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“The best overview of
the 9/11 decade so far
in print.” —The Economist
The 9/11 Wars
Jason Burke
Throughout the 1990s a vast conflict was brewing. The storm broke on
September 11th 2001. Since then much of the world has seen invasions,
bombings, battles and riots. Hundreds of thousands of people have died.
Jason Burke, a first hand witness of many of the conflict’s key moments, has
written the definitive account of its course. At once investigation, reportage,
and contemporary history, it is based on hundreds of interviews with
participants including desperate refugees and senior intelligence officials,
ministers and foot-soldiers, active militants and their victims. Burke reveals
the true nature of contemporary Islamic militancy and the inside story of
the fight against it. He cuts through the myth and propaganda of all sides
to reveal the reality behind well-known—and lesser known—episodes,
and brings characters, voices and a sense of place to a gripping narrative.
The 9/11 Wars is an essential book for understanding the dangerous and
unstable twenty-first century. Whether reporting on the riots in France or
the attack on Mumbai, suicide bombers in Iraq, or British troops fighting in
Helmand, Jason Burke tells the story of a world that changed forever when
the hijacked planes flew out of the brilliant blue sky above Manhattan on
September 11th 2001.
978-1846-14517-9 • $20.00 • 752 pp • 6 x 9 • Current Events • Paperback
Penguin UK • Available Now
No Time for Fear
How A Shark Attack Survivor Beat the Odds
Paul de Gelder
IMPROVISE. ADAPT. OVERCOME. These three words—the mantra of the Australian Army—
resonated with Paul de Gelder the first time he heard them. Paul chased adventure wherever
he could find it, from his wild ride as a teen, and his drug-and-alcohol fuelled stint working
in a strip club, to hauling his way up to the elite echelons of the defence forces. But trouble
hunted him down in the form of a brutal shark in February 2009. Paul lost two limbs, and his
career as a daredevil navy clearance diver was flung into jeopardy. Drawing on everything his
eventful life had taught him, Paul left nothing to chance in his recovery. He fought through
excruciating pain, smashing challenge after challenge, and amazing the medical staff with his
will to succeed. His inspiring story takes “never say die” to a whole new level.
978-0-14-356732-5 • $22.00 • 264 pp • 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 • Autobiography • Paperback
Penguin Australia • Available April 24, 2012
Mother India
A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi
Pranay Gupte
Mother India is the fascinating story of independent India’s most complex political figure:
Indira Gandhi, the enigmatic and solitary daughter of the country’s first prime minister, who
rose to become prime minister herself. From being the reticent Indu in the Nehru family, she
became one of the great leaders of the twentieth century. Pranay Gupte explores the life and
times of “Mrs. G,” who at the height of her career was often compared to Bharat Mata—Mother
India. Her “Garibi Hatao” call and her efforts at bringing about a Green Revolution endeared
her to the electorate, but controversy and criticism, too, marked her years in and out of office.
From the time she engineered a split in the Congress Party to emerge as its undisputed leader
in the 1960s, through the triumphal aftermath of the 1971 war, the infamous Emergency, right
up to Operation Bluestar which led to her brutal assassination
on October 31, 1984, Mrs. Gandhi’s legacy is still being determined.
978-0-14-306826-6 • $20.00 • 660 pp • 6 x 9 • Biography • Paperback
Penguin India • Available April 24, 2012