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  Castro's Secrets - Cuban...

  Brian Latell

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  “A conclusive, ground-breaking portrait, based on firsthand sources, of how the Cuban strongman . . . ran circles around the CIA.” —Daily Beast 
   
  In Castro’s Secrets, intelligence analyst and Cuba expert Brian Latell offers an unprecedented view of Fidel Castro in his role as Cuba’s supreme spymaster. Based on interviews with high level defectors from Cuba’s intelligence and security services—including some who have never spoken on record before—Latell reveals long-buried secrets of Fidel’s nearly 50-year reign. 
   
  While the CIA grossly underestimated his capabilities, Castro built one of the best and most aggressive intelligence systems in the world. Their sophisticated network ran moles and double agents who penetrated the highest levels of American Institutions. They also carried out numerous assassinations—some against foreign leaders. 
   
  Latell also sheds new light on the CIA’s deplorable plots against Cuba—including previously obscure schemes to assassinate Castro—and presents shocking new conclusions about what Fidel actually knew of Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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  Gurkha Guns

  Ganesh Rai

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  Powerful, heart-rending and unforgettable, - Gurkha Guns' tells the true story of a young Gurkha soldier's life before, during and after, the Falklands War. The reader is gripped from the beginning by this remarkable, moving account of how the author Ganesh Rai became a soldier and left his native village for a life of adventure, peril and arduous self-discipline.

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  Secret Naval Investigator - The...

  F. Ashe Lincoln

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  “[An] enthralling account of one of the least told important stories of WWII”: the role of the Department of Torpedoes and Mines Investigation Section (Firetrench).   In the lead-up to the Second World War, Ashe Lincoln, a junior barrister, had enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Sub-Lieutenant. On the outbreak of war, he became determined to serve at sea and was posted to minelayers. But a mysterious midnight summons sent him hurrying from his ship to the Admiralty in London and a top-secret conference presided over by Winston Churchill.   Ashe Lincoln soon found himself pitting his wits against brilliantly skillful German scientists and technicians. These were the men Hitler had entrusted to devise secret underwater weapons sea mines and torpedoes of new and often unsuspected types to destroy Britain’s seapower and starve its population into surrender. The part that Ashe Lincoln played in this battle had been decided upon because he was a naval officer who combined legal training with a specialist knowledge in this particular aspect of naval warfare.   In time, Lincoln became a key figure in a small group in the Admiralty whose exploits have been almost forgotten. He found himself in extraordinary situations, including crouching on a bleak Scottish hillside dealing with the first parachute mine knowing that Goering had boasted that no-one would live to do this. His story is a remarkable blend of deductive enterprise and courage.  “Wonderful . . . This book was fascinating from start to finish. I can’t recommend it highly enough. Anyone with an interest in this field of warfare will find this book invaluable.” —Stand Easy

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  Bruised not Broken

  Catrina Brown

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  In her book, Catrina Brown delves into the harrowing life journey of an African American woman who has endured unimaginable trials. From early experiences of grief, loss, and sexual abuse to being bullied in school and verbally abused by her father’s girlfriend, the author’s resilience is tested at every turn. As she grows older, her path takes her through a series of heart-wrenching events: addiction, domestic violence, and kidnapping. She witnesses her children in peril, faces the agony of losing parental rights, and even makes the heart-wrenching decision to give up her youngest child for adoption. The brutality she endures is staggering. Yet, amidst the darkness, she finds a glimmer of hope. Her spirit remains unbroken, and she emerges from despair with a sense of gratitude. Catrina Brown’s book paints a vivid portrait of survival, resilience, and the indomitable human spirit, leaving readers with a profound appreciation for the strength that can arise from life’s darkest moments.

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  Power in Chaos - Overcoming...

  Nick Darland

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  “You’ll be dead or in prison by the time you’re eighteen.”Born into a family of addicts and abusers, Nick Darland knows what it’s like to be stuck inside chaos. Physical and psychological trauma fill his childhood. He self-medicates with alcohol and adrenaline. No one—including him—thinks he will amount to anything.For years he is homeless, penniless, and often hopeless. Then, one memorable winter night, Nick the victim dies. Nick who holds his own power is born.Power in Chaos is the unlikely story of a boy who comes from nothing to become a self-made man—and the bright lights in his dark world that make it possible.Darland’s story is one of navigating life’s challenges with courage, perseverance, and grace. From overcoming obstacles to embracing change, Power in Chaos illustrates what can happen when you harness the chaos of life and emerge stronger, wiser, and more empowered than ever before.

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  Ashes to Admin - Tales from the...

  Evie King

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  Imagine having that sentence said to you. And then imagine it actually being pertinent. Welcome to Evie King’s world. 
   
  What happens if you die without family or money? The answer to this very three-in-the-morning question is that Evie, or someone like her, will step in and arrange your funeral. 
   
  Evie is a local council worker charged with carrying out Section 46 funerals under the Public Health Act. Or to put it in less cold, legislative language; funerals for those with nobody around, willing or able to bury or cremate them. 
   
  Ashes to Admin lifts the coffin lid on some moving and unexpected personal life stories. Sometimes tragic, as with the case of an unidentified woman found on a beach buried without even a name, but often uplifting and occasionally hilarious. 
   
  Ultimately, Evie discovers that her job is more about life than it is about death, funerals being for the living and death being merely a trigger to rediscover a life and celebrate it against the odds. 
   
  This audiobook also includes the special bonus content: ‘A Blustery Conversation with Evie King & Stewart Lee.’

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