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  Lydia Litvyak: The Life and...

  Charles River Editors

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  Altogether, the Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest battle in the history of warfare, and the Soviets’ decisive victory there is considered one of the biggest turning points in the entire war, and certainly in the European theater. Over the next two years, the German gains in Russia were steadily reversed, and the Red Army eventually began pushing west towards Berlin. Fittingly, the importance of Stalingrad was commemorated in several ways, from Churchill presenting Stalin with a “Sword of Stalingrad” to the Russians’ decision not to rebuild parts of the battle scarred city as a reminder of what happened there.  
  Partly out of dire circumstances and partly from a cultural worldview, it was the Soviet Union who first pressed female pilots into direct combat when Hitler invaded Russia. Ahead of Stalingrad, Stalin publicly declared that “women should be given the right to fly and fight for their country.” As a result, more than 800,000 women served in the Soviet military during the war years in hospitals, communication units, as road troops, anti-aircraft gunners, and snipers. 
  Of the Soviet female fighter pilots who fought the Nazis in the skies, led raids against ground targets, and stopped supply transports, the iconic Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak stands out as the most distinguished. The most productive and highly decorated of the Soviet Union’s female pilots, Litvyak was an expert aviator by the age of 14 and trained 45 pilots in the years leading up to the war, while still a teenager. She went on to serve in several of the elite air guard regiments, and she would be credited with numerous victories as the Soviets desperately tried to hold off the German onslaught around Stalingrad. The quirky and defiant Litvyak was described as a “silent modest beauty with a blonde shock of hair and blue eyes.” She “walked with a special gait, causing delight among others,” men in particular, and she tended to look neat at all times.

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  Break Point - SAS: Who Dares...

  Ollie Ollerton

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  THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEREx-Special Forces' soldier and host of SAS: Who Dares Wins, Ollie Ollerton narrates his incredible story for the first time.Where is your break point?Is it here? Facing the gruelling SAS selection process on one leg, with a busted ankle and the finish line nowhere in sight?Or here? Under heavy fire from armed kidnappers while protecting journalists en route to Baghdad.Or, is it here? At the bottom of a bottle, with a family in pieces, unable to adapt to a civilian lifestyle, yearning for a warzone.We all have break points to face - at the gym, in the office, in our personal lives  - those moments of self-doubt where we have to dig deep, and find something within to grab hold of and push us through. Ex-Special Forces soldier Ollie Ollerton has faced his own break points and now he tells us the lessons he has learnt along the way. From survivor of a freak childhood attack to elite fighter, Ollie's incredible story features, high-speed shoot-outs, counter-terrorism and humanitarian heroics. Special Forces soldiers are not supermen. Bullets don't bounce off them. They don't hit the target with every shot. They have the same vulnerabilities and doubts as the rest of us. But ordinary people can achieve the extraordinary, under the greatest pressure, in the most challenging situations. Ollie's life has taught him that everyone has the capacity for incredible achievement, because it's only when it's crunch time, when you're down to your last bullet - when you're at break point - that you find out who you really are.Includes an exclusive Q&A and an extract from Ollie's new book Battle Ready.OLLIE OLLERTON CO-HOSTS SAS: WHO DARES WINS ALONGSIDE ANT MIDDLETON, JASON FOX and MARK BILLINGHAM.

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  The Last Living Slut - Born in...

  Roxana Shirazi

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  The Last Living Slut is the salaciously literary and sexually liberated memoir about Roxana Shirazi’s evolution from traditional Iranian to rock groupie. 
   
  “Makes Pamela Des Barres’ I’m With the Band read like a nun’s diary in comparison. . . . The most gripping real-life account of female depravity we’ve ever read.” —New York Times–bestselling authors Neil Strauss and Anthony Bozza, from their Introduction 
   
  Born in Tehran and raised within the strictures of Muslim religious culture, Roxana Shirazi’s life changed when her family immigrated to London, fleeing the Iranian Revolution. Thrust into an uptight environment where she was racially bullied, she found refuge in the sounds of hard rock and heavy metal, becoming obsessed with living the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle that the music celebrated.  
   
  When not pursuing her Masters degree in English, Roxana was attending rock concerts, pursuing her favorite musicians and exploring her voracious sexuality. Partying with members of Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Velvet Revolver, and other bands past their 80s hair metal prime, she pushed herself and her rock star conquests to sexual extremes. 
   
  “Raw and real” (Orlando Sentinel), The Last Living Slut is a passionate tale of jilted love, brutal revenge, and backstage encounters from a woman who rocked harder than most metalheads—and their guitar slinging heroes—would have ever dared.

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  Leading Men in Music - Insights...

  Jene Roswell

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  Are you a fan of some high-profile male musicians, and want to know more about other highly influential men in the music industry? 
  You may have read a few biographies on some of the most influential men in music, but now you’re searching for a book that covers many great artists, all in one place. 
  Or, maybe you are familiar with all of the musicians and producers covered in this book, but you want to delve much deeper into their upbringing, their personalities, and their start in the music business... 
  Well, you’re in luck! Leading Men in Music answers all your musical questions. This book is the only reference you’ll need for facts on the top influential male musicians since the 1970s. 
  You’ll feel invested in each of these musical leaders as you learn more about them as real people, rather than celebrities. 
  You’ll not only find yourself fascinated by their music and how their career developed, but also their personal lives behind the music. 
  This book highlights the common themes of decency and generosity across all of these musical leaders and shows you how all of these men maintained high-profile and successful careers. 
  Inside Leading Men in Music, discover the facts on various artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Freddie Mercury, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, and much more! 
  It’s time you learned the truth about these influential and successful men of the music industry. 
  Read Leading Men in Music today and take your knowledge of the most influential men in music to the next level!

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  The World Is Waiting for You -...

  Tara Grove, Isabel Ostrer

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  Inspiring commencement speeches from Wynton Marsalis, Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, and others: “The perfect gift for grads-to-be” (O, The Oprah Magazine).   “The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don’t listen to them,” acclaimed author and award-winning journalist Anna Quindlen cautioned graduates of Grinnell College. Jazz virtuoso and educator Wynton Marsalis advised new Connecticut College alums not to worry about being on time, but rather to be in time—because “time is actually your friend. He don’t come back because he never goes away.” And renowned physician and humanitarian Paul Farmer revealed at the University of Delaware his remarkable discovery—the new disease Empathy Deficit Disorder—and assured the commencers it could be cured.   The prescient, fiery feminism of Gloria Steinem sits parallel to that of celebrated writer Ursula K. Le Guin, who asks, “What if I talked like a woman right here in public?” Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison sagaciously ponders how people centuries from now will perceive our current times, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Barbara Kingsolver asks those born into the Age of Irony to “imagine getting caught with your Optimism hanging out” and implores us always to act and speak the truth.   With eighteen rousing graduation speeches, The World Is Waiting for You speaks to anyone who might take to heart the advice of Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards—“life as an activist, troublemaker, or agitator is a tremendous option and one I highly recommend”—and is the perfect gift for all who are ready to move their tassels to the left.

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  Sicilian Carousel - Adventures...

  Lawrence Durrell

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  A moving account of friendship and discovery on the island of Sicily from the acclaimed travel writer and bestselling author of The Alexandria Quartet.   Despite decades spent writing poetic evocations of the timeless pleasures of life in the Mediterranean, Lawrence Durrell had never set foot on the sea’s largest island: mysterious, impenetrable Sicily. For years his friend Martine begged him to visit her on this sun-kissed paradise, and though he always intended to, life inevitably interfered. It took Martine’s sudden death to finally bring him to the island’s shores. With Martine’s letters in his pocket, Durrell signs up for a tour group, hoping to learn the travel habits of those who aren’t obsessively devoted to island life. As he treks from sight to sight, dizzy with history and culture, Durrell finds echoes of his past lives in Rhodes, Cyprus, and Corfu.

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