A battle of nerves between a British squadron-leader and a German sea-captain.Deep in a Norwegian fjord hides the German merchant-cruiser Groningen. Squadron-leader Guy Strickland knows it is there, but Military Intelligence refuses to take his word for granted.He leads his exhausted squadron into the air in order to take the vital photographic evidence but only his plane returns.A maverick and a brilliant flyer, Strickland becomes obsessed with t...

In the unpredictable maelstrom of war, heroes can come from the unlikeliest places...Malta, 1942 a thousand miles from friends, isolated, besieged, and slowly being starved into surrenderInto that hopeless situation fly two Wellington aircraft equipped with long-range radar. One is captained by a dedicated, veteran RAF pilot. The other by Peter Forrester, a hastily trained, carefree twenty-one-year-old.Their role is to find enemy convoys proceedin...

From World War to World War, the spirit of comradeship never dies.Autumn, 1940. The battered RAF 13 Squadron are stationed at Marshfield airfield, once home to the American 96th Squadron who lost their lives on the Hindenburg Line.Jack Horner and Ginger Johnson are appalled when they are assigned to Peter Maddox, a notoriously inept pilot. Though they fear for their lives, Maddox, despite his total lack of skill, achieves...

One man's disappearance could signal the beginning of World War Three.Group Captain Gavin Gallagher, after a spectacular career as an airman, was the Commanding Officer of the most powerful nuclear rocket station in the world. Until he vanishes, without a trace.He left the Zeus launching pads to return home to his wife and never arrived. From the Provost Marshal's office, Wing Commander Henderson is tasked with investigating the mystery t...

Investigations into the causes of aircraft accidents have for decades focused on what happened and who did it - very rarely Why? It is the question Why? that David Beaty has addressed here, fighting the misnomer of 'pilot error' and propounding that the cause should be sought deeper inside human beings who make apparently simple human errors.

The #1 New York Times best-selling story of addiction and a father’s love: “A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts.”—Anne LamottNow a Major Motion Picture Starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet.What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions t...

From incomparable creative force David Byrne, a brilliant and inspiring reckoning with how breakthroughs across the arts and sciences get forgotten, and how they get rediscoveredIt’s nice to believe in a meritocracy of ideas—genius is always recognized, innovation always seized upon and rewarded. In fact, so many of the people we now acknowledge as the world’s great creators initially got little traction for their work. It faded out, and only later—often much later...

#1 New York Times bestseller“A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts.” — Anne LamottWhat had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s methamphetamine addiction and tentative steps toward recover...

It started as a story……but a mysterious little girl changed everything.Now, a dragon has come to East Texas and they need a hero.An Old man rises to a glory he never thought he’d know again, and all because he was coerced into telling little kids a story.A young boy, a princess, a talking sword and an evil dragon captivate snaggled-tooth munchkins...Then the old man starts to feel it.Something has risen from his past and its coming for him an...

In September 1940 a beautiful young woman arrived by seaplane and rubber dinghy on the shores of Scotland accompanied by two men – one of Germany's many attempt to penetrate British defences and infiltrate spies into the UK. This seems to be one of the few established facts in the otherwise mysterious tale of Vera Eriksen. Even the origins of the woman described as 'the most beautiful spy' remain hazy, as does her ultimate fate. David Tremain delves into the archives, and ...

«Que aconteceu ao meu filho? E à nossa família? Que fiz eu de errado?» Estas foram perguntas dolorosas que martirizaram David Sheff durante o longo período de dependência de drogas do seu filho Nic e de várias tentativas de recuperação. Antes de se tornar toxicodependente, Nic Sheff era um rapaz encantador, alegre e divertido, um aluno excelente, praticante de desporto e adorado pelos dois irmãos mais novos. A toxicodepência fez dele um débil fantasma de si mesmo, que mentia, roubava e viv...

When my dad dropped me off at my grandmother Liadan's house in the forest, I expected her to answer the door. You can imagine my surprise when a fairy in a pink dress calmly opened the door.Isn’t this a dream?