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All over the world, many seemingly intelligent people have made foolish decisions based on delusions... from sex to money, from politics to sport, fateful decisions that went badly wrong, Donough O'Brien and Liz Cowley shine a spotlight on 150 intriguing corners of such calamities and over 650 flawed characters.

Always a dog lover, Liz Cowley has now turned her charming and insightful poetic skills to man's best friend with Muttering Doggerel, a book seemingly written by dogs themselves!

In 1925 a fire ripped through the Marylebone premises of Madame Tussaud's waxworks. Little was left beyond a few grotesquely distorted models. It had also been a museum of 'priceless' curiosities. With unique access to archives, the authors expose some major discrepancies relating to Madame Tussaud herself and the authenticity of her collection.

My Sea Lady is Graeme Ogden's moving, and often amusing, memoir of his command of HMS Lady Madeleine during WW2 Arctic and Atlantic convoys... fraught with storms, icebergs, and sub-zero temperatures as well as the fearsome gauntlet of German aircraft, submarines, and surface raiders.

Few businessmen can have had as interesting career as Martin Broughton. From a modest start his acute accountant's brain has taken him to the very top, and even a bid for Chelsea FC. Martin has a passion for horse racing, and this memoir told with all the pace of one of his winners galloping up the home straight at Cheltenham.

To give political legitimacy to his Empire, Emperor Napoleon I created an enduring image of Napoleonic France as the contemporary equivalent of Imperial Rome. The tangible remains of this grand, imperial 'theatre' has excited collectors ever since.

Living a respectable life in Cheltenham, former terrorist Tariq Al Hashmi thinks his previous life is behind him. Wrong. His former masters have long memories and other ideas. Alex Gardiner's remarkable debut novel is full of intrigue and clever twists that will keep the reader guessing.

When Dreams Collide is Nicholas Allan's intimate pilgrimage across the former states of Yugoslavia as he explores the splintered co-evolution of these lands over the last ten centuries, guided by the inimitable Rebecca West's masterpiece, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.

On 31st January 2010, Trooper Corie Mapp of The Life Guards was driving his armoured vehicle on combat operations in Afghanistan when it ran over an IED. The explosion that followed caused him massive injuries. But this was not the end of his active life but rather the beginning.

Saigon, 1963. With the tensions of war starting to swirl, rookie photographer Ned Rivers lands in South Vietnam, hungry for the iconic shot that will make his name. He finds it sooner than expected, and the consequences are as unexpected as they are nerve-racking.

The bizarre and brutal murder of a military hero - retired RSM Tom Wright - sets in motion a complex investigation headed by the troubled Inspector Logan. The Armistice Killer's parade of clues, red herrings, lies and deceits will keep the reader guessing to the last page.

Grenadier Guards, An Account of Operations 1996-2015 covers the regiment's theatres of operation over twenty years and is introduced by a detailed political analysis to underscore the complexities of the situations commanders at all levels found themselves in. Illustrated through with detailed maps and charts.

For an unintentional politician, David Freud has had more impact on the United Kingdom than most. This is the riveting dialogue-driven inside story of his battles - with Westminster and Whitehall alike - to modernize our welfare system. Amongst his reforms was the highly controversial introduction of Universal Credit.

It's payback time. Ivanna finds herself queen of a Moscow cartel. She wants is to get even with those who ripped them off. Ex SAS officer Harry Linley is again involved with Iranian secret agents, a British computer hacker, and a bumbling MI6 agent. A masterful thriller that races between the Gulf States, Singapore, Iran, Bermuda and London.

When a young girl is found strangled in a pillbox (military blockhouse) on the edge of an isolated village, it looks like a tragic but uncomplicated sex crime--especially as Jed, the local boy with whom she was last seen, has disappeared. But when Jed's blood-soaked jacket is found in another pillbox further along the river bank, it becomes clear that the case is more complicated. Chief Inspector Dalliance and DS Riley set about untangling a skein of leads, and in the process discover that the respectability of an idyllic English village conceals dark undercurrents. An exclusive swingers' club includes members of the political elite, while the younger generation seems hell-bent on a nihilistic exploration of sexual boundaries. In the meantime, as the community prepares for its annual Morris Dancing festival, another body is found. The page-turning plot reaches a dramatic climax with the prime suspect leading Dalliance and Riley a merry dance through village streets thronged with handkerchief-waving, stave-wielding Morris men.

This reprint of Thomas Seccombe's highly successful 1880 book will resonate with all who have an interest in observing life - military and otherwise. The amusingly illustrated perils of being a Victorian soldier and the appropriately selected Shakespearian quotes will delight and amuse the modern reader.

The public perception of the Guards is of soldiers used for just ceremonial duties. The Drum Horse in the Fountain demonstrates how far from the mark is this image. It captures the careers, accomplishments, follies and the occasional crimes of over three hundred men who have served in the seven Regiments of the British sovereign's personal troops.

This dark psychological thriller has more twists and turns than the wild Cornish road on which pregnant Claire Treloggan suffers a sinister sexual assault. David Palin weaves together the stories of two very damaged people - Claire and DCI Logan. Each has a hidden agenda, there is no room for compromise.

The United Kingdom is a treasure-trove of military acquisitions - ranging from the bizarre to the priceless. In 'The Spoils of War' historian Christopher Joll unveils the remarkable, and often strange, stories of how and where many of them were procured.

Six little dashes. One empty gallows. Fancy a game? This most simple of children's games involves the temporarily suspended Inspector Dalliance on his third, and most intriguing yet, murder mystery. There's all to play for if lives are to be saved... especially his own.

The Discontented captures the drama and heroism of the 17th and 18th century Hungarian uprisings against the ruling Habsburg dynasty.

Revealing new insight into Paddy Leigh Fermor's many Romanian journeys.

A breathtaking showcase of the human condition, wherein life, death, love, hate, pain and pleasure abound - and that's just one story...

A 'cosy crime' murder story at the heart of the English countryside, interspersed with intrigue, feuding...and cricket.