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The Björling Sound
Detailed examination of the vocal and interpretive artistry of the great Jussi Björling.
The Drums of Memory
SAS raids deep behind enemy lines in North Africa; wartime soldiering in the Scots Guards; with SOE dropping by parachute to fight alongside Italian partisans; insights into the high life off duty in Cairo, Beirut and elsewhere; Cold War subterfuge in Europe and the Middle East; twenty-three years as an MP at the heart of British political life. Sir Stephen Hastings MC's rich experiences make this first-class reading.
Hayek: A Collaborative Biography
Hayek claimed that he always made it his rule ‘not to be concerned with current politics, but to try to operate on public opinion.’ However, evidence suggests that he was a party political operative with ‘free’ market scholarship being the vehicle through which he sought – and achieved – party political influence. The ‘main purpose’ of his Mont Pelerin Society had ‘been wholly achieved’. Mises promoted ‘Fascists’ including Ludendorff and Hitler, and Hayekians promoted the Operation Condor military dictatorships and continue to maintain a ‘united front’ with ‘neo-Nazis.’ Hayek, who supported Pinochet’s torture-based regime and played a promotional role in ‘...
When the Grass Stops Growing
Sir Carol Mather MC had a fascinating war. His memoirs, which quickly sold out, covers service with Sterling's SAS, his escape from a POW camp in Italy and his two tours on Montgomery's small personal staff. No wonder this book was widely reviewed and described as 'a classic' in The Spectator.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008
Who made modern Britain? This book, drawn from the award-winning Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, tells the story of our recent past through the lives of those who shaped national life. Following on from the Oxford DNB's first supplement volume-noteworthy people who died between 2001 and 2004-this new volume offers biographies of more than 850 men and women who left their mark on twentieth and twenty-first century Britain, and who died in the years 2005 to 2008. Here are the people responsible for major developments in national life: from politics, the arts, business, technology, and law to military service, sport, education, science, and medicine. Many are closely connected to speci...
