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<b>The extraordinary story of Olympian who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and survived to tell his story.</b><br/><br/>Alfred Nakache, a Jewish child from Constantine, never imagined that he would one day swim for France at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, nor than he would achieve a world record, as he did in 1941. As a child he was petrified of the water and yet, somehow, through sheer willpower and determination, he rose to become one of the very best swimmers in the world. That was until 1943, when he was banned from the pool - and in the same year, deported and sent to Auschwitz.<br/><br/>Not knowing if he would ever see his wife and daughter again, Alfred battled on, through the humiliation and the pain, even defying the guards by swimming in the water reserves of Auschwitz. Somehow - miraculously - he survived, swimming every day until the end of his life.<br/><br/><i>The Swimmer of Auschwitz</i> is the unique, true story of a forgotten hero, told with remarkable power and simplicity.

<b>The instant No. 1 <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller, updated with exclusive new material.<br/><br/>'Scoops aplenty are here . . . An irresistible insider account of momentous royal events' -</b> <b>Melanie Reid, <i>The Times</i><br/><br/>'Fascinating . . . the book everyone is talking about' - <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br/><br/>By the acclaimed royal biographer and commentator Robert Hardman, <i>Charles III</i> is a brilliant and intimate portrait of the new monarch that draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, their close friends and staff, plus previously unseen papers from the Royal Archives.<br/><br/>With damaging headlines unleashed by the Sussexes, political crises and questions about the future of the monarchy, Charles III had no shortage of challenges when he started his reign. The Royal Family then faced a double blow in 2024 when the King and Catherine, the Princess of Wales, were diagnosed with cancer, the news shocking the nation.<br/><br/>The dramatic story is uncovered here, along with the vital role played by Queen Camilla, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Princess Royal and others. From the emotional days following the death of Elizabeth II to the pageantry of the coronation, from the truth about the King's relationship with Prince William and Prince Harry and the way he has coped with his illness to his role on the world stage, Hardman takes us behind the pomp and ceremony to reveal Charles the man as well as the monarch.<br/><br/>Authoritative and richly insightful, <i>Charles III</i> is the definitive account of a king determined to maximize 'the time God grants me' - and enjoy it.<br/><br/><b>'This glorious book reveals the real Charles III. Hardman's magisterial biography, full of detail about the King, the Queen and the Sussexes alike, will become a historical document' - Simon Heffer, <i>The Telegraph</i></b>

War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods in presidential politics and American history. We see President Joe Biden and his top advisers in tense conversations with Russian president Vladimir Putin, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. We also see Donald Trump, conducting a shadow presidency and seeking to regain political power. With unrivalled, inside-the-room reporting, Woodward shows President Biden&rsquo;s approach to managing the war in Ukraine, the most significant land war in Europe since World War II, and his tortured path to contain the bloody Middle East conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. Woodward reveals the extraordinary complexity and consequence of wartime back-channel diplomacy and decision-making to deter the use of nuclear weapons and a rapid slide into World War III. The raw cage-fight of politics accelerates as Americans prepare to vote in 2024, starting between President Biden and Trump, and ending with the unexpected elevation of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. War provides an unvarnished examination of the vice president as she tries to embrace the Biden legacy and policies while beginning to chart a path of her own as a presidential candidate. Woodward&rsquo;s reporting once again sets the standard for journalism at its most authoritative and illuminating.

<b>In the vein of <i>Notorious RBG</i>, a fun and inspiring biography filled with lessons from the most powerful woman in the world, based on more than a decade's worth of coverage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel from <i>New York Times</i> Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy.</b><br/><br/>Angela Merkel is a boss. A trailblazer. An icon of colorful suits. Formerly the new leader of the free world. With an entire hand gesture named after her (the "Merkel Diamond") and celebrated in a viral meme for sparring with Trump, Angela Merkel spent a decade economically and politically revitalizing her country. The first woman chancellor of Germany and one of the longest-serving European leaders ever, Merkel's quiet resolve, calculated confidence, and extreme privacy around her personal life have made her a feminist role model for the ages. <i>Merkel's Law</i> is a revelatory look at an unlikely vanguard, and at the country she led for sixteen years.<br/><br/>No one is better positioned than <i>New York Times</i> Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy to pull back the curtain on the woman who engineered Germany's rise to wealth, power, and an economy worth 3.8 trillion in USD. Drawing upon an unparalleled well of sources close to Merkel, <i>Merkel's Law</i> traces her childhood in East Germany as the daughter of a clergyman, her meteoric rise to power, and her more recent public acclaim-as well as the numerous setbacks she faced along the way both from political rivals and from men in her own party who scoffed at her ambition. Painting a portrait of a political genius, savvy businesswoman, and model for modern power, <i>Merkel's Law</i> is not only the story of her life, but the lessons we can learn from it.

In 1953, the bodies of three young women are found by a tenant in the walls of a Notting Hill house. He tells the police that he chanced upon them while trying to put up a shelf for his transistor radio. As a series of further horrors are discovered, 10 Rillington Place becomes an address synonymous with murder. A riveting tale of violence, misogyny and tabloid frenzy, The Peepshow lifts the veil on what really happened inside Britain&apos;s most notorious house - and suggests a new solution to the case that transfixed a nation.

<b>The instant <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller</b><br/><b><br/>The UK's bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V</b>, who survived rebellion, a near-fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England's greatest warrior king.<br/><br/><b>'A historian who writes as addictively as any page-turning novelist.' </b><i>Observer</i><br/><br/>Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months, and died at the age of just 35, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond.<br/><br/>The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors. Shakespeare's version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship, and in the dark days of World War II, Henry's victories in France were recounted in British propaganda. Churchill called Henry 'a gleam of splendour in the dark, troubled story of medieval England', while for one modern medievalist, Henry was, quite simply, 'the greatest man who ever ruled England'.<br/><br/>For Dan Jones, Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history, but one of the hardest to pin down. He was a hardened, sometimes brutal, warrior, yet he was also creative and artistic, with a bookish temperament. He was a leader who made many mistakes, who misjudged his friends and family members, yet always seemed to triumph when it mattered.<br/><br/>As king, he saved a shattered country from economic ruin, put down rebellions and secured England's borders; in foreign diplomacy, he made England a serious player once more. Yet through his conquests in northern France, he sowed the seeds for three generations of calamity at home, in the form of the Wars of the Roses.<br/><br/>Dan Jones's life of Henry V provides unprecedented insight into the critical first 26 years of his life before he became king. Both a standalone biography and a completion of Dan's sequence of English medieval histories that began with <i>The Plantagenets</i> and <i>The Hollow Crown</i>, Henry V is a thrilling and unmissable life of England's greatest king from our best-selling medieval historian.

Spies In History. From The Ancient World To The Silver Screen [Bok / Inbunden]