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Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19th November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to 25 years in the Gulags. After a three month journey to Siberia in the depths of winter he escaped with six companions, realising that to stay in the camp meant almost certain death.In June 1941...

Short tales of passion and lust from the pens of today's most exciting writers of lesbian eroticaThis all-new volume of lesbian erotica brings together a dazzling selection of new fiction from around the world. Here are 50 short stories from a still growing genre, most of which have been specially commissioned.The writing covers the emotional...

One of MIT and Oxford's leading futurists explains what blockchain is, unpacks the cryptocurrency hype train, explores how blockchain will change the nature of your job, and shows you how blockchain will impact business and societyThe only book you need to understand blockchain: what it is, how it works and how it will transform business, society...

This concise introduction to 66 of the most thought-provoking books ever written shows how they can help us in our everyday lives.Russell ranges widely as he demystifies philosophy, selecting works from Plato, Descartes and Wittgenstein to Philip K. Dick and the Moomins, as well as contemporary thinkers such as Peter Singer and John Rawls....

The first book in M C Beaton's Edwardian Murder Mystery series. After a brief dalliance with the Suffragette movement, Lady Rose Summers' debut season in London society is a complete disaster. Rose's father suspects that her fiancé, Sir Geoffrey Blandon, is a first class scoundrel and calls in Captain Harry Cathcart to investigate. But when a...

An authoritative, practical guide on how to develop the mindset necessary for success, both personal and professional. - Revised and updated with new materialWorld-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset.Dweck...