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It was one of the happiest and strangest marriages there has ever been. Both Vita and Harold were always in love with other people and each gave the other full liberty 'without enquiry or reproach', knowing that their love for each other would be unaffected and even strengthened by the crises which it survived. This account of their love story is now a modern classic.

The Allied invasion of Europe during summer 1944 was widely expected, and it fell to the Axis intelligence services to provide High Command with advance warning of the precise date and place of the landings. Using cryptanalysis of Allied signals, undercover agents and ships, and photographic evidence, Axis intelligence was pitted directly against their Allied counterparts, who actively tried to create a decoy and aim their enemies at the wrong location.

In August 1940, Leon Trotsky, living in a fortified villa in Mexico City, welcomed a man he believed to be a friend into his study. Hidden beneath the visitor’s raincoat was the weapon that would change the course of revolutionary history—a small ice axe, wielded on the direct orders of Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin. As Trotsky sat at his desk reviewing an article, the assassin drove the ice axe into his head. Hours later, news of the attack spread across the globe, as Trotsky succumbed to his wounds the following day.

Josh Thistlethwaite, is typical of many youngsters, he hates rules and being told what to do. One afternoon, he somehow finds himself in a strange town, where there are no rules, or people just ignore them. Through a series of weird adventures, Josh discovers for himself why rules and organization are necessary in society. He becomes desperate to return home, and a normal life.. Even this isn’t easy, but a flying train helps him out. Was this all a dream, or did it all really happen? Decide for yourself.