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Amazing Planets
Patrick Bishop; Illustrated by Photographic Studio
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SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN - Airey Neave was
assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years
after his death, Patrick Bishop's lively, action-packed biography
examines the life, heroic war and death of one of Britain's most
remarkable 20th century figures. Airey Neave was one of the most
extraordinary figures of his generation. Taken prisoner during WW2,
he was the first British officer to escape from Colditz and using
the code name 'Saturday' became a key figure in the IS9 escape and
evasion organisation which spirited hundreds of Allied airmen and
soldiers out of Occupied Europe. A lawyer by training, he served
the indictments on the Nazi leaders at the Nuremburg war trials. An
ardent Cold War warrior, he was mixed up in several of the great
spy scandals of the period. Most people might consider these
achievements enough for a single career, but he went on to become
the man who made Margaret Thatcher, mounting a brilliantly
manipulative campaign in the 1975 Tory leadership to bring her to
power. And yet his death is as fascinating as his remarkable life.
On Friday, 30 March 1979, a bomb planted beneath his car exploded
while he was driving up the ramp of the House of Commons
underground car park, killing him instantly. The murder was claimed
by the breakaway Irish Republican group, the INLA. His killers have
never been identified. Patrick Bishop's new book, published to mark
the 40th anniversary of his death, is a lively and concise
biography of this remarkable man. It answers the question of who
killed him and why their identities have been hidden for so long
and is written with the support of the Neave family.
This title was first published in 2003. Since the 1980s, in
Australia and other developed nations, public sector management
philosophies and how the public sector is organized have changed
dramatically. At the same time, there have been many demands, and
several attempts, to preserve and promote ethical behaviour within
the public sector - though few go much beyond the publication of a
code. Both developments require an understanding of how public
organizations operate in this new environment. Organizational and
management theory are seen as providing important potential
insights into the opportunities and pitfalls for building ethics
into the practices, culture and norms of public organizations. This
book brings together the experience and research of a range of
"reflective practitioners" and "engaged academics" in public sector
management, organizational theory, management theory, public sector
ethics and law. It addresses what management and organization
theory might suggest about the nature of public organizations and
the institutionalization of ethics.
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Magical World
Patrick Bishop; Illustrated by Scott Barker
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R165
R139
Discovery Miles 1 390
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SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN - Airey Neave was
assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years
after his death, Patrick Bishop's lively, action-packed biography
examines the life, heroic war and death of one of Britain's most
remarkable 20th century figures. Airey Neave was one of the most
extraordinary figures of his generation. Taken prisoner during WW2,
he was the first British officer to escape from Colditz and using
the code name 'Saturday' became a key figure in the IS9 escape and
evasion organisation which spirited hundreds of Allied airmen and
soldiers out of Occupied Europe. A lawyer by training, he served
the indictments on the Nazi leaders at the Nuremburg war trials. An
ardent Cold War warrior, he was mixed up in several of the great
spy scandals of the period. Most people might consider these
achievements enough for a single career, but he went on to become
the man who made Margaret Thatcher, mounting a brilliantly
manipulative campaign in the 1975 Tory leadership to bring her to
power. And yet his death is as fascinating as his remarkable life.
On Friday, 30 March 1979, a bomb planted beneath his car exploded
while he was driving up the ramp of the House of Commons
underground car park, killing him instantly. The murder was claimed
by the breakaway Irish Republican group, the INLA. His killers have
never been identified. Patrick Bishop's new book, published to mark
the 40th anniversary of his death, is a lively and concise
biography of this remarkable man. It answers the question of who
killed him and why their identities have been hidden for so long
and is written with the support of the Neave family.
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Busy Diggers (Paperback)
Patrick Bishop; Illustrated by Stuart Lynch
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R213
R174
Discovery Miles 1 740
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In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world
depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter
Command. This is their story. The Battle of Britain is one of the
most crucial battles ever fought, and the victory of Fighter
Command over the Luftwaffe has always been celebrated as a classic
feat of arms. But, as Patrick Bishop shows in this superb history,
it was also a triumph of the spirit in which the attitudes of the
pilots themselves played a crucial part. Reaching beyond the myths
to convey the fear and exhilaration of life on this most perilous
of frontlines, Patrick Bishop offers an intimate and compelling
account that is a soaring tribute to the exceptional young men of
Fighter Command.
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3 Para (Paperback)
Patrick Bishop
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R244
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Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote
outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy
who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened
there has not been told. This is it. In April 2006, the elite 3
Para battlegroup was despatched to Helmand Province in southern
Afghanistan. They were tasked with providing security to
reconstruction efforts, a deployment it was hoped would pass off
without a shot being fired. In fact, over the six months they were
there, the 3 Para battle group saw near continuous combat – one
gruelling battle after another – in what would become one of the
most extraordinary campaigns ever fought by British troops. Around
parched, dusty outposts reliant on a limited number of helicopters
for food and ammunition resupply, troops were subjected to
relentless Taliban attacks, as well as energy-sapping 50 degree
heat and spartan conditions. At the end of the tour, the Taliban
offensive aimed at driving the British and Afghan Government troops
out of Helmand had been tactically defeated. But 3 Para paid a high
price: fourteen soldiers and one interpreter were killed, and 46
wounded. ‘3 Para’ will tell the stories of the men and women
who took part in this extraordinary and largely unreported saga.
Best-selling author Patrick Bishop has been given exclusive access
to the soldiers whose tales of courage and endurance provide an
unforgettable portrait of one of the world's finest and most
fascinating fighting regiments, and a remarkable band of warriors.
Their bravery was reflected in the array of gallantry medals that
were bestowed on their return, including the Victoria Cross awarded
to Corporal Bryan Budd and the George Cross won by Corporal Mark
Wright, both of whom were killed winning their awards. 3 Para’s
saga of comradeship, courage and fortitude is set to become a
classic.
From the bestselling author of 'Fighter Boys', the true story of
two ruthless adversaries and a wartime killing that shook the
modern world. On a cold, bright morning in February 1942, fugitive
Avraham Stern was cornered in a flat in Tel-Aviv and shot dead. His
killer, Assistant Superintendent Geoffrey Morton, claimed Stern was
trying to escape. But Stern was no ordinary criminal. And witnesses
insisted he was executed in cold blood. Stern was a militant
Zionist, self-proclaimed Jewish liberator of British Palestine and
mastermind of bloody terrorist attacks targeting and killing
policemen. On the run from Morton, a British colonial policeman
assigned to capture him, his shooting inspired a cult of martyrdom
that would ignite enmities between Jews, British and Arabs in the
future hotbed of Israel. The Reckoning is the first book to tell
the tale of a rebel who terrorized Palestine, the lawman determined
to stop him and the events that led to their fatal meeting.
In 2018 the RAF is one hundred years old. In his new book, destined
to be a classic, Patrick Bishop examines the high point of its
existence - the Second World War, when the Air Force saved the
nation from defeat then led the advance to victory. A SUNDAY TIMES
BESTSELLER Air warfare was a terrible novelty of the modern age,
requiring a new military outlook. From the beginning, the RAF's
identity set it apart from the traditional services. It was
innovative, flexible and comparatively meritocratic, advancing the
quasi-revolutionary idea that competence was more important than
background. The Air Force went into the war with inadequate
machines, training and tactics, and the early phase was littered
with setbacks and debacles. Then, in the summer of 1940, in full
view of the population, Fighter Command won one of the decisive
battles of the struggle. Thereafter the RAF was gilded with an aura
of success that never tarnished, going on to make a vital
contribution to Allied victory in all theatres. Drawing from
diaries, letters, memoirs, and interviews, Air Force Blue captures
the nature of combat in the skies over the corrugated wastes of the
Atlantic, the sands of the Western Desert and the jungles of Burma.
It also brings to life the intensely lived dramas, romances,
friendships and fun that were as important a part of the experience
as the fighting. Air Force Blue portrays the spirit of the RAF -
its heart and soul - during its finest hours. It is essential
reading for the millions in Britain and the Commonwealth whose
loved ones served, and for anyone who wants to understand the
Second World War.
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ANIMAL KINGDOM (Paperback)
Patrick Bishop; Illustrated by Charly Lane
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R271
R230
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Afghanistan, 2008. After their eighteen-month epic tour of Helmand
Province, the troops of 3 Para are back. This time, the weight of
experience weighs heavily on their shoulders. In April 2006 the
elite 3 Para Battle Group was despatched to Helmand Province,
Afghanistan, on a tour that has become a legend. All that summer
the Paras were subjected to relentless Taliban attacks in one of
the most gruelling campaigns fought by British troops in modern
times. Two years later the Paras are back in the pounding heat of
the Afghanistan front lines. The conflict has changed. The enemy
has been forced to adopt new weaponry and tactics. But how much
progress are we really making in the war against the insurgents?
And is there an end in sight? In this searing account of 3 Para's
return, bestselling author Patrick Bishop combines gripping,
first-person accounts of front-line action with an unflinching look
at the hard realities of our involvement in Afghanistan. Writing
from a position of exclusive access alongside the Paras, he reveals
the 'ground truth' of the mission our soldiers have been given.
It's a sombre picture. But shining out from it are stories of
courage, comradeship and humour, as well as a gripping account of
an epic humanitarian operation through Taliban-infested country to
deliver a vitally needed turbine to the Kajaki Dam. Frank,
action-packed and absorbing, 'Ground Truth' is a timely and
important book that will set the agenda for discussion of the
Afghan conflict for years to come.
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Rainbow Kingdom Activity Book
Patrick Bishop; Illustrated by Danielle Mudd
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R213
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Dino Land
Patrick Bishop; Illustrated by Scott Barker
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R165
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Discovery Miles 1 390
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A Good War (Paperback)
Patrick Bishop
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R253
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Adam Tomaszewski is a Polish airman, flying Hurricanes alongside
British pilots as the Battle of Britain rages in the summer skies
over Kent and Sussex. Facing death daily and far from his friends
and family, Adam finds himself drawn to a maverick Irish soldier
called Gerry Cunningham. 'You're out of luck, brother,' are the
first words Gerry says when they meet in the crush of men competing
for the few women at a dance in a seaside hotel, but when Gerry
betrays his lover Moira, Adam's fortunes seem to have changed. For
the next four years, Adam's life and Gerry's are intertwined like
good luck and bad, love and loss, life and death, their paths
crossing at various points on Adam's perilous journey from the
ruins of Poland to the rolling English countryside, from Egypt to
Occupied France. A hauntingly evocative picture of wartime Britain,
a twisting drama of fighting behind enemy lines, a compelling,
suspenseful love story, A GOOD WAR proves Patrick Bishop - already
acclaimed as a great historian of the war in the air - to be a
superbly gifted novelist.
A GRIPPING TALE OF BRAVERY DURING THE DIEPPE RAID OF 1942 'An
exemplary account of this wartime fiasco' Max Hastings, Sunday
Times 'well-researched, crisply written and utterly absorbing . . .
will live for the reader long afterwards' Andrew Roberts, author of
Churchill: Walking with Destiny ____________ On the warm night of
18 August 1942, a flotilla pushed out into the flat water of the
Channel. They were to seize the German-held port of Dieppe, destroy
key installations, seize intelligence material and then sail for
home. This was the greatest amphibious operation since Gallipoli,
with the biggest accumulation of fighter power ever assembled. But
by the morning of the attack, one of its architects already feared
that the operation would "go down as one of the great failures in
history". Its key players claimed it was essential to D-Day, with
the media telling listeners that it was a success -- but the
tragedy was all too predictable. Using first-hand testimony from
combatants and civilians, and colourful analysis of the roles of
Mountbatten and Montgomery, bestselling author Patrick Bishop's
gripping account brings Operation Jubilee powerfully and vividly to
life, in an epic demonstration of how ambition, folly and courage
came together in one of the most tragic episodes of the war.
____________ 'Bishop's account of the operation is the best I've
read. He understands war, he understands battle, and he understands
men' Allan Mallinson, Spectator 'Riveting and powerfully written.
Patrick Bishop has turned this tragic cautionary tale into a
fascinating, shrewd and timely reflection on leadership in a time
of crisis' Henry Hemming, author of Our Man in New York '[This]
gripping new book sets the record straight and honours the 6,000
brave men sent into the jaws of death' Daily Express 'a masterclass
of heart-stopping historical narrative . . . a gripping,
beautifully written account' Saul David, Telegraph
A gripping account of the epic hunt for Hitler's most terrifying
battleship - the legendary Tirpitz - and the brave men who risked
their lives to attack and destroy this most potent symbol of the
Nazi's fearsome war machine. Tirpitz was the pride of Hitler's
navy. To Churchill, she was 'the Beast', a menace to Britain's
supply lines and a threat to the convoys sustaining Stalin's
armies. Tirpitz was said to be unsinkable, impregnable -no other
target attracted so much attention. In total 36 major Allied
operations were launched against her, including desperately risky
missions by human torpedoes and midget submarines and near-suicidal
bombing raids. Yet Tirpitz stayed afloat. It was not until November
1944 that she was finally destroyed by RAF Lancaster Bombers flown
by 617 Squadron - the Dambusters - in a gruelling mission that
tested the very limits of human endurance. The man who led the raid
- Willie Tait - was one of the most remarkable figures of the war,
flying missions almost continuously right from the start. Until now
his deeds have been virtually unknown. With exclusive co-operation
from Tait's family, Patrick Bishop reveals the extraordinary
achievement of a man who shunned the spotlight but whose name will
be renowned for generations to come. The book is a magnificent,
accessibly written wartime adventure, perfect for fans of Ben
Macintyre's 'Agent Zigzag' or 'Operation Mincemeat'.
Undisturbed in an old First World War trunk were medals, logbooks,
plane parts . . . and an old manuscript. This was the memoir of
Captain Frederick Williams, who flew D.H.4s in photo reconnaissance
and bomber raids over Germany. Starting when he was stationed in
Nancy in 1918 and ending with his return home with a Croix de
Guerre and a DFC to his name, Captain Williams' vivid descriptions
place the reader right in the air alongside him, relaying the
thoughts running through his head as events unfolded around him. It
is an important insight into the early development of bomber raids
within the RAF.
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