A compendium of essential information for the modern security entrepreneur and practitionerThe modern security practitioner has shifted from a predominantly protective site and assets manager to a leading contributor to overall organisational resilience. Accordingly, The Security Consultant's Handbook sets out a holistic overview of the essential core knowledge, emerging opportunities and approaches to corporate thinking that are increasingly demanded by employers and bu...

The Wolves of Odin have been unleashed: the hunt has begun.Anno Domini 1040. Christianity has swept unstoppably across Scandinavia, leaving few enclaves of the old ways clinging on to their fading world as King Olof of Sweden works to convert his people. A young warrior, Halfdan, has witnessed the ‘mercy’ of the Christian lords, watched his people attacked, his village burned and the Odin stone toppled as heretical. Watched his father cut down by an ambitious Christian jarl and his...

The throne of England is slipping from King Henry’s grasp. His only son has drowned in the English Channel and the predators are gathering ready to devour both England and Normandy. When the last of King Harold’s Housecarls returns to England to die he brings with him a reluctant hero who will save the kingdom. Alfraed, son of Ridley, is the first of a new breed, he is an English Knight. English Knight is a fast moving audiobook set in that most turbulent of times, The Anarchy. Filled with...

Bristling with authenticity and authority, WHITE LIE is military thriller writing of the highest calibre.John Winter thought his flying days were over. But when his new life falls victim to dirty, distant war, Winter’s unique skills, honed over years in the military, mean someone’s going to pay. The CIA black ops wing is only too happy to let a former British combat pilot, SAS man and mercenary with nothing left to lose make sure they do. Sent on a covert, deniable mission to South...

It is 58 BC and the mighty Tenth Legion, camped in Northern Italy, prepare for the arrival of the most notorious general in Roman history: Julius Caesar. Marcus Falerius Fronto, commander of the Tenth is a career soldier and long-time companion of Caesar's. Despite his desire for the simplicity of the military life, he cannot help but be drawn into intrigue and politics as Caesar engineers a motive to invade the lands of Gaul. Fronto is about to discover that politics can be as dangerous a...

A second chance at life. A threat to humanity. A gateway to the stars.It’s been ten years since Dr. Dario Ferdousi’s body died. His mind lives on in the digital utopia of CerebrX, which claims to solve all humanity’s problems. He and other digital pioneers have been promised a dream reality: no illness, no boredom, no scarcity, no death.So why are the immortals disappearing? Records claim they are dying by suicide, initiating their own deletions. But Dario ...

Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol—A Ghost Story of Christmas in Five Staves when he was 31; the first edition was published on 19th December 1843 and had sold out just four days later and by the end of 1844, there were already 13 reprints. Now with numerous adaptations for film, television, radio, stage, and indeed, audiobooks, A Christmas Carol has, for many, become an essential part of Christmas!Raconteurs Audio has created this audio anthology to...

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."China's first and greatest teacher, Confucius travelled from state to state as an itinerant philosopher. The Analects preserves his major teachings, as compiled by his pupils after his death in 497 BCE, and these conversations explore essential themes such as righteousness, self-cultivation, and the moral foundations of society, expressing a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius believed everyone should liv...

"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom."From the sweeping grandeur of War and Peace to the heartbreaking intricacies of Anna Karenina, and the powerful exploration of redemption and social justice of Resurrection, Leo Tolstoy: The Complete Novels contains unabridged recordings of the major novels by one of literature's greatest storytellers.The titles included in this collection are:

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."Discourses and Enchiridion are foundational works of Stoic philosophy attributed to Epictetus, a former slave-turned-philosopher whose teachings emphasised that happiness comes not from external circumstances but from aligning one's desires with reality; and that in order to attain a good life through inner tranquillity, one must master one's desires, fulfil one's duties and practice righ...

17 twisted short stories and poems from the author of the Victorian Gothic series of novels.From first dates to shipwrecked sailors, encompassing modern horror to gothic tropes, this anthology has something for everyone with one thing in common: they want something to think about when they go to bed.

" In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."Written over two millennia ago, The Art of War is a timeless guide to strategy and leadership, offering insights into conflict resolution, decision-making and the art of preparation.With a deep understanding of both strategy and human nature, this foundational text on military strategy has influenced leaders from all centuries and all countries in many disciplines, and modern thinkers have recognised that i...