The Ashes 2005 saw an almighty clash between age-old enemies: England versus Australia; Freddie versus Gilly; the King of Spain versus the King of Spin; worker versus conscience. For up and down the land, the nation wondered the same question - how can I follow the cricket at work without being given my marching orders quicker than Ian Bell? Help was at hand with Guardian Unlimited's brilliant over-by-over coverage: witty, incisive and occasionally informative, this was a Test Match Special for the Internet generation. Now, for the first time, this unique take on the Ashes is available in wireless book format. Relive again the highlights of England's glorious summer; Kevin Pieteresen's fielding masterclass; Ricky Ponting's paean to substitute fielders; and Channel 4 going to the races as a crucial wicket is about to fall. 'I hope you guys realise that I'm risking my very job just being here?' wails James Holbrook from impending firedom. 'New ICT policy means I can only use t'internet for 5% of my working time. Stuff the economy, I'm on here from 10.30 til I bunk off early at four.' The chance of finishing at 4 on a Friday. Bah! It's alright for some.

Is it Cowardly to Pray for Rain?

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It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. Was he an internet messiah or a cyber-terrorist? Information freedom fighter or sex criminal? The debate would echo around the globe as US politicians called for his assassination. Award-winning "Guardian" journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding have been at the centre of a unique publishing drama that involved the release of some 250,000 secret diplomatic cables and classified files from the Afghan and Iraq wars. At one point the platinum-haired hacker was hiding from the CIA in David Leigh's London house. Now, together with the paper's investigative reporting team, Leigh and Harding reveal the startling inside story of the man and the leak.

WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy

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LEIGH, DAVID

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Guardian Sudoku: Bk. 1

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What has happened to the art of speech-writing and speech making? where are the men and women whose words set the heart racing with passion, turn battles, inspire populations to extraordinary endeavour: ask not what your country can do for you we shall fight on the beaches i have a dream the only thing we have to fear is fear itself quote these words today and they still have the power to stop us in our tracks this is a book that should be required reading, a book that should be on every bookshelf in the country here are fourteen key speeches of the 20th century introduced by prominent figures ranging from fw de klerk and mikhail gorbachev to antony beevor and gordon brown winston churchill: we shall fight on the beaches introduced by simon schama jf kennedy: ask not what your country can do for you introduced by kennedys speech writer ted sorensen nelson mandela: an ideal for which i am prepared to die introduced by fw de klerk harold macmillan: no going back introduced by douglas hurd franklin d roosevelt: the only thing we have to fear is fear itself introduced by gordon brown nikita khrushchev: the cult of the individual introduced by mikhail gorbachev emmeline pankhurst: freedom or death introduced by germaine greer martin luther king: i have a dream introduced by gary younge charles de gaulle: the flame of french resistance introduced by antony beevor margaret thatcher: the ladys not for turning introduced by simon jenkins jawaharlal nehru: a tryst with destiny introduced by ian jack aneurin bevan: weapons for squalid and trivial ends introduced by tam dalyell earl spencer: the most hunted person of the modern age introduced by beryl bainbridge virginia woolf: shakespeares sister introduced by kate mosse

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