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By The Extra Mile Publisher: Penguin Genre: Autobiography
1936. Europe is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil war. In Berlin, a young Englishwoman evades the Gestapo to deliver vital papers to a Jewish scientist. Within weeks, she is found dead, a silver syringe clutched in her fingers. In an exclusive London club, a conspiracy is launched that threatens the very heart of government. When a renowned society couple with fascist leanings are found brutally murdered, a maverick Cambridge professor is drawn into a world of espionage he knows only from history books. The deeper Thomas Wilde delves, the more he finds to link the murders to the girl with the silver syringe and, even more worryingly, to the scandal surrounding the Abdication. Set against the gathering drumbeat of war and moving from Berlin to Cambridge, from Whitehall to the Kent countryside, and from the Fens to the Aragon Front in Spain, this thriller is a masterpiece. I absolutely loved it – the intrigue is off the scale.
I am totally in awe of this man. His kindness and the love shown to his fellow Rugby League player, Rob Burrow, is extraordinary. The Extra Mile is no ordinary sports memoir. But Kevin Sinfield is no ordinary sportsman. A one-club legend of Leeds Rhinos, who has now crossed codes as a defence coach for Leicester Tigers, Kevin Sinfield is a rugby icon. But in recent years he has shown heroism of a very different kind through his selfless and extraordinary fundraising for Motor Neurone Disease (MND), the terminal illness that affected his best mate and former teammate Rob Burrow. Sinfield’s epic challenges have included running seven marathons in seven days, and running over 101 miles in 24 hours. In the process, Sinfield has captured the hearts of the nation and raised nearly £5 million for MND Research He was awarded an OBE for his efforts. Told with Sinfield’s characteristic warmth, dry wit and inspirational leadership, The Extra Mile is the story of an astonishing life, of an enduring friendship, of perseverance against the most difficult of challenges and of a remarkable, humble human being who has defied the odds. Be warned, the book will make you cry.
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By Rory Clements Publisher: Zaffre Genre: Military fiction
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