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  Governing by Fake News

  Jacques Baud

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  What are Islamic State is seeking to create a civil war in France; that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons; that Vladimir Putin is trying to destabilise our democracies; that terrorism has struck France, not for what it does, but for what it is; that the genocide in Darfur has claimed 400,000 victims?... Literally none, but these assertions are enough to establish the foreign policy of Western countries. The author, a former agent of the Swiss strategic intelligence service, reviews the main contemporary conflicts that Western countries have managed with fake news over the last thirty years. Jacques Baud, a colonel, chemical and nuclear weapons expert, trained in counter-terrorism and counter-guerrilla warfare, designed the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and its Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA). In the service of the United Nations, he served as Chief of Doctrine for Peacekeeping Operations in New York, and was engaged in Africa. In NATO, he led the fight against the proliferation of small arms. He is the author of several books on intelligence, asymmetric warfare and terrorism. 
  This audiobook is read by a synthesized voice.

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  Life in the UK Test 2026 - With...

  Freddie Ixworth

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  Most people fail the Life in the UK Test for one simple reason: they don't have time to study properly. 
  They buy the official guide, promise themselves they’ll read it later, and then life gets in the way—work, family, commuting, stress. Suddenly, the test is next week, and they are trying to cram everything at the last minute! 
  This audiobook is designed to save you time. Instead of forcing you through long, dry chapters, this book uses the fastest and most effective format for this exam: clear, direct practice questions with instant answers. 
  Why? Because the question-and-answer format is easier to digest than the original learning material. Questions make you think. Answers make you remember. Repetition makes you pass.  
  The book's narrator is clear, calm, and easy to understand, making it perfect for repeated listening during your commute, at the gym, on walks, or before bed. Many listeners go through the audiobook 2.5 to 4 times before their test. 
  You can listen to the sample and hear the difference for yourself. 
  Most importantly, this edition is fully updated for 2026. That includes the new King, the latest government changes, updated taxes and policies, and Brexit developments. 
  Here’s what you’ll get inside this book:   
  • 500 official-style practice test questions & instant answers 
  • Fully updated 2026 content and policy changes 
  • A simple structure that makes progress easy to track 
  • A repeatable study system designed for first-time success 
  If passing quickly matters to you, and passing the first time matters even more, this audiobook gives you the most effective way to get there.

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  Keir Starmer: The Biography

  Tom Baldwin

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  THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER 
  A Times Book of the Year; A Telegraph Book of the Year; A Daily Mail Book of the Year; A Waterstones Book of the Year 
  ‘Required reading for anyone who has an interest in who governs Britain' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL 
  'This will be the most important political book of the year’ MATTHEW D’ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD 
  This authoritative – but not authorised – biography by Tom Baldwin provides answers by drawing deeply on many hours of interviews with Prime Minister himself, as well as unprecedented access to members of his family, his oldest friends and closest colleagues. 
  Together, they tell an unexpectedly intimate story filled with feelings of grief and love that has driven him on more than any rigid ideology or loyalty to a particular faction. 
  The book tracks Starmer’s emergence from a troubled small town background and rebellious youth, through a storied legal career as a human rights barrister and the country’s chief prosecutor, to becoming an MP relatively late in life. 
  Baldwin provides a vivid and compelling account of how this untypical politician then rose to be leader of his party in succession to Jeremy Corbyn, then transformed it with a ruthless rapidity that has enraged opponents from the left just as much as it has bewildered those on the right. 
  Above all, this is a book that should be read by anyone who wants to understand how someone who has too often been underestimated or dismissed as dull, now intends to change Britain. 
  'The first serious and consistently readable biography of Starmer…It is a wonder that he has said so much to Baldwin' PATRICK MAGUIRE, THE TIMES 
  'This is an absolutely riveting and very timely biography' AMOL RAJAN 
  ‘Highly readable… Baldwin has peeled back more layers than anyone else' ROBERT SHRIMSLEY, FINANCIAL TIMES 
  This Sunday Times bestselling book is a journey through the history of democracy in the 21st century. It's an autobiography that explores the ideologies and processes that have shaped European politics. 
  For fans of Rory Stewart (Politics On the Edge), Bob Woodward (The Final Days), Max Boot (Reagan), and Kate Grenville (One Life). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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  The Art of the Impossible - How...

  Andrew Reid, Simon Carr

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  "A revelation" – Nigel Farage
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  Nothing like it had ever been done before. In January 2019, the Brexit Party was just a name. Over a matter of weeks, the party would be launched, stand candidates across seventy seats and become the largest single party in the European Parliament.
  Along the way, it fought Establishment quangos, the courts, Parliament, the Speaker and the government – hammering the Conservatives so hard it forced the resignation of their Prime Minister – to win nearly twice as many seats as its nearest rival.
  It was a success beyond anyone's dreams (or, indeed, anyone's worst nightmare). And the inside story of how it happened may serve as a manual of how to – and occasionally how not to – do it.
  This unique book details the wild ride of the brand-new Brexit Party as it heads from triumph in the European elections to disaster in the general election six months later. Packed with hilarious anecdotes about the reality of setting up a new party, it takes the reader on a journey through building the entire apparatus in an impossibly short time frame; losing key players to enemy action; and facing chaotic scenes created by a cat's cradle of legal complications – before arriving at the conclusion that politics is much more difficult than it looks.

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  The Communist Manifesto

  Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

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  "Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!"
  
  A Call to Revolution
  
  First published in 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' Communist Manifesto is considered a foundational work of political theory.
  
  This political work remains pertinent today since it questions capitalism and urges the working class to overthrow the capitalist system and impose communism, a society without classes.
  
  This manifesto—with echoes of Russian history—remains essential to comprehending the forces influencing the world we live in today.
  
  "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles"
  This manifesto, deeply rooted in Marxism and relevant to the Russian Revolution and the Cold War, is an essential read for those interested in politics and history books alike.
  
  This communist manifesto book is a faithful reprint, preserving its original power and relevance. It's an essential piece of history that resonates in today's world, making it a perfect addition to any collection of political books or a thoughtful gift for anyone passionate about communism and Russian history.
  
  Order now to own a classic that still moves a global ideology today.
  
  Title Details
  
  - Original 1848 Text
  - Historical Context
  - Political Philosophy

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  From Enlightenment To Revolution...

  Maximillian Robespierre, Edmund...

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  History is often concentrated into short bursts of change, with long periods of shifting before and waves of alteration afterwards. Nowhere is this more obvious than the thirty year interregnum between the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. In this period, three figures stand tall; Pitt, the elder stateman who saw the need for genuine constitutionalism; Burke, the consummate parliamentarian, speaking for the glory of empire; and Robespierre, the legendary and controversial frontman of the French Revolution.William Pitt The Elder speaks about the need for key changes to the body politic. The first speech here predates the interregnum, being from 1738, when he was merely thirty, and covers a key factor in Britain’s colonial problems for the next two centuries, being the complete internal corruption of the army.Edmund Burke represents the height of Royalist sympathy as the age of revolution gets underway. He speaks on the need for conciliation with America after the disaster of the Stamp Act and revolution, on the need to punish Warren Hastings for treating his Asian holdings as his own empire to fill with his own corruption, and on the end of an era with the passing of Marie Antoinette.Finally, the age of revolution, both industrial and political, has begun. Robespierre argues for the dignity of man; for rejecting the divinity of royal authority in favour of that of the human spirit; against the death penalty, as being below the dignity of a truly humanist state; on enemies, internal and external, who push the people to reject their own interests for those of the powerful. This is but a small selection of the man’s incredible output - in 1791 alone, he gave three hundred and twenty-eight speeches.Spitting bile and flame in his last speech, which closes this volume, Robespierre truly inaugurates the era when revolution against centuries-old powers brought their end, and their nations found their renewal.

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