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A detailed account of the war-winning role that a handful of Harrier squadrons played in the Falklands War.On 5 April 1982, the British aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible sailed for the South Atlantic at the heart of the task force that would retake the Falkland Islands, known to Argentina as the Islas Malvinas. Air power was essential to the operation, and some analysts considered the contest unwinnable. The British had just 42 fighter jets available (28 Sea Harriers and 14 RAF Harrier GR.3s), and were outnumbered three-to-one by the Argentinian Air Force. Naval expert Angus Konstam offers a focused history of naval aviation in the Falklands War. The superbly manoeuvrable Harriers provided air cover during the ferociously contested landings, and later a Harrier Forward Operating Base on the islands was also made available. He explains how the British forces achieved their impressive Falklands air-to-air record, shooting down 21 Argentinian jets for no losses, while suffering more to anti-aircraft fire. He also looks into the Harriers’ ground-attack campaign, and explains the roles played by weapons technology, radar, electronic warfare, aerial reconnaissance, and support helicopters.Illustrated throughout with spectacular new artwork, 3D diagrams and maps, this book explains how the brutal test of the Falklands War showed the way forward for naval aviation and fleet air defence for decades to come.

The Sunday Times bestseller Breathing is a powerful, accessible tool to calm your stress, reduce your pain and manage your emotions. By following the exercises in this book, you’ll learn how to harness your breath to take back control of your body and mind. Let’s get started. It’s time to get your breath back. Since tragic loss brought him to breathwork, Stuart Sandeman has helped thousands of people transform their lives, simply by changing the way they breathe. In Breathe In, Breathe Out, Stuart takes you on a journey to discover a hidden power within you that can change the way you think and feel. His accessible exercises, grounded in research and developed over years of practice, will help you to: Sleep soundly and manage stress and pain. Identify and let go of the beliefs that are holding you back. Develop better focus and boost your performance in any field. Deepen the connection with yourself, others and the world around you. You can become stronger, healthier and happier than you’ve ever imagined. All you have to do is Breathe In, Breathe Out.

What if everything we've been told about addiction is wrong? One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realised there was addiction in his family. Confused, he set out on a three-year, thirty-thousand mile journey to discover what really causes addiction - and how to solve it. Told through a series of gripping human stories, this book was the basis of a TED talk and animation that have been viewed more than twenty million times. It has transformed the global debate about addiction.

Free yourself from the tyranny of toxic budget culture, and build an ethical, stress-free financial life. Track every dollar you spend. Check your account balances once a week. Always pay off your credit card bill in full. Make a budget-and stick to it. These are just a few of the edicts you'll find in virtually every personal finance book. But this kind of rigid, one-size-fits-all advice-usually written for and by wealthy white men (and a few women) with little perspective on the money struggles that many people face-is unrealistic, and only creates stress and shame. As a financial journalist and educator, Dana Miranda is on a mission to liberate readers from budget culture: the damaging set of beliefs around money that rely on restriction, shame, and greed-much like diet culture does for food and bodies. In this long-overdue alternative to traditional budgeting advice, Miranda offers a new approach that makes money easy for everyone, regardless of the numbers in their bank account. Full of counterintuitive advice-like how to use debt to support your life goals, how to plan for retirement without a 401K, and how to take advantage of resources that exist to support those left behind by the forces of capitalism-You Don't Need a Budget will empower readers to get money off their mind and live the lives they want.

Democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections. But the biggest issues facing the modern world - from climate collapse and pandemics to recession and world war - each apparently bring us to the edge of the irreversible. What happens to democracy when the future seems no longer open? In this eye-opening history of ideas, Jonathan White investigates how politics has long been directed by shifting visions of the future, from the birth of ideologies in the nineteenth century to Cold War secrecy and the excesses of the neoliberal age. As an inescapable sense of disaster defines our politics, White argues that a political commitment to the long-term may be the best way to safeguard democracy. Wide in scope and sharply observed, In the Long Run is a history of the future that urges us to make tomorrow new again.

John MacArthur''s extensive and trusted study notes provide access to over 50 years of ministry to aid in a better understanding of God''s word.Over four million readers around the world have had their spiritual lives enriched and their understanding of God’s Word expanded by The MacArthur Study Bible. Drawing on more than 50 years of dedicated pastoral and scholarly work, Pastor John MacArthur’s verse-by-verse study notes, book introductions, and articles display an unparalleled commitment to interpretive precision—with the goal of making God known through His Word.Trusted by readers worldwide, the MacArthur Study Bible has been recognized with the ECPA Platinum Award for selling over four million copies across translations.Features include:Fully redesigned second edition with updated study notes and expanded selection of maps and chartsBible book introductions provide an overview of the background and historical context of the book about to be readNearly 25,000 verse-by-verse study notes for a better understanding of Scripture190 in-text maps, charts, and diagrams provide a visual representation of meanings, themes, teachings, people, and places of ScriptureOutline of Systematic Theology to guide you to study biblical doctrine in a logical orderOver 72,000 references allow you to find related passages quickly and easilyConcordance for looking up a word’s occurrences throughout the BibleBible reading plans to guide you through reading God’s Word dailyChronology of Old Testament Patriarchs and JudgesChronology of Old Testament Kings and ProphetsChronology of the New TestamentOverviews of Christ’s Life, Ministry, and Passion WeekHarmony of the GospelsIntroductions to each major section of ScriptureIndex to Key Bible DoctrinesEasy-to-read 9.5-point typefaceThe MacArthur Study Bible is available in the Legacy Standard Bible translation (LSB). An update to the NASB ’95 completed by scholars from The Master’s Seminary and University, the Legacy Standard Bible is a translation that—at its core—seeks to be a window into the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. By translating individual words as consistently as possible, it allows the reader to discern the Author’s intent.

‘Sumption is that rare and precious thing: a serious, decent, honest thinker . . . and one of our finest historians.’ Dan Jones, Sunday Times‘Gripping and eminently readable . . . a compelling justification for the enduring value of historical narrative.’ The Times‘Unsurpassed, and probably unsurpassable.’ Daily TelegraphIn this final volume of his epic history of the Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption tells the story of the collapse of the English dream of conquest, from the opening years of the reign of Henry VI until the loss of all of England’s continental dominions except Calais thirty years later. This sudden reversal of fortune was a seminal event in the history of the two principal nation-states of western Europe, ending four centuries of the English dynasty’s presence in France and separating two countries whose fortunes had once been closely intertwined, creating a new sense of national identity in both. The legacy of these events would influence their divergent fortunes for centuries to come. Behind the clash of arms stood some of the most remarkable personalities of the age: the Duke of Bedford, the English Regent who ruled much of France; Charles VII of France, who patiently rebuilt his kingdom after the disasters of his early years; the captains populating the pages of Shakespeare – Fastolf, Montagu, Talbot, Dunois and, above all, the extraordinary figure of Joan of Arc who changed the course of the war in a few weeks at the age of seventeen.‘The Hundred Years War ends in England''s agonising defeat – but triumph for Jonathan Sumption . . . There is no doubting his achievement. It is, as everyone says, a “monumental” work.’ Spectator

Don’t just chase your goals, smash them – with this empowering, action-filled approach…Paul Mort lives the change he empowers in other people. Now, following on from his audiobook and his sold-out coaching programmes, this new book shows how to break out of your rut, build a happier, healthier life and quit the excuses we tell ourselves. The result? Not just living the life you want, but bringing your best self to your family and friends too.Paul breaks down big goals and big dreams into actions and mindsets that demolish excuses, negativity and procrastination. In short, punchy chapters, Paul shows how having a strong sense of self and a stable, powerful focus means you can achieve your goals unaffected by other people’s drama, negativity or destructive habits. No BS, no judgements, just support and clarity.Chapters include:The essence of an electric life – living a supercharged existenceYou’re just a white belt – how to deal with self-sabotage‘Great story, bro,’ – the bullshit we tell ourselvesHow to survive without Social MediaWe all need something to slay – the need for purposeSh*t smells but it’s warm – escaping comfort zonesFinding a Wolfpack – spending time with like-minded peopleNailing your goal to a processMorning routines / Establishing and keeping habitsGet rid of the fear of what people think of usProcrastination: how to make taking action easyPunchy, powerful and positive, the book captures Paul’s trademark no-bullsh*t, no excuses inspiring voice and gives readers a clear, accountable way of achieving their goals, wherever they’re starting from.

'Transformative' Eddie Howe, manager of Newcastle United FC'Extraordinary' Kevin Sinfield, author of The Extra Mile'Inspiring' Roxie Nafousi, author of Manifest'Indispensable' Dan Carter, former All Blacks player_How did the world's highest-performing people get that wa? e can always change. Here, two bestselling authors draw upon the stories of Olympic medallists and leading CEOs to introduce a simple, five-step process each of us can use to change our mindsets, our careers – and our lives. _'If your goal is not only to achieve more, but also to live a happier, more rewarding existence as you do, then this book is for you' Rangan Chatterjee, creator of Feel Better, Live MoreDrawing on interviews with . . . Ben Francis | Tyson Fury | Pippa Grange | Bear Grylls | Jordan Henderson | Gary Lineker | Matthew McConaughey | Ian McGeechan | Vicky Pattison | Adam Peaty | Mel Robbins | Alex Scott | AJ Tracey | Josh Warrington | Joe Wicks | Toto Wolff and many more . . .

Laozi's Dao De Jing was written around 400 BC by a compassionate soul in a world torn by hatred and ambition, dominated by those that yearned for apocalyptic confrontations and prized ideology over experience. By speaking out against the cleverness of elites and the arrogance of the learned, Laozi upheld the wisdom of the concrete, the humble, the quotidian, the everyday individual dismissed by the great powers of the world. Earthy, playful, and defiant, Laozi's words gave solace to souls back then, and offer comfort today. Now, this beautifully designed new edition serves as both an accessible new translation of an ancient Chinese classic and a fascinating account of renowned novelist Ken Liu's transformative experience while wrestling with the classic text. Throughout this translation, Liu takes us through his own struggles to capture the meaning in Laozi's text in a series of thoughtful and provocative interstitial entries. Unlike traditional notes that purport to be objective, these entries are explicitly personal and unapologetically subjective. Gradually, as Liu learns that true wisdom cannot be pinned down in words, the notes grow sparser until they fade away entirely. His journey suggests the only way out of struggle is to engage with texts that have survived the millennia, wrestling with ideas that gesture at something eternal, in hopes that we might eventually reach that moment of transcendent joy. Liu's translation, by eschewing cleverness, paradoxically reveals the slipperiness of Laozi's original. The Dao De Jing has been translated countless times and will be translated countless times in the future. In that constant change and flow, we finally find our home in Dao, the eternal principle that allows us, finite beings in time and space, to reckon and reconcile with the infinite.

A pénznek nagyon furcsa, kettős természete van. Egyrészt képes embereket különféle cselekvésekre ösztönözni, és mint ilyen, a pszichológia tudományával vizsgálható. Másrészt képes pénzt fialni, ezért a biológia tudománya berkein belül is kutatható. Ebben a könyvben a szerző külön-külön vizsgálja meg a pénz „pszichológiáját”, azaz a pénzzel kapcsolatos emberi motivációkat, és a pénz „biológiáját”, azaz a szaporodásának mechanizmusait. Mérő László bemutatja, hogy az emberi motivációkra alapozva miképpen hozta létre a pénz az életnek egy új, a biológiai élettől alapvetően különböző formáját. Ezt a köznyelv gazdasági életnek nevezi, és jó okkal, mivel kiderült, hogy alapjában véve ugyanolyan logika szerint működik, mint a biológiai élet. Ez a felismerés teljesen új szemléletű gazdasági elemzéseket tesz lehetővé. Az, hogy egy dolognak valamiféle fura, kettős természete lehet, a fizikában egyáltalán nem ismeretlen. Példa erre a fény, ami a kísérletek tanúsága szerint egyszerre tud részecskeként és hullámként is viselkedni, miközben ez a két dolog elvileg kizárja egymást. A fizikától kölcsönöztem ennek a könyvnek a címét, és nem zavart, hogy a pénz kettős természete annyiban másmilyen, mint a fényé, hogy megismeréséhez két különböző tudományág eszközeire van szükség. Mérő László

Víceúčelový letoun F/A-18 je jedním z nejpovedenějších bojových strojů na světě. Paradoxně jeho vznik provázel neúspěch, neboť prohrál v soutěži LWF (Light Weight Fighter) s budoucím F-16. Jenže ohromné zkušenosti zúročené v původním prototypu YF-17 Cobra se staly natolik zajímavými, že se pro něj rozhodlo americké námořnictvo a dalo typu naději na druhý život. Pod novým označením F/A-18 se z letounu s marketingovým jménem Hornet postupně stal nástupce hned několika palubních typů včetně legendárních F-14 Tomcat, a to zejména díky pokroku v oblasti technologií radiolokátorů a řízených střel. Oproti většině předchůdců byl F/A-18 od počátku pojat jako víceúčelový letoun, který byl shodně určen k likvidaci vzdušných, námořních i pozemních cílů, jak ostatně napovídá i jeho netypické označení F/A (Fighter/Attack) namísto obvyklejšího F. Pro zavedení do služby u US Navy se výrobce spojil s koncernem McDonnell Douglas, který byl hlavním dodavatelem palubních strojů. Toto spojení, které později ukončily až soudy, bylo úspěšné pro letoun samotný, který dosáhl na řadovou službu i export. Nevýhodné ale bylo pro původního výrobce, pro nějž byl tento typ posledním, který dosáhl velkosériové výroby. Po veleúspěšném modelu F-5 Freedom Fighter a Tiger II firma Northrop dosáhla pouze na početně velmi omezenou výrobu „neviditelného“ bombardéru B-2 a po prohře svého typu YF-23 s budoucím F-22 Raptor se z ekonomických důvodů musela spojit s podobně strádající firmou Grumman. Teprve nyní, po desítkách let, získala zakázku na stavbu nového bombardéru B-21 Raider. F/A-18 se stal úspěšným i na zahraničních trzích, ačkoliv se střetával s politicky mnohem podporovanějšími F-16. I přesto dvoumotorová koncepce a univerzálnost v oblasti nasazení oslovily státy jako Austrálie, Finsko, Španělsko či Švýcarsko, které v době výběru požadovaly schopnosti, jež dokázal splnit na světě jen Hornet. K úspěšnému exportu došlo i přesto, že v porovnání s F-16 byl Hornet výrazně dražší jak z důvodu své víceúčelovosti a tomu uzpůsobeného vybavení, tak i kvůli mnoha specifickým námořním prvkům a v neposlední řadě i kvůli menšímu počtu vyrobených strojů. Služba typu je ale i přesto velmi úspěšná a když se začal přibližovat horizont konce technického života stávající flotily, americké námořnictvo v době celosvětových finančních škrtů od výrobce zvolilo nikoliv nový typ, ale hlubokou modernizaci zachovávající hlavní konstrukční rysy F/A-18. Ta získala označení Super Hornet, její výroba probíhá od roku 1995 a plánována je nejméně do roku 2027. To znamená, že poslední F/A-18 Super Hornet opustí výrobní linku téměř padesát let po vzletu prvního prototypu YF-17. A to rozhodně není špatný výsledek na typ, který v původní soutěži, pro níž byl určen a navržen, prohrál. Mnozí kritici letounů páté generace jako F-22 či F-35 uvádějí, že u nich došlo k odklonu v těch oblastech, které byly u strojů jako jsou F/A-18, F-16 či F-15 příčinou úspěchu. Předně jde o manévrovatelnost letounu, která i přes zbraně kategorie BVR má na soudobém bojišti stále podstatný význam, a dále potom možnost působit blízko nepříteli, neboť víceúčelové F/A-18 představují i podstatný prvek přímé bojové podpory pozemních sil. Jejich přímé nahrazení námořními letouny kategorie F-35B není zcela samozřejmé, a v mnoha ohledech proto F/A-18 zůstane nepřekonaným typem. I proto velení US Navy spustilo projekt F/A-XX, který má vést k výběru nástupce Super Hornetu. Firma Boeing, která před léty ovládla společnost McDonnell Douglas, se o zakázku uchází a již název soutěže ukazuje, že se nadále počítá s víceúčelovým typem pokračujícím v tradici nastolené původními F/A-18 Hornet.

A groundbreaking, "lavishly informative" (The New York Times) portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United States and how they connect, conflict, and compete with one another-from the acclaimed author of Generation Me and iGen. Upending the conventional theory that generational differences are caused by major events, Dr. Jean Twenge analyzes data on 39 million people from robust national surveys-some going back nearly a century-to show that changes in technology are the underlying driver of each generation's unique makeup. In this revelatory work, Twenge outlines key shifts in attitudes and lifestyle choices that define each generation regarding gender, income, politics, race, sexuality, marriage, mental health, and much more. Surprising, engaging, and informative, Generations "gets you thinking about how appreciating generational differences can, ironically, bring us together" (Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author). It will forever change the way you view your parents, peers, coworkers, and children, no matter which generation you call your own.

Discover the art of mindfulness through words, phrases, haikus and photographs that reflect the stillness and meditative nature of Japanese culture. Living in today's frenetic world, I often feel disconnected - from reality, from people and from nature. I believe that is why it is crucial to keep the words in this book close to your heart. We sometimes need to stop what we are doing and bring our attention towards the present moment, to be happy with who we are, to find beauty, to discover peace. Japanese culture sensitively interweaves language and philosophy. Across more than 40 words and phrases, from the wistful poetry of mono-no aware , a phrase that asks us to recognize the bittersweet transience of all things, to the quiet harmony of wa , this book hopes to inspire you to adopt a more mindful attitude to life, seeking meaning beyond materialism and finding your own motivation, your ikigai .

This fully illustrated study explores the formidable Athenian army, rivalled only by the Spartan army in terms of battlefield prowess and influence.In 508 BC, the reforms of Kleisthenes established the ten tribes of Athens, inaugurating a system of military organization that remained in place for nearly 200 years until Athens’ eclipse by the growing power of Macedon in the early 3rd century BC. Fully illustrated, this lively study investigates the development and effectiveness of the armies fielded by Athens during its many wars with its Greek neighbours, notably Sparta, and other opponents such as the Persian Empire. A variety of different troop types made up these armies, ranging from formidably armed and armoured hoplite heavy infantry to lightly armed archers, peltasts and cavalry.In this book, Athens’ major wars and battles of the period are summarized, and important aspects contributing to the Athenian army’s battlefield prowess, influence and legacy, ranging from mobilization and training to the evolution of arms and armour, are examined in the light of the latest scholarship and archaeological finds. The eight colour plates reconstruct the appearance of components of the Athenian army at various stages of its development. The authoritative text is complemented by carefully chosen photographs, many in colour, depicting a variety of surviving artefacts, supported by informative captions.

How to make small changes to feel better, even when under stress.Stress is a normal part of life, but it can be overwhelming. The habits, tools and advice in these pages will help you cope better, understand your own worries, and learn how to pause and respond rather than react when life feels too much.This is the advice I''ve received - the lessons I''ve learned in my own ups and downs, the expert conversations from my Happy Place podcast, the therapies I''ve tried and the habits I''ve created - to keep working towards good days.By focusing on the little things, practising self-awareness, and getting creative with the exercises and simple ideas, daily tricks and practical tools in this book, you can find balance in our hectic world and unlock daily happiness.Fearne x

''Extraordinary and thrilling ... This story should be known to every man, woman and child'' - Lemn SissayIn 1868, British troops charged into the mountain empire of Ethiopia, stormed the citadel of its monarch Tewodros II and grabbed piles of his treasures and sacred manuscripts. They also took his son – six-year-old Prince Alamayu – and brought the boy back with them to the cold shores of England.For the first time, Andrew Heavens tells the whole story of Alamayu, from his early days in his father’s fortress on the roof of Africa to his new home across the seas, where he charmed Queen Victoria, chatted with Lord Tennyson and travelled with his towering red-headed guardian Captain Speedy. The orphan prince was celebrated but stereotyped and never allowed to go home.The book also follows the loot – Ethiopia’s ‘Elgin Marbles’ – and tracks it down to its current hiding places in bank vaults, museum store cupboards and a boarded-up cavity in Westminster Abbey.A story of adventure, trauma and tragedy, The Prince and the Plunder is also a tale for our times, as we re-examine Britain’s past, pull down statues of imperial grandees and look for other figures to commemorate and celebrate in their place.

''Provocative and detailed ... Excellent'' The Telegraph''Shocking and meticulous'' Danny Dorling''An eye-opening revelation ... a must-read'' Joel BakanTHE TELEGRAPH BEST BOOKS OF 2024British politicians love to vaunt the benefits of the UK’s supposed ‘special relationship’ with the US. But are we really America’s economic partner – or its colony?Vassal State lays bare the extent to which US corporations own and control Britain’s economy: how American business chiefs decide what we’re paid, what we buy and how we buy it. US companies have carved up Britain between them, siphoning off enormous profits, buying up our most lucrative firms and assets, and extracting huge rents from UK PLC – all while paying little or no tax. Meanwhile, policymakers, from Whitehall mandarins to NHS chiefs, shape their decisions to suit the whims of our American corporate overlords.Based on his 40 years of business experience, devastating new research and interviews with the major players, Angus Hanton exposes why Britain has become the poor transatlantic relation – and what we can do to change it.

The Suicidal State theorizes a biopolitics of suicide by mapping the entwinement between the Progressive-Era discourse of “race suicide” and period representations of literary suicide. Against the backdrop of the turn-of-the-century debates over immigration restrictions, “race suicide” suggests white Americans'' low birth rate as foretelling an immanent extinction of the white race, prefiguring the contemporary white nationalist discourse, “replacement theory.” While race suicide personified the populational subject--the “race”--as a suicidal individual, Progressive-Era literature gave birth to a microgenre of literary suicides, including works by Henry James, Kate Chopin, Jack London, Gertrude Stein, and a series of Madame Butterfly texts.The Suicidal State argues that suicides in these texts literalize the fear of race suicide as they thwart the biopolitical demands for self-preservation, survival, and reproduction, articulating queer deathways that betray the nation''s reproductive imperative. Both in its figuration of race suicide and in literary suicides, self-inflected death is imagined as a uniquely agential act in its destruction of agency, offering a fertile space for the reconceptualization of biopower''s subject formation as it traverses individual and social bodies. That is, the book argues that suicide poses a limit case for the biopolitical management over life. Suicide, as it was imagined at the turn of the century, refuses, nullifies, and parries its obligatory relation to both biopower''s discipline of the individual and its management of the population, thereby forging new forms of subjectivity and ways of being in the world that sidestep the twin imperatives for preservation and procreation. In tracking these queer potentialities of suicide, The Suicidal State offers a new history of sex and race, of the relation between individual and collective, of the formation of a biopolitical state that Foucault calls a “racist State, a murderous State, and a suicidal State.”