Greg Dyke served as Director-General of the BBC—a hugely influential position in British culture—from 2000 to 2004. His final days at the BBC were consumed with the uproar over the BBC’s outing of Ministry of Defense employee David Kelley as a confidential source for a series of damning stories on the Labour government’s misuse of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq War. Soon after being publicly named, Kelley committed suicide, and that action prompted a government investigation, led by Lord Hutton, which ultimately exonerated the government but called the BBC’s editorial process “defective.” In the wake of the Hutton Enquiry, Dykes resigned. Chris Moore worked under Dykes at the BBC in that period, and this book offers a diary-style account of the events and their aftermath, as seen from the inside. A compelling account of a complicated clash between journalism, government secrecy, and the public interest, it will be of interest to all who work on or in the media.

Greg Dyke: My Part in His Downfall

Biographies & Memoirs

Moore, Chris

Arts & Literature

Uniform Press

Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, Alice Marie Crossland offers here a new account, based largely on unpublished sources, of the flirtatious friendship that seems to have occupied at least part of the Duke of Wellington’s mind in the hours leading up to the battle. Lady Georgina Lennox met the future Duke soon after his return from India in 1804, when he took up a post as chief secretary to her father. At the time, she was a young, beautiful, and intensely popular young woman, surrounded by suitors, and she and the Duke enjoyed a close, teasingly intimate friendship. As the years went by, it blossomed into a true bond, strengthened by a broader friendship between the two families. The night before the Battle of Waterloo, Lady Lennox’s mother, the Duchess of Richmond, threw a ball for the officers that has become legendary for its glitz and defiance in the face of the coming action. Georgy herself had a front-row seat at the battle, and afterwards she helped tend wounded soldiers in Brussels. Crossland tells the story of Georgy and Wellington brilliantly, then moves beyond it to Lady Lennox’s later life, which saw her marry the future Baron de Ros, who became a spy and later governor of the Tower of London; when she died at ninety-six, none could say she hadn’t lived on a large scale.

Wellington's Dearest Georgy: The Life and Loves of Lady Georgiana Lennox

Crossland, Alice Marie

Historical

This unique photographic and textual history into the very earliest days of flight in Russia covers the period from the end of the 19th Century until the fall of Imperial Russia in 1917. Lavishly illustrated with over 500 evocative and compelling photographs of these pioneers and their first attempts at flight, the book brings together for the first time the renowned documentary collection of the Russian military historian G.E. Petrov. From these earliest days of flight in balloons and experimental 'heavier than air flying machines', Petrov's collection takes us to the first Russian aviation shows, the activities of the aircraft manufacturers, the establishment of Russia's Naval Aviation, and the part played by the Russian Air Force in World War I including combat operations undertaken by squadrons equipped with the great 'Ilya Muromets' bombers - which taken together, became the foundation for the Soviet Air Force.

The Imperial Russian Air Force: 1898-1917

Arts & Photography

Petrov, Gennady

Photography & Video

This year marks the bicentennial of Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo—but it was only Napoleon’s final, most lasting defeat. In many ways, his devastating retreat from Russia in the winter of 1812 was a more damaging and bitter loss. The Great Retreat is an unprecedented, visually rich account of Napoleon’s march back from Moscow, built on a remarkable discovery of newly unearthed artifacts and archival sources. It tells the story of how Napoleon lost nearly 400,000 men to the brutal cold, poor planning, and effectively destructive harrying of the Russian army at his heels. Featuring more than 1,600 illustrations and detailed biographies of all 289 regiments and units involved in the retreat, supplemented by unforgettable eyewitness accounts, this book brings Napoleon’s retreat, and its unfathomable human cost, to life in a wholly new way. No student of Napoleon or fan of military or Russian history will want to miss it.

The Great Retreat: Napoleon's Grande Armée in Russia

History

Korolev, Alexander

Europe

A rare insight into Russian naval history as never seen before A look into the remarkable world of early Russian naval officers Nearly 500 archived images from museums and private collections This unique look at the Russian Imperial Navy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries contains nearly 500 images from archives, museums and private collections. We see how the Russian Navy's construction and activities were shaped largely by the interests, opinions and policies of the Imperial House of The Romanovs. We discover how the Baltic and Black Sea fleet were organized to benefit the imperial cause and how the officers and seamen who served in them lived and worked, trained and fought. The Imperial Russian Navy is a remarkable look at a remarkable world, long gone in history but alive in the pages of this book.

The Imperial Russian Navy

Krestjaninov, Vladimir

To so many British children growing up in 1950s and 1960s Britain, Fridays meant only one thing - thousands of youngsters would race to their local newsagents, pennies in hand and sometimes parents in tow, to buy the latest edition of Eagle comic. Each issue of the Eagle was chocablock with adventures and exciting new pastimes for boys - from Dan Dare, to Extra Special Agent Harris Tweed, from tips from the pros on boxing and jiu jitsu, to advice on the care of goldfish. In the 1950s, the comic embarked on an ambitious series chronicling the life of some of Britain's most famous men - Nelson, Baden Powell, Alfred the Great, Montgomery and Churchill, to name a few. Here we have the complete set of Eagle comic strips which tell the story of Winston Churchill's life - his birth at Blenheim, his education at Harrow and Oxford, his time in the army as well as his appointment to government and eventually to his stint as War Leader. The Eagle Comic nurtured the imagination and garnered the ambition of a generation brought up in a grey postwar Britain, and helped to shape the nation we know today. This book is a reminder of how the Eagle helped to inspire a generation.

The Happy Warrior: The Life Story of Sir Winston Churchill as Told Through the Eagle Comic of the 1950's

Langworth, Richard M.

Leaders & Notable People

Booted out of the British army in disgrace after a secret mission gone badly wrong, Adam Caine is down to his last chance when Reaper begins: he’s been called in and offered an opportunity to make good—not because of what he knows, but who. Khalid Bashir, a Pakistani soldier trained by the British at Sandhurst Military College. Graduating alongside Caine, Bashir was expected to return to this homeland and be an ally in the war on terror. Instead, he joined the Taliban and began using his training against the coalition troops who thought they would be his allies. Why? Because the United States killed his entire family in a drone strike. Now Caine has to hunt down Bashir and try to stop him. But who is he working for, and why does he get the sense there’s more going on than he’s been told? Could there be someone manipulating both men for his own secret ends? This thriller, written by a British army veteran of the conflict in Afghanistan, turns the reality of today’s war on terror into edge-of-your-seat adventure.

Reaper (Adam Caine, 1)

Literature & Fiction

Beattie, Doug

British & Irish

The Man Who Saved Paris offers a vivid account of the opening weeks of World War I as told by a volunteer dispatch rider who may have prevented a swift German victory.   Of Anglo-German stock, Roger West was conflicted when the war broke out but volunteered with the British out of a strong sense of duty. He was eventually assigned as a dispatch rider to the 19th Brigade, which bore the brunt of the fighting in the first few weeks in 1914. Though West was crippled with a badly damaged foot, he still rode around the clock, delivering dispatches and directing and assisting soldiers separated from their units. Most importantly, when he discovered that the bridge at Pontoise-lès-Noyon had been left open to the German advance, he volunteered to ride back and blow it up, preventing the retreating Fifth French Army from being taken in the flank, something that could have fulfilled the Schlieffen Plan’s aims and won the war for Germany. It’s a story that has been relegated to a footnote in the history of the war, but this book is certain to change our understanding of West’s hand in the resistance.  

The Man Who Saved Paris: Roger West’s Ride, 1914

Carragher, Michael

Military

This year marks the bicentennial of Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo—but it was only Napoleon’s final, most lasting defeat. In many ways, his devastating retreat from Russia in the winter of 1812 was a more damaging and bitter loss.The Great Retreat is an unprecedented, visually rich account of Napoleon’s march back from Moscow, built on a remarkable discovery of newly unearthed artifacts and archival sources. It tells the story of how Napoleon lost nearly 400,000 men to the brutal cold, poor planning, and effectively destructive harrying of the Russian army at his heels. Featuring more than 1,600 illustrations and detailed biographies of all 289 regiments and units involved in the retreat, supplemented by unforgettable eyewitness accounts, this book brings Napoleon’s retreat, and its unfathomable human cost, to life in a wholly new way. No student of Napoleon or fan of military or Russian history will want to miss it.

In 1741, the British warship HMS Wager crashed on the shore of an uninhabited island off the coast of Chilean Patagonia. One hundred and forty men reached land. Only thirty-six made it back home. The "Wager" Disaster is the extraordinary story of human endurance and the perseverance of those soldiers in the face of unthinkable adversity. Britain and Spain were at war, and the Wager was part of a small British squadron sent to extend the battle to their Spanish possessions in the South Seas. Unfortunately, there were no accurate charts of the west coast of South America, and much of the navigation was determined by guesswork. Vicious hurricane-force winds wrecked the Wager, separating it from the squadron. Starvation, exhaustion, hypothermia, and drowning quickly claimed most of the soldiers who survived the wreck. The rest rose up against the unpopular captain and set off in an open boat with no chart, resulting in one of the greatest survival voyages as the castaways made their way 2,500 nautical miles back to Britain. Drawing on the firsthand accounts of the survivors, The "Wager" Disaster tells the compelling story of a dramatic fight for survival under extreme conditions.

The Wager Disaster: Mayhem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas

Layman, Rear Admiral C. H.

Americas

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Uniform Press publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Uniform Press

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Uniform Press publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Greg Dyke: My Part in His Downfall

Wellington's Dearest Georgy: The Life and Loves of Lady Georgiana Lennox

The Imperial Russian Air Force: 1898-1917

The Great Retreat: Napoleon's Grande Armée in Russia

The Imperial Russian Navy

The Happy Warrior: The Life Story of Sir Winston Churchill as Told Through the Eagle Comic of the 1950's

Reaper (Adam Caine, 1)

The Man Who Saved Paris: Roger West’s Ride, 1914

The Great Retreat: Napoleon's Grande Armée in Russia

The Wager Disaster: Mayhem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas