2008

Churchill’s Wizards

Part I The War of Nerves The Nature of Camouflage Engineering Opinion Hiding and Sniping Deception in the Dardanelles Steel Trees Guile and Guerilla The Twice-promised Land A Dazzle of Zebras Lying for Lloyd George Deceivers Deceived Part II Wizards of WW2 Curtain Up Winston is Back Hiding the Silver A Great Blow Between the …

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President Obama: The Path to the White House

Obama’s Moment   Richard Stengel The Fresh Face   Joe Klein Michelle’s Gift   Curtis Sittenfeld A Mother’s Story   Amanda Ripley How He Learned to Win   Michael Weisskopf A Star is Born   Amy Sullivan Defeating Hillary   Karen Tumulty The Overseas Test   Karen Tumulty Ready to Lead   Joe Klein The People’s Choice   Nancy Gibbs

Double Vision

In Love Animal Life Bird Life Scotland Time Passes Art Music The Writer Computing On Vacation Gardening Spring Summer Autumn Winter Christmas Country Life New Year Health Care My Party Face Sport Family Life Motoring Cheers

Doctor Who: The Writer’s Tale

Foreword   Philip Pullman Introduction  Russell T. Davies Introduction  Benjamin Cook Who’s Who Definitely Maybe Catherine, Kylie and Dennis Bastards Int. Spaceship Live and Let Die The Rewriter’s Tale Fire and Brimstone Structure and Cosmetics The Great Escape Still Fighting It Steven Moffat’s Thighs Holding the Line The Christmas Invasion Day Old Blues Time for Heroes …

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What on Earth Happened?

Mother Nature (13.7 billion-7 million BC) How the universe was formed, and the unfolding of life on earth before mankind Crunch, Bang, Ouch![rtoc] How an invisible speck of infinite energy exploded our universe into existence, with its galaxies of stars and constant laws of physics.[/rtoc] First Twitches[rtoc] How collisions, bombardments and volcanoes pummelled the young …

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Fateful Choices

Forethoughts London, Spring 1940: Great Britain Decides to Fight On Berlin, Summer and Autumn 1940: Hitler Decides to Attack the Soviet Union Tokyo, Summer and Autumn 1940: Japan Decides to Seize the ‘Golden Opportunity’ Rome, Summer and Autumn 1940: Mussolini Decides to Grab His Share Washington, DC, Summer 1940-Spring 1941: Roosevelt Decides to Lend a …

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