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A Spy Named Orphan

The Soviet Agent Who Stole the West's Greatest Secrets

by Roland Philipps ...

"[A] lively and beautifully engineered biography." —John Banville, New York Review of BooksDonald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring, yet the extent of this shrewd, secretive man’s betrayal has never fully been explored. Drawing on formerly classified files, A Spy Named Orphan documents the extraordinary story of a ... Read more

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"[A] lively and beautifully engineered biography." —John Banville, New York Review of BooksDonald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring, yet the extent of this shrewd, secretive man’s betrayal has never fully been explored. Drawing on formerly classified files, A Spy Named Orphan documents the extraordinary story of a
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A Spy Named Orphan

The Enigma of Donald Maclean

by Roland Philipps ...

Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

Unabridged

15 hours 23 min

Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring. Yet little is known of this shrewd, secretive man. The full extent of his betrayal has never been documented—until now. Drawing on the recent release of previously classified files, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents the extraordinary story of a man leading a ... Read more

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Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era, a member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring. Yet little is known of this shrewd, secretive man. The full extent of his betrayal has never been documented—until now. Drawing on the recent release of previously classified files, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents the extraordinary story of a man leading a
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Rethinking Finance in the Face of New Challenges

Edited by David Bourghelle, Roland Pérez, Philippe Rozin ...

Series Book 15 - Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability
Rethinking Finance in the Face of New Challenges provides an overview of the new research perspectives devoted to financial activity, reconsidering the opposition between orthodox and heterodox schools of finance. The purpose is to identify new theoretical and practical issues around the concepts of values, radical uncertainty, and financial instability, but also to examine the consequences of the ... Read more

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Rethinking Finance in the Face of New Challenges provides an overview of the new research perspectives devoted to financial activity, reconsidering the opposition between orthodox and heterodox schools of finance. The purpose is to identify new theoretical and practical issues around the concepts of values, radical uncertainty, and financial instability, but also to examine the consequences of the
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Black Hole Formation and Growth

Saas-Fee Advanced Course 48. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

by Tiziana Di Matteo, Andrew King, Neil J. Cornish ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
The ultimate proofs that black holes exist have been obtained very recently thanks to the detection of gravitational waves from their coalescence and due to material orbiting at a distance of some gravitational radii imaged by optical interferometry or X-ray reverberation mapping. This book provides three comprehensive and up-to-date reviews covering the gravitational wave breakthrough, our ... Read more

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The ultimate proofs that black holes exist have been obtained very recently thanks to the detection of gravitational waves from their coalescence and due to material orbiting at a distance of some gravitational radii imaged by optical interferometry or X-ray reverberation mapping. This book provides three comprehensive and up-to-date reviews covering the gravitational wave breakthrough, our
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Biodiversity and Domestication of Yams in West Africa

Traditional Practices Leading to Dioscorea rotundata Poir.

by Roland Dumont, Alexandre Dansi, Philippe Vernier, Jeanne Zoundjihèkpon ...

A study of yam domestication practices among smallholders has provided an insight into how farmers exploit wild plant genetic resources so as to adapt them to agriculture. This book describes the domestication operations leading to Dioscorea rotundata yams in Africa. The biodiversity of these yams and of their wild relatives is investigated, and the authors put forward hypotheses to explain the ... Read more

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A study of yam domestication practices among smallholders has provided an insight into how farmers exploit wild plant genetic resources so as to adapt them to agriculture. This book describes the domestication operations leading to Dioscorea rotundata yams in Africa. The biodiversity of these yams and of their wild relatives is investigated, and the authors put forward hypotheses to explain the
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The Survivor

How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter

by Michael Calvin, Josef Lewkowicz ...

Narrated by Laurence Dobiesz ...

Unabridged

9 hours 22 min

WINNER OF THE CANADIAN JEWISH LITERARY AWARD FOR HOLOCAUST LITERATUREAn amazing, untold story of the Holocaust, of survivor turned Nazi hunterIn the tradition of The Boy in the Woods and By Chance Alone, The Survivor is an unbelievable yet true story of one man’s endurance and his determination to not only survive the Holocaust but to bring to justice those who perpetrated great crimes against ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE CANADIAN JEWISH LITERARY AWARD FOR HOLOCAUST LITERATUREAn amazing, untold story of the Holocaust, of survivor turned Nazi hunterIn the tradition of The Boy in the Woods and By Chance Alone, The Survivor is an unbelievable yet true story of one man’s endurance and his determination to not only survive the Holocaust but to bring to justice those who perpetrated great crimes against
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Spymaster

The Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield

by Martin Pearce ...

Narrated by Martin Pearce ...

Unabridged

12 hours 10 min

Sir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era. A farmer's son from a provincial grammar school, Sir Maurice was the first Chief of MI6 who didn't come to the role via the traditional route. Oldfield was the voice of British Intelligence in Washington at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was largely responsible for keeping the UK out of the Vietnam War ... Read more

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Sir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era. A farmer's son from a provincial grammar school, Sir Maurice was the first Chief of MI6 who didn't come to the role via the traditional route. Oldfield was the voice of British Intelligence in Washington at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was largely responsible for keeping the UK out of the Vietnam War
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry

by Alison Weir ...

Narrated by Esther Wane ...

Series series England's Medieval Queens
Unabridged

19 hours 21 min

Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts.Using personal letters and wonderfully vivid sources, Alison Weir evokes the lives of five remarkable queens: Marguerite of ... Read more

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Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts.Using personal letters and wonderfully vivid sources, Alison Weir evokes the lives of five remarkable queens: Marguerite of
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The British Bloke, Decoded

From Banter to Man-Flu. Everything finally explained.

by Geoff Norcott ...

Narrated by Geoff Norcott ...

Unabridged

6 hours 33 min

The British Bloke appears simple and straightforward. He loves football, cricket, beer, sheds, wearing socks and books about the SAS.But beneath that simple exterior lies a mysterious and complex being.In The British Bloke Decoded, writer, comedian and regular bloke, Geoff Norcott peels back the layers of blokedom, revealing the truth behind the sometimes inexplicable behaviour of Britain's ... Read more

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The British Bloke appears simple and straightforward. He loves football, cricket, beer, sheds, wearing socks and books about the SAS.But beneath that simple exterior lies a mysterious and complex being.In The British Bloke Decoded, writer, comedian and regular bloke, Geoff Norcott peels back the layers of blokedom, revealing the truth behind the sometimes inexplicable behaviour of Britain's
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Stalin's Englishman

The gripping true story of 'Cambridge Five' spy Guy Burgess from the bestselling author of ENTITLED

by Andrew Lownie ...

Narrated by Simon Shepherd ...

Unabridged

12 hours 24 min

The unputdownable biography of the enigmatic spy and traitor Guy Burgess: 'More riveting than a spy novel' - Sunday TelegraphGuy Burgess was the most important, complex and fascinating of 'The Cambridge Spies' - Maclean, Philby, Blunt - all brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ... Read more

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The unputdownable biography of the enigmatic spy and traitor Guy Burgess: 'More riveting than a spy novel' - Sunday TelegraphGuy Burgess was the most important, complex and fascinating of 'The Cambridge Spies' - Maclean, Philby, Blunt - all brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly
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The Game

by Luca Veste ...

Narrated by Phillip Stewart ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

An edge-of-your-seat thriller that merges the twists of a psychological-mystery with the investigative layers of a procedural . . .THEY KNOW WHAT YOU DIDYou receive a call, an email, a text – someone knows your secret and they want to ruin you.AND THEY’RE OUT FOR BLOODIf you don’t do what they say, they’ll tell everyone what you’ve been hiding.They will come after you, destroy you, and they aren’t ... Read more

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An edge-of-your-seat thriller that merges the twists of a psychological-mystery with the investigative layers of a procedural . . .THEY KNOW WHAT YOU DIDYou receive a call, an email, a text – someone knows your secret and they want to ruin you.AND THEY’RE OUT FOR BLOODIf you don’t do what they say, they’ll tell everyone what you’ve been hiding.They will come after you, destroy you, and they aren’t
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The Gift of a Radio

My Childhood and other Train Wrecks

by Justin Webb ...

Narrated by Justin Webb ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Justin Webb's childhood was far from ordinary.Between his mother's un-diagnosed psychological problems, and his step-father's untreated ones, life at home was dysfunctional at best. But with gun-wielding school masters and sub-standard living conditions, Quaker boarding school wasn't much better.And the backdrop to this coming of age story? Britain in the 1970s. Led ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Justin Webb's childhood was far from ordinary.Between his mother's un-diagnosed psychological problems, and his step-father's untreated ones, life at home was dysfunctional at best. But with gun-wielding school masters and sub-standard living conditions, Quaker boarding school wasn't much better.And the backdrop to this coming of age story? Britain in the 1970s. Led
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