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The World's Biggest Cash Machine

Manchester United, the Glazers, and the Struggle for Football's Soul

by Chris Blackhurst ...

**'Jaw-dropping' – Daily Mail'A gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer' – City A.M.**Manchester United is more than just a football team; it's an institution. But, when the Glazer family took charge in 2005, they immediately plunged it into record levels of debt. Their reign has coincided with fan protests and a decline in Manchester United’s fortunes on the ... Read more

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**'Jaw-dropping' – Daily Mail'A gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer' – City A.M.**Manchester United is more than just a football team; it's an institution. But, when the Glazer family took charge in 2005, they immediately plunged it into record levels of debt. Their reign has coincided with fan protests and a decline in Manchester United’s fortunes on the
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Too Big to Jail

Inside HSBC, the Mexican drug cartels and the greatest banking scandal of the century

by Chris Blackhurst ...

‘Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you’ – Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the WorldFrom journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations – and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has ever seen.While HSBC likes to sell ... Read more

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‘Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you’ – Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the WorldFrom journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations – and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has ever seen.While HSBC likes to sell
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Too Big to Jail

Inside HSBC, the Mexican Drug Cartels and the Greatest Banking Scandal of the Century

by Chris Blackhurst ...

Narrated by Chris Blackhurst ...

Unabridged

11 hours 48 min

**From journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations – and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has ever seen.'Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you' - Oliver Bullough, author of Butler to the World**While HSBC likes to sell itself as ... Read more

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**From journalist Chris Blackhurst, Too Big to Jail unveils how HSBC facilitated mass money laundering schemes for brutal drug kingpins and rogue nations – and thereby helped to grow one of the deadliest drugs empires the world has ever seen.'Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you' - Oliver Bullough, author of Butler to the World**While HSBC likes to sell itself as
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The World's Biggest Cash Machine

Manchester United, the Glazers, and the Struggle for Football's Soul

by Chris Blackhurst ...

Narrated by Chris Blackhurst ...

Unabridged

10 hours 9 min

**'Jaw-dropping revelations . . . The incredible story of [Man United] laid bare in new book' – Daily Mail'A gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer' – City A.M.**From Chris Blackhurst, the former Editor of the Independent, comes The World's Biggest Cash Machine, a gripping and tightly reported account of how the Glazers, owners of Manchester United, became the ... Read more

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**'Jaw-dropping revelations . . . The incredible story of [Man United] laid bare in new book' – Daily Mail'A gripping tale, full of insight. Blackhurst is an enormously talented writer' – City A.M.**From Chris Blackhurst, the former Editor of the Independent, comes The World's Biggest Cash Machine, a gripping and tightly reported account of how the Glazers, owners of Manchester United, became the
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Built on a Lie

The Rise and Fall of Neil Woodford and the Fate of Middle England’s Money

by Owen Walker ...

Narrated by Thom Petty ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The proud owner of a sprawling £14m estate in the Cotswolds, boasting a stable of eventing horses, a fleet of supercars and neighbouring the royal family, Neil Woodford was the most celebrated and successful British investor of his generation.He spent years beating the market; betting against the dot com bubble in the 1990s and the banks before the financial crash in 2008 ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.The proud owner of a sprawling £14m estate in the Cotswolds, boasting a stable of eventing horses, a fleet of supercars and neighbouring the royal family, Neil Woodford was the most celebrated and successful British investor of his generation.He spent years beating the market; betting against the dot com bubble in the 1990s and the banks before the financial crash in 2008
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Not Zero

How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won't Even Save the Planet)

by Ross Clark ...

Narrated by Ben Onwukwe ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

The British government has embarked on an ambitious and legally-binding climate change target: reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050. The Net Zero policy was subject to almost no parliamentary or public scrutiny, and is universally approved by our political class. But what will its consequences be?Ross Clark argues that it is a terrible mistake, an impractical hostage ... Read more

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The British government has embarked on an ambitious and legally-binding climate change target: reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050. The Net Zero policy was subject to almost no parliamentary or public scrutiny, and is universally approved by our political class. But what will its consequences be?Ross Clark argues that it is a terrible mistake, an impractical hostage
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The Lazarus Heist

Based on the No 1 Hit podcast

by Geoff White ...

Narrated by Geoff White ...

Unabridged

8 hours 28 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Based on the No 1 hit podcast 'The Lazarus Heist''You'll never see North Korea the same way again' Oliver Bullough, Sunday Times bestselling author of Moneyland'One of the most incredible cyber-espionage stories I've ever heard, told by one of the UK's best tech journalists' Jamie Bartlett, author of The Missing Crypto Queen'Madly ... ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Based on the No 1 hit podcast 'The Lazarus Heist''You'll never see North Korea the same way again' Oliver Bullough, Sunday Times bestselling author of Moneyland'One of the most incredible cyber-espionage stories I've ever heard, told by one of the UK's best tech journalists' Jamie Bartlett, author of The Missing Crypto Queen'Madly ...
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The Zimmermann Telegram

by Barbara W. Tuchman ...

Narrated by Wanda McCaddon ...

Unabridged

7 hours 13 min

In the dark winter of 1917, World War I was deadlocked. For Europe to be saved, the United States had to join the war—but President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret ... Read more

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In the dark winter of 1917, World War I was deadlocked. For Europe to be saved, the United States had to join the war—but President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret
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Shredded

Inside RBS, The Bank That Broke Britain

by Ian Fraser ...

This is the definitive account of the Royal Bank of Scotland scandal.For a few brief months in 2007 and 2009, the Royal Bank of Scotland was the largest bank in the world. Then the Edinburgh-based giant - having rapidly grown its footprint to 55 countries and stretched its assets to £2.4 trillion under its hubristic and delinquent former boss Fred Goodwin - crashed to earth.In Shredded, Ian Fraser ... Read more

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This is the definitive account of the Royal Bank of Scotland scandal.For a few brief months in 2007 and 2009, the Royal Bank of Scotland was the largest bank in the world. Then the Edinburgh-based giant - having rapidly grown its footprint to 55 countries and stretched its assets to £2.4 trillion under its hubristic and delinquent former boss Fred Goodwin - crashed to earth.In Shredded, Ian Fraser
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Top Man

How Philip Green built his High Street Empire

by Stewart Lansley ...

Philip Green, owner of, amongst much else, British Home Stores, reached billionaire status faster than anyone else in British history. Today he is worth £3.6 billion and is reckoned to be the country’s fourth richest citizen. A middle-class Jewish boy from North London who left school at fifteen, Green started and failed with four businesses before he made it with Jean Jeannie, which he sold to ... Read more

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Philip Green, owner of, amongst much else, British Home Stores, reached billionaire status faster than anyone else in British history. Today he is worth £3.6 billion and is reckoned to be the country’s fourth richest citizen. A middle-class Jewish boy from North London who left school at fifteen, Green started and failed with four businesses before he made it with Jean Jeannie, which he sold to
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Beware of the Dog

Rugby's Hard Man Reveals All

by Brian Moore ...

WINNER OF THE 2010 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE.Brian Moore, or 'Pitbull' as he came to be known during nearly a decade at the heart of the England rugby team's pack, established himself as one of the game's original hard men at a time when rugby was still an amateur sport. Since his retirement, he has earned a reputation as an equally uncompromising commentator, never afraid to tell ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2010 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE.Brian Moore, or 'Pitbull' as he came to be known during nearly a decade at the heart of the England rugby team's pack, established himself as one of the game's original hard men at a time when rugby was still an amateur sport. Since his retirement, he has earned a reputation as an equally uncompromising commentator, never afraid to tell
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The President's Keepers

Those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison

by Jacques Pauw ...

Investigative journalist Jacques Pauw exposes the darkest secret at the heart of Jacob Zuma’s compromised government: a cancerous cabal that eliminates the president’s enemies and purges the law-enforcement agencies of good men and women. As Zuma fights for his political life following the 2017 Gupta emails leak, this cabal – the president’s keepers – ensures that after years of ruinous rule, he ... Read more

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Investigative journalist Jacques Pauw exposes the darkest secret at the heart of Jacob Zuma’s compromised government: a cancerous cabal that eliminates the president’s enemies and purges the law-enforcement agencies of good men and women. As Zuma fights for his political life following the 2017 Gupta emails leak, this cabal – the president’s keepers – ensures that after years of ruinous rule, he
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