayed body of an elderly woman is unearthed, Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lapslie and his sergeant, Emma Bradbury, are called in on the case. The body provides only two mysterious clues to the identity of the murderer: someone with a deadly knowledge of household plants used shears to clip the fingertips off the corpse's right hand. But this dearth of evidence is not Lapslie's only problem. He's just returned to the force after a year of relative isolation, trying to avoid the worst symptoms of his synasethsia, a neurological condition that causes him to "taste" sound and that makes his life as complicated as any crime he's been charged with solving. Now he's flooded again--not only with the convolution of senses that can drive him nearly mad but also with the increasing convolutions of the case. The murder appears to be the work of a serial killer, and the investigation is leading in a direction that could be extremely detrimental to Lapslie's career--if not to his very life. Razor-sharp, viscerally descriptive, mesmerizingly eerie and entertaining--and with one of the most clever, ruthless, and sympathetic villains to appear in ages--Still Waters is a stunning start to an exciting new series.

Still Waters (DCI Mark Lapslie, Bk 1)

Razor-sharp and mesmerizingly eerie—with one of the most clever and ruthless villains to appear in ages—Still Waters is a stunning start to an exciting new crime series. DCI Mark Lapslie is called in when the decayed body of an elderly woman is unearthed. The body provides few clues, beyond the fact that the murderer had a deadly knowledge of household plants. The dearth of evidence is not Lapslie’s only problem. He’s just returned to the force after a year trying to overcome the worst symptoms of his synesthesia, a neurological condition that causes him to “taste” sound. The murder appears to be the work of a serial killer who could strike again at any moment, so Lapslie has to find a way to make his synasethsia work for him, not against him. Otherwise the next life taken could be his own.

Still Waters

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Silent Witness

When female forensic pathologist Dr. Sam Ryan stumbles upon a mutilated body in a graveyard in the dark of night, the quiet English town of Northwick is changed forever. The evidence seems to point to a peculiar ritualistic killing linked to the black arts, and the murder bears an uncanny resemblance to a local crime committed years ago. Then another related death is discovered, and Sam's expertise is relied on to find evidence the police desperately need to solve the case. As Sam and her team delve deeper into the strange circumstances, elements that once seemed like coincidence soon appear to belong to a larger, more horrific plan.

Minotaur Books

The parents of a boy killed in a joy-riding incident are convinced that foul play was involved, and when they investigate, they uncover evidence of an online stalker who may have already claimed another youthful victim in the area

The Spider's Web

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

St Martins Pr

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Silent Witnesses

The Final Season: The Footballers Who Fought and Died in the Great War

The Complete History of the SAS: The Full Inside Story of the World's Most Feared Elite Fighting Force

Go! Go! Go!: 17 Minutes That Changed the World

Tooth and Claw: A Mystery

Still Waters (DCI Mark Lapslie, Bk 1)

Still Waters

Silent Witness

The Spider's Web

Silent Witness