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Damien Lewis

    Damien Lewis è diventato autore quasi per caso, quando un editore gli propose di trasformare un documentario in un libro. La sua scrittura esplora ampiamente temi di guerra, terrorismo e spionaggio, spesso addentrandosi nelle oscure motivazioni e nel costo umano dietro ai conflitti globali. Attingendo alla sua vasta esperienza di reportage da numerose zone di guerra, Lewis crea narrazioni avvincenti piene di suspense, drammi globali e complessi tradimenti. Il suo stile distintivo è caratterizzato da un crudo realismo e da una profonda comprensione della psiche umana sotto estrema pressione.

    Damien Lewis
    Tears of the desert : one woman's true story of surviving the horrors of Darfur
    SAS Great Escapes Two
    SAS Forged in Hell
    SAS Brothers in Arms
    Schiava. Senza nome, senza diritti, senza dignità
    La bambina di sabbia
    • Halima Bashir è una giovane donna del Darfur che con coraggio e determinazione diventa il primo medico della sua comunità. Nel proprio ruolo, si ritrova testimone della continua violenza perpetrata dalla minoranza araba contro le tribù nere, soprattutto degli abusi sessuali sulle bambine. Senza farsi intimidire, denuncia con forza questi crimini all'ONU e, a sua volta, subisce feroci torture e soprusi finché riesce a fuggire in Inghilterra, dove vive tuttora con la famiglia come rifugiata politica. Queste pagine rappresentano un appello, carico di dolore e insieme di speranza perché il mondo non resti indifferente davanti allo sterminio di un popolo. Questo libro sostiene i progetti COOPI: una parte del ricavato sarà devoluta a favore delle donne vittime di violenza in Sierra Leone. www.coopi.org

      La bambina di sabbia
      4,6
    • SAS Brothers in Arms

      • 416pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      Damien Lewis's new bestseller tells the action-packed, riveting story of the band of mavericks and visionaries who made the SAS. Using hitherto untold stories and new archival sources, Damien Lewis follows one close-knit band of warriors from the SAS foundation through to the Italian landings - chronicling the extraordinary part they played as the tide of the Second World War truly turned in the Allied's favour. This is a narrative of wall-to-wall do-or-die action and daring, chronicling the exploits of some of the most highly-decorated soldiers of the twentieth-century.

      SAS Brothers in Arms
      4,7
    • SAS Forged in Hell

      • 416pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      The incredible true story of the SAS's mission to liberate Europe, featuring never-before-seen archive material FROM BESTSELLING MILITARY HISTORIAN DAMIEN LEWIS Summer, 1943: the largest invasion fleet ever assembled sailed for Europe, aiming to bulldoze its way onto Nazi shores. At its vanguard went a few hundred elite soldiers, their Royal Navy warship bearing the iconic motto 'Who Dares Wins'. The aim: Led by the legendary SAS commander Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, these war-bitten, piratical raiders were tasked to do the impossible - to bulldoze their way onto the most heavily defended Nazi shores - against all odds, outnumbered fifty-to-one. If they succeeded, it would mark the turning point in the war. If they failed, the consequences were unthinkable. Action-packed and filled with heroic endeavour, SAS Forged in Hell is breath-taking combat writing at its best, in true Damien Lewis style.

      SAS Forged in Hell
      4,6
    • SAS Great Escapes Two

      • 352pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      The new bestseller from Damien Lewis, the Regiment's de facto historian.

      SAS Great Escapes Two
      4,5
    • Halima Bashir was born in Sudan. She left to study medicine, & returned as her tribe's first qualified doctor. Janjaweed Arab militias began savagely assaulting her people. She treated the traumatised victims. After speaking to a Sudanese newspaper & to the UN charities, the secret police came for her, interrogating & torturing her.

      Tears of the desert : one woman's true story of surviving the horrors of Darfur
      4,6
    • The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

      • 402pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      'One of the most extraordinary stories of World War II - a howitzer of a tale that more people should know about' Daily Mail

      The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
      4,4
    • Sergeant 'Bommer' Grahame, one of the deadliest soldiers on the battlefield is an elite army JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller- pronounced 'jay-tack'). This title tells the story of Bommer Grahame and his five-man Fire Support Team on their tour of Afghanistan.

      Fire strike 7/9
      4,4
    • Churchill's Secret Warriors

      • 416pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      'One of the most extraordinary stories of World War II . . . an eloquent and welcome tribute to their selfless, sometimes reckless courage - a howitzer of a tale that more people should know about' Daily Mail

      Churchill's Secret Warriors
      4,4
    • "The true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash-landings to parachute bailouts--ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend. In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey that would turn them into lifelong friends. One was an orphaned puppy, abandoned by his owners as they fled Nazi forces. The other was a different kind of lost soul--a Czech airman bound for the Royal Air Force and the country that he would come to call home. Airman Robert Bozdech stumbled across the tiny German shepherd--whom he named Ant--after being shot down on a daring mission over enemy lines. Unable to desert his charge, Robert hid Ant inside his jacket as he escaped. In the months that followed the pair would save each other's lives countless times as they flew together with Bomber Command. And though Ant was eventually grounded due to injury, he refused to abandon his duty, waiting patiently beside the runway for his master's return from every sortie, and refusing food and sleep until they were reunited. By the end of the war Robert and Ant had become British war heroes, and Ant was justly awarded the Dickin Medal, the 'Animal VC'"--Provided by publisher.

      War dog : the no-man's land puppy who took to the skies
      4,4