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  • Cold War Football

    A History in Ten Matches

    A gargantuan battle for hearts and minds, the Cold War is the supreme example of a 'people's war'. But what did the 'people's game' have to do with it? From Dynamo Moscow's stormy tour of Britain in 1945 to the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1991, Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall chart the clash between capitalism and communism in ten iconic football matches. They take us across Europe, Asia, South ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • SAS South Georgia Boating Club

    An SAS Trooper's Memoir and Falklands War Diary

    by Tony Shaw ...
    A veteran of the British Army's elite special forces regiment recounts his long career from Selection to the Falklands war, Northern Ireland, and beyond.Many aspire to serve with the Special Air Service, arguably the world's most prestigious regiment, but few achieve their aim. In this inspiring memoir, Tony Shaw describes how he left school to embark on a thirty-year military career, including ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Folklore of Cornwall

    Standing alone at the bottom tip of England and despite the enormous influx of tourists it receives each year, Cornwall boasts many unique traditions. This volume touches on the wide variety of legends, songs and stories and their relationship with the rugged landscape: from standing stones and tales of sea-monsters and mermaids to ghosts, fairies and giants. The book looks at pagan ceremonies and ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cinematic Cold War

    The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds

    The Cold War was as much a battle of ideas as a series of military and diplomatic confrontations, and movies were a prime battleground for this cultural combat. As Tony Shaw and Denise Youngblood show, Hollywood sought to export American ideals in movies like Rambo, and the Soviet film industry fought back by showcasing Communist ideals in a positive light, primarily for their own citizens. The ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • Red Reckoning

    The Cold War and the Transformation of American Life

    Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the Cold War still casts a long shadow over American society. Red Reckoning examines how the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century transformed the nation and forced Americans to reconsider almost every aspect of their society, culture, and identity.Using an interdisciplinary approach, the volume’s contributors examine a broad array of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Hollywood and Israel

    A History

    Winner, 2023 Shapiro Best Book Award, Association for Israel StudiesFrom Frank Sinatra’s early pro-Zionist rallying to Steven Spielberg’s present-day peacemaking, Hollywood has long enjoyed a “special relationship” with Israel. This book offers a groundbreaking account of this relationship, both on and off the screen. Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman investigate the many ways in which Hollywood’s ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Hollywood and Israel

    A History

    Winner, 2023 Shapiro Best Book Award, Association for Israel StudiesFrom Frank Sinatra’s early pro-Zionist rallying to Steven Spielberg’s present-day peacemaking, Hollywood has long enjoyed a “special relationship” with Israel. This book offers a groundbreaking account of this relationship, both on and off the screen. Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman investigate the many ways in which Hollywood’s ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Cinematic Terror

    A Global History of Terrorism on Film

    by PhD Tony Shaw ...
    Cinematic Terror takes a uniquely long view of filmmakers' depiction of terrorism, examining how cinema has been a site of intense conflict between paramilitaries, state authorities and censors for well over a century. In the process, it takes us on a journey from the first Age of Terror that helped trigger World War One to the Global War on Terror that divides countries and families today.Tony ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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    SAS South Georgia Boating Club

    An SAS Trooper’s Memoir and Falklands War Diary

    by Tony Shaw ...
    Narrated by Tony Shaw ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 3 min

    A thrilling Special Forces memoir - from Selection to the Falklands war, Northern Ireland, and beyond this is essential listening for anyone interested in the SAS.Many aspire to serve with the Special Air Service, arguably the world's most prestigious regiment, but few achieve their aim. In this inspiring memoir veteran Tony Shaw recounts how he left school without any qualifications and embarked ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

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    SAS: Sea King Down

    Narrated by Simon Darwen ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 55 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.The riveting account of SAS action in the Falklands warAfter passing the world's toughest Special Forces selection and joining the elite ranks of D Squadron, 22 SAS in 1979, Mark 'Splash' Aston thought the hard part was over.Then on April 2 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands.Days later D Squadron joined the cutting edge of Britain's campaign to retake the islands ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Confessions of an Islamophobe

    While the United States, and indeed most of the Western world, fights an active war against Islamic terrorism, we remain in deep denial about who truly is the enemy. Elites across North America and Europe fight to silence those who argue, compellingly, that the roots of terrorism are within Islam itself which has evolved into far more than a religion—it is a radical and dangerous political ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Art of Controversy

    Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power

    A lavishly illustrated, witty, and original look at the awesome power of the political cartoon throughout history to enrage, provoke, and amuse.As a former editor of The New York Times Magazine and the longtime editor of The Nation, Victor S. Navasky knows just how transformative—and incendiary—cartoons can be. Here Navasky guides readers through some of the greatest cartoons ever created, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD