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30 PETER CADDICK ADAMS Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives publication: 26/05/2011 price: 20.00 size: Royal Octavo pages: 592 ISBN: 9781848091528 The first comparative biography of two of the most charismatic, and strategically important, military leaders of the Second World War This is the story of two men with electrifying personal qualities who, between them, altered our understanding of leadership in battle. Peter Caddick Adams traces Montgomery and Rommel’s lives from their provincial upbringings, through to them facing each other across the trenches in the First World War, and to North Africa and Europe in the second. Both Montgomery and Rommel were on the periphery of the military establishment; both were in part creations of the propaganda of their own and that of their superiors. They were alike in many ways and they represent the first time military commanders proactively and systematically used (and were used by) the media as they came to prominence in the North Africa campaign. This book explores and compares their tactical talents and their personalities in battle. They each added something special to their respective commands. Rommel’s performance with the 7th Panzer in 1940 was inspired. Montgomery is a gift for leadership gurus in the way he took over a demoralised Eighth Army in August 1942 and led it to victory just two months later - he brought with him an extraordinary personal charisma, not just 300 new American Sherman tanks. Both commanders also gave trusted subordinates room to use their initiative. And Caddick Adams explores their natural instinctive feel for combat - the German term for this (there is no direct translation) is fingerspitengefuhl. Peter Caddick Adams is a Lecturer at Cranfield Military Academy specialising in military history and media operations working alongside Richard Holmes. His special areas of interest are battlefield history and he researches in Military Doctrine and Leadership. He has led over 200 visits to more than 50 battlefields around the world. He joined the Territorial Army in 1985 and currently serves as a military media advisor in the rank of major. Peter was educated at Shrewsbury School and Wolverhampton University, where he gained a First in War Studies. BEN KANE Soldier of Carthage publication: 09/06/2011 price: 12.99 size: Royal Octavo pages: 432 ISBN: 9781848092273 The first in a brilliant new series set during the Second Punic War, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Legion Chronicles In the First Punic War, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated Carthage, their only serious rival for power in the Mediterranean. Now a brilliant young Carthaginian general, called Hannibal, is out for revenge. Caught up in the maelstrom are two young boys, Hanno, the son of a distinguished soldier and confidant of Hannibal, and Quintus, son of a Roman equestrian and landowner. A disastrous adventure will see Hanno sold into slavery and bought by Quintus’s father. Although an unexpected friendship springs up between the two boys - and with Quintus’s sister, Aurelia - the fortunes of the two warring empires once again separates them. They find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict and an alliance forged through slavery will be played out to its stunning conclusion in battle. Ben Kane was born in Kenya and raised there and in Ireland. He studied veterinary medicine and University College, Dublin, but after that he travelled the world extensively, indulging in his passion for ancient history. He lives in North Somerset with his wife and two young children.
KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS The Victim publication: 02/06/2011 price: 12.99 size: Demy Octavo pages: 352 ISBN: 9781848092556 The final instalment in the thrilling trilogy about the Mitchells and O’Haras Life is looking bleak for Frankie Mitchell – not only has she lost custody of her two children to their sadistic, gypsy-bred father, Jed O’Hara, she is also pregnant and banged up in Holloway awaiting trial for attempted murder. In Frankie’s absence, her father, underworld boss Eddie Mitchell, is determined to get his own back. He wants revenge not only for his daughter’s imprisonment, but also for the death of his beloved wife, Jessica. Determined to get his grandchildren back home where they belong, Eddie plans the O’Haras demise slowly and precisely. But then he finds out a secret and learns the real reason why his daughter is in the slammer and all hell breaks loose. Essex had never seen anything like the bloodbath that followed, but were either family actually capable of winning this long-running feud, or would they all become the victims of their own past mistakes? Kimberley Chambers lives in Romford and has been, at various times, a disc jockey and a street trader. She is now a full-time author. BRUCE DESSAU Comedy Babylon publication: 26/05/2011 price: 18.99 size: Royal Octavo pages: 304 ISBN: 9781848093201 Comedians are not normal. If they were normal they wouldn’t want to go onstage and make thousands of strangers laugh every night. Comedy Babylon is the story of lives lived to excess: of alcohol, drugs, sex ... and running marathons Comedy Babylon is a celebration of comedy – one of the modern world’s most dominant and compelling art forms – but it is also the story of comedy’s dark side, homing in on the scandals that have surrounded some of light entertainment’s biggest stars, and telling it as it is, featuring quotes from those that were there at the time. How the devoted laughter of those fans onstage never seemed to be enough for these moody, prickly, egodriven entertainers. How they would constantly seek more thrills when the curtain came down. The offstage antics of certain comedians would make even rock stars blush. The number of comedians who have had to deal with paternity suits would make a book in itself. While Comedy Babylon explores the extremes of this world it also addresses another question. Are comedians naturally dysfunctional, or does the stress and pressure of the job make them dysfunctional? Ruby Wax once told me that she had builders in her house who were just as emotionally unstable as most stand-up comedians she had worked with. But they don’t want to go on stage and plead with an audience to love them. There is something about wanting to make strangers laugh for a living that is intrinsically, fundamentally, strange. Stand-up is doubly peculiar in that respect. It’s just the one person emotionally naked on the stage in front of maybe thousands of people. No safety net, no back up. It takes a particularly odd person to want to pursue comedy as a career. And, as Comedy Babylon will reveal, the behaviour of comedians once they are successful in their chosen career makes them even odder. Bruce Dessau is the only person who could write this book. From Russell Brand slashing his chest onstage to Jo Brand trashing a friend’s car on the motorway, he has heard it all. Bruce Dessau knows where the bodies are buried. Bruce Dessau is the king of comedy critics. He cut his critical teeth during the 1980s Alternative Comedy explosion in smoky rooms in the arse end of London, from Malcolm Hardee’s infamous Tunnel Club to The Comedy Store before it became part of the respectable establishment. He has chaired the Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel twice – once when it was the Perrier Award, once when it was the if.comedy Award – and has regularly served on the judging committee, spending dawn to dusk to dawn again seeing stand-up comedy. Bruce is the Studs Terkel, the Norman Mailer, the Cyril Connolly of comedy critics. He has reviewed them all on both sides of the Atlantic and after nearly thirty years can still usually be found after dark chasing laughs for the London Evening Standard, the Guardian and for his own amusement. 31 Century Hutchinson Random House Books William Heinemann Preface Publishing Arrow and Young Arrow Guardian Books Windmill Books Audio
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