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The final instalment of Colonel David Smiley's fascinating autobiographical trilogy. This book fills the gaps that were left by his two previous memoirs, uncovering his service in World War Two before and after being parachuted into Albania as well his thoughts on the conflicts that he was involved in through the twentieth century. Colonel David Smiley was no ordinary soldier. Through the course of his life he saw conflict in the Balkans, Afri...

Albanian Assignment is one of the finest special forces memoirs to come out of the Second World War. Readers of Damien Lewis, Ben Macintyre and Patrick Leigh Fermor will be enthralled by this book. In 1940 Winston Churchill established the Special Operations Executive to "set Europe ablaze." Three years later David Smiley and Billy McLean were parachuted into northern Greece and crossed the border into Albania to do just that. For the next eig...

This remarkable memoir provides fascinating insight into two conflicts that arose in southern Arabia in the decades following the Second World War. It should be essential reading for anyone who enjoys the work of Dan Mills, Mark Urban and Adam Jowett. Thirteen years after serving as an SOE agent in World War Two David Smiley was invited to take command of the Sultan's armed forces in Muscat and Oman. With the help of an SAS contingent, helicop...

A delightfully simple, accessible, and uplifting book on how to use nature as a meditation practice to renew, centre and refresh yourself wherever you are outdoors.

David Smiley teaches at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.

Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially fragile and ultimately--almost--unable to live. With the insight and compassion that he brought to his bestselling telling of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s final year, Tavis Smiley provides a glimpse into the superstar's life in this emotional, hone...

A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's death

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Mindfulness in Nature helps readers separate themselves from their busy lives, and allows them to engage in a deeper, more fulfilling relationship with the natural world around them through meditative practice.Now more than ever, with the constant distractions that abound in modern life-from smart phones to social media-it is imperative we seek the solace and comfort of nature for our well-being. The Japanese have a term for it: Shinrin-yoku o...

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David Smiley teaches at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.

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