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Working her way up from gruelling bootcamp training to leading a drug interdiction operation seizing €700 million of cocaine from a yacht off the Kerry coast, she was a leader among men and rose to every challenge. Developing a love of the sea, Gleeson learned that to be at one with it required agility, and a willingness to change, to go with the wind – not against it. These lessons prepared her for operating without a life raft when her personal life threw her the greatest challenge of all.

When did Russia lose its chance of freedom? This is the story of how a nation's dreams of democracy died. Drawing on buried archives and off-the-record interviews, exiled journalist Mikhail Fishman gives a gripping insider account of the tragedy of modern Russia, told through the many lives of Boris Nemtsov - activist, playboy, leader-in-waiting, dissident and, finally, victim.

The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt reveals how his time spent in the Western Dakota Territory helped him recover from an overwhelming personal loss, but more importantly, how it transformed him into the man etched onto Mount Rushmore, a man who is still...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Stefan Zweig’s Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman, is one of the most compelling and psychologically nuanced biographies of the doomed French queen. Renowned for his ability to bring historical figures to life, Zweig offers an intimate...

Inflation rages. Crime is rising. Abortion rights take center stage at the Supreme Court. China poses an existential threat. Black lives are under attack. The president battles the press as he seeks to subvert not just the political order but the rule of law itself. This is the Summer of '71—a...

'Riveting' -- The Times 'A triumph' -- David Kynaston 'Lively and informative' -- Miranda Seymour 'The resurrection of a remarkable woman erased from history' -- Katy Hessel 'Extraordinary' -- Peter Jones The spellbinding true story of Emily Cowper, Regency socialite turned Victorian powerbroker...

الكتاب قراءة في أيام محمود فهمي النقراشي ومعاركه ومذكراته السرية.. منذ أن كان تلميذاً صغيراً يجلس على دكة خشبية إلى جوار تلميذ مشاغب، يستمع إلى معلم تاريخ مرهق يقذف معلومات تاريخية عن مصر في النصف الأول من القرن العشرين..

Arsinoé, Jeanne, Marie-Caroline, Hélène, Irène… Ces prénoms ne nous évoquent presque rien. Pourtant, ce sont les sœurs de Cléopâtre, Catherine d'Aragon, Marie-Antoinette, Sissi et de la tsarine Alexandra. Qui sont ces femmes issues de la même éducation, la même enfance et du même contexte social que les princesses les plus fantasmées de la culture populaire ? Qu'est-ce qui a différé pour qu'elles soient ainsi « éclipsées » ?

The outrageous, jaw-dropping true story of the man who took on a corporate giant – and won. A dedicated and experienced Amazon employee, Chris Smalls had begun to feel frustrated by the inner workings of the retail giant – he kept being passed over for promotion, with little to no...