{"title":"Rupert Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eDive into Rupert Smith's thrilling world, where crime writing meets sharp wit and unforgettable characters. Perfect for fans of fast-paced mysteries with a dash of dark humour. Start your next gripping read here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"man-s-world-book-rupert-smith-9781906413804","title":"Man's World","description":"London today: a world of sex and drugs and designer clothes, where Robert searches for fulfilment in gay clubs and chat rooms. London 50 years ago: fresh out of National Service, Michael enters a secret queer underworld, negotiating the dangers of the law and the closet, longing for liberation and love. Past and present collide when Robert moves into a new flat, and discovers that history is alive and kicking on his doorstep. Their two worlds barely recognize each other; but do Robert and Michael have more in common than they think? Man's World is a funny, sexy, and moving story about friendship and desire; about how much the world has changed - and how little.  An] enjoyable read with well-drawn characters. At its heart, this is a novel about frienship and community.-Library Journal June 15, 2011","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49504810336529,"sku":"GOR002818795","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49639666549009,"sku":"GOR003938505","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50854130974993,"sku":"GOR014095974","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1906413800.jpg?v=1750899937"},{"product_id":"strictly-come-dancing-book-rupert-smith-9780563522935","title":"Strictly Come Dancing","description":"A colourful celebration of the nation's ballroom dancing craze. Including interviews with the celebrity dancers, the judges and the professional dancers, and unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the show, this book contains useful tips for ballroom fanatics. It is suitable for ballroom dancing enthusiasts and TV fans alike.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49507969827089,"sku":"GOR000505027","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49713799299345,"sku":"GOR002880458","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49799519043857,"sku":"CIN0563522933G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50353430757649,"sku":"CIN0563522933VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51170926133521,"sku":"GOR014191363","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0563522933.jpg?v=1750976420"},{"product_id":"year-at-kew-book-rupert-smith-9780563522829","title":"A Year at Kew","description":"Following the success of the hardback, this paperback edition of A Year At Kew is published to coincide with a new 12-part series which returns to follow another year in the life of Kew Garden.     The first series attracted average audiences of over 3 million viewers and the hardback book sold over 40,000 copies.     Kew Garden has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ranking it alongside Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal. It receives over a million visitors a year and has been voted the UKs favourite garden.     Beautifully illustrated and with extensive behind-the-scenes access, A Year At Kew captures the passion and commitment that goes into the garden and offers a unique look at this much-loved institution.     Featuring a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, himself a former student at Kew.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49509662785809,"sku":"GOR001237155","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0563522828.jpg?v=1751326622"},{"product_id":"i-must-confess-book-rupert-smith-9780241139455","title":"I Must Confess","description":"Three decades of show business; its fads, its heroines and victims as experienced by gay icon Marc Lejeune. His career parodies not only the development the technology of mass media, but also represents the slow and fraught establishment of gay culture.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49518992392465,"sku":"GOR002120935","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0241139457.jpg?v=1751132989"},{"product_id":"strictly-come-dancing-book-rupert-smith-9780563493792","title":"\"Strictly Come Dancing\"","description":"\"Strictly Come Dancing\" is the hit tv series which in 2004 and 2005 was watched by over 10 million viewers. The celebrity ballroom dancing competition has become cult Saturday night entertainment and a fourth series is planned for BBC1 in Autumn 2006. Published against the third series, the \"Strictly Come Dancing\" book is a glossy and colourful celebration of the nation's ballroom dancing craze. An updated edition is being published against the forthcoming fourth series. Including interviews with the celebrity dancers, the judges and the professional dancers, and unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the show, the book is a must for all \"Strictly Come Dancing\" fans. Entertaining and informative, the book is packed with useful tips for ballroom fanatics, including a step-by-step lesson for each of the featured dances from expert Len Goodman. Designed to appeal to ballroom dancing enthusiasts and tv fans alike, \"Strictly Come Dancing\" brings both vibrancy and nostalgia to a subject that has caught the nation's imagination.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49520601104657,"sku":"GOR000815695","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49635146170641,"sku":"GOR011239447","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49665013907729,"sku":"GOR000921911","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51681899086097,"sku":"GOR003005980","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0563493798.jpg?v=1751393127"},{"product_id":"utility-of-force-book-rupert-smith-9780141020440","title":"The Utility of Force","description":"Why do we try to use military force to solve our political problems? And why, when our forces win the military battles does this still fail to solve those problems?  It is because the force lacks utility. From Iraq to the Balkans, and from Afghanistan to Chechneya, over the past fifteen years there has been a steady stream of military interventions that have not delivered on their promise for peace, or even political resolution. The Utility of Force explains this anomaly at the heart of our current international system.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49527662805265,"sku":"GOR001346996","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49548066423057,"sku":"GOR002163495","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50345490317585,"sku":"CIN014102044XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50761532735761,"sku":"CIN014102044XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53125954797841,"sku":"GOR008363651","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/014102044X.jpg?v=1750812147"},{"product_id":"year-at-kew-book-rupert-smith-9780563521082","title":"A Year at Kew","description":"Following the success of the hardback, this paperback edition of A Year At Kew is published to coincide with a new 12-part series which returns to follow another year in the life of Kew Garden. The first series attracted average audiences of over 3 million viewers and the hardback book sold over 40,000 copies. Kew Garden has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ranking it alongside Stonehenge, the Pyramids and the Taj Mahal. It receives over a million visitors a year and has been voted the UK s favourite garden. Beautifully illustrated and with extensive behind-the-scenes access, A Year At Kew captures the passion and commitment that goes into the garden and offers a unique look at this much-loved institution. Featuring a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, himself a former student at Kew.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49531043610897,"sku":"GOR003124665","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49569442562321,"sku":"GOR011928776","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49579002298641,"sku":"GOR003890610","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50357085077777,"sku":"CIN0563521082G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0563521082.jpg?v=1751326618"},{"product_id":"museum-book-rupert-smith-9780563539131","title":"The Museum","description":"Egyptian mummies, Michaelangelo's drawings, sculptures from Greece and Rome, exquisite porcelain from China, bronze masterpieces from Africa, the remarkable finds from Sutton Hoo - these are just some of the awe-inspiring objects in the British Museum's famous collections. But the Museum is more than just a treasure house: it is a London landmark, a tourist magnet, a national and international resource- a museum of the world for the world.   Keeping this remarkable institution running is a team of 1000 staff who supervise the galleries, plan major exhibitions and manage a flow of nearly 5 million visitors a year. Rupert Smith has been granted special access to the huge variety of people who work in the Museum, including expert curators, conservators, heavy-object handlers and the people who clean the fabulous new glass roof of the Great Court.  Accompanying a major ten-part BBC television series, The Museum takes us behind the scenes for the first time to see how this amazing place works. Illustrated with over 120 colour photographs, and with a foreword by the Museum's director, Neil MacGregor, this fascinating book is a celebration of the British Museum and the many dedicated people who work there.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49531664171281,"sku":"GOR003030627","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49569953382673,"sku":"GOR001239611","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50157732299025,"sku":"GOR010632621","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50357304819985,"sku":"CIN0563539135G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52104232370449,"sku":"CIN0563539135VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0563539135.jpg?v=1751456218"},{"product_id":"poets-of-world-war-i-book-rupert-smith-9781406273281","title":"Poets of World War I","description":"This collective biography of poets like Owen, Sassoon, Brooke, Graves, Rosenberg, Brittain, Sorley, and Seeger, along with potted biographies of many other war poets, gives the background of the poets' experiences to explain how the war created so much important poetry  and why we keep coming back to this work a hundred years later.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532659106065,"sku":"GOR010164757","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50038782263569,"sku":"GOR012871226","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1406273287.jpg?v=1751336645"},{"product_id":"eastenders-book-rupert-smith-9780563521655","title":"\"Eastenders\"","description":"To celebrate the 20th anniversary of EastEnders on 19 February 2005, we take a nostalgic look back over the life of Albert Square and its residents, to remember the classic moments and the characters we've grown to love. From relationships to fashion faux pas, we recall the top love stories, the biggest scraps and Pat's enchanting earring collection: all the gems that have made EastEnders Britain's best-loved soap. Over the years EastEnders has become essential viewing, instantly recognisable through its compelling storylines and captivating characters. We step behind the scenes to see how the show ticks, from the producer to the scriptwriters and the wardrobe artists to the camera crew. As well as covering the soap's biggest storylines, there are detailed profiles that relive the ups and downs of popular characters and Wendy Richard (Pauline Fowler) provides the foreword. Rupert Smith is a journalist and author with extensive knowledge of EastEnders.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49535896879377,"sku":"GOR001224691","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49616641294609,"sku":"CIN0563521651G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49642611343633,"sku":"GOR001341811","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50882431287569,"sku":"CIN0563521651VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51440298066193,"sku":"GOR010557440","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52939526340881,"sku":"GOR002362547","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0563521651.jpg?v=1751072737"},{"product_id":"utility-of-force-book-rupert-smith-9780307265623","title":"The Utility of Force","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his vast experience as a commander during the first Gulf War, and in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Northern Ireland, General Rupert Smith gives us a probing analysis of modern war. He demonstrates why today's conflicts must be understood as intertwined political and military events, and makes clear why the current model of total war has failed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other recent campaigns. Smith offers a compelling contemporary vision for how to secure our world and the consequences of ignoring the new, shifting face of war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49537206255889,"sku":"GOR004279540","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49642775773457,"sku":"GOR005055548","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49884359065873,"sku":"CIN0307265625G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50291851624721,"sku":"CIN0307265625VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52842978017553,"sku":"GOR014637609","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0307265625.jpg?v=1750941677"},{"product_id":"utility-of-force-book-rupert-smith-9780713998368","title":"The Utility of Force","description":"Why do we use military force to solve our political problems? And why do our forces win the military battles but this fails to solve those problems? It is because the force used lacks utility. From Iraq to the Balkans, and from Afghanistan to Chechneya, over the past fifteen years there has been a steady stream of military interventions that have not delivered on their promise for peace, or even political resolution. The Utility of Force explains this anomaly at the heart of our current international system. Reaching back to Napoleon and ahead to our future, this book fundamentally changes the way to understand war.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49547471880465,"sku":"GOR002691046","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49632244957457,"sku":"GOR004068810","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50422698148113,"sku":"GOR003171542","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50889925034257,"sku":"GOR010707263","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0713998369.jpg?v=1751041741"},{"product_id":"utility-of-force-book-rupert-smith-9780307278111","title":"The Utility of Force","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his vast experience as a commander during the first Gulf War, and in Bosnia, Kosovo, and Northern Ireland, General Rupert Smith gives us a probing analysis of modern war. He demonstrates why today's conflicts must be understood as intertwined political and military events, and makes clear why the current model of total war has failed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other recent campaigns. Smith offers a compelling contemporary vision for how to secure our world and the consequences of ignoring the new, shifting face of war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49562284589329,"sku":"CIN0307278115G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50346843439377,"sku":"CIN0307278115A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50502847496465,"sku":"GOR003629413","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50664003010833,"sku":"CIN0307278115VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53240599019793,"sku":"GOR004657082","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0307278115.jpg?v=1751422401"},{"product_id":"interlude-book-rupert-smith-9781873262863","title":"Interlude","description":"A compelling examination of how secrets can tear one family apart and reverberate down the generations. Helen has always known her grandfather was a famous author, but her parents had severed connections with him whilst she was still young. After embarking on a whirlwind affair she decides to visit her reclusive grandfather and sets in motion a change that will have devastating consequences and reveal long hidden mysteries. A look at not just the treachery of family secrets but of how truth can be buried within a text and how society imposes limits on love.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49593825362193,"sku":"GOR006391637","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50896369778961,"sku":"GOR011773037","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52116292075793,"sku":"GOR006515910","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1873262868.jpg?v=1750803165"},{"product_id":"complete-cold-feet-companion-book-rupert-smith-9780233009995","title":"The Complete \"Cold Feet\" Companion","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49598414029073,"sku":"GOR002705627","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49623401070865,"sku":"GOR012264749","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53339895333137,"sku":"GOR003952691","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/023300999X.jpg?v=1751037108"},{"product_id":"man-s-world-book-rupert-smith-9781906413408","title":"Man's World","description":"London today: a world of sex and drugs and designer clothes, where Robert searches for fulfilment in gay clubs and chat rooms. London 50 years ago: fresh out of National Service, Michael enters a secret queer underworld, negotiating the dangers of the law and the closet, longing for liberation and love. Past and present collide when Robert moves into a new flat, and discovers that history is alive and kicking on his doorstep. Their two worlds barely recognize each other; but do Robert and Michael have more in common than they think? Man's World is a funny, sexy, and moving story about friendship and desire; about how much the world has changed - and how little.  An] enjoyable read with well-drawn characters. At its heart, this is a novel about frienship and community.-Library Journal June 15, 2011","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49617218732305,"sku":"GOR002038210","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50402317992209,"sku":"CIN1906413401G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52979027673361,"sku":"GOR014676845","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1906413401.jpg?v=1751427515"},{"product_id":"i-must-confess-book-rupert-smith-9781573442893","title":"I Must Confess","description":"Marc LeJeune has a remarkable career in the entertainment business. Despite the carping of critics, cruel twists of fate and treachery of former friends who were blind to his exceptional talents, he has remained true to his unique artistic vision. This is a stinging satire of tell-all showbiz memoirs, starring a self-deluded gay icon who has managed to ride every pop culture trend of the last 40 years. One of the funniest and most ambitious novel I have read... His eye and ear are acute, his parodies lethally accurate.' - Jonathan Coe'","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49627867676945,"sku":"GOR006102964","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49651297976593,"sku":"GOR003480250","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1573442895.jpg?v=1751276748"},{"product_id":"utility-of-force-book-rupert-smith-9780141991603","title":"The Utility of Force","description":"UPDATED WITH TWO NEW CHAPTERS  'One of the most provocative and startling books ever written by a British commander ... an update of the two great thinkers on war and peace, Clausewitz and Sun Tsu, for our time ... it is for anyone interested in the well-being of our world' Robert Fox, Evening Standard  Why do we try to use military force to solve our political problems? And  why, when our forces win the military battles does this still fail to  solve those problems?  It is because the force lacks utility. From Iraq  to the Balkans, and from Afghanistan to Chechneya, over the past fifteen  years there has been a steady stream of military interventions that  have not delivered on their promise for peace, or even political  resolution. The Utility of Force explains this anomaly at the heart of our current international system.  'Britain's outstanding soldier of modern times ... a book that will  assure  his reputation as a serious and original thinker among soldiers  and strategists' Sir John Keegan, Daily Telegraph  'It  is hard to overstate the devastating nature of this book as an   indictment of almost everything the West has done in recent years, and   is doing today' Sir Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49728376471825,"sku":"NGR9780141991603","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50491761885457,"sku":"GOR010128869","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51534131855633,"sku":"GOR011510715","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53254732448017,"sku":"GOR014836088","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0141991607.jpg?v=1751421235"},{"product_id":"eastenders-20-years-in-albert-square-rare-book-rupert-smith-1721666902dpb","title":"Eastenders 20 Years in Albert Square","description":"2005. First Edition. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Signed by actress Wendy Richards to half title page. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is fir","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50090388717841,"sku":"1721666902DPB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1721666902DPB_1.jpg?v=1722940126"},{"product_id":"physique-book-rupert-smith-9781852423742","title":"Physique","description":"In wartime London, an eccentric figure stalked through the blackout sporting a monocle, long hair, a malacca cane, and a camera slung round his neck. Through a brightly lit underworld of caf?s and bars, he chased the soldiers, sailors and airmen looking for love and a bed for the night.  He befriended, seduced, and photographed them. Over the following decades John S. Barrington established himself as a pioneer of physique photography  -  the genteel foreplay to the porn explosion of the '70s.  But John was uneasy with his sexuality, and, after a succession of unrequited love affairs with straight models, he married.  A depiction of bohemian life in London, New York, and Paris, the outlandish schemes that often ended in prison, and a series of strange friendships with celebrities from Coward and Cocteau to Lennon and Bob Marley.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50786405024017,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50786405187857,"sku":"GOR005297061","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852423749.jpg?v=1751027784"},{"product_id":"poets-of-world-war-i-book-rupert-smith-9781406273298","title":"Poets of World War I","description":"World War I was one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history – and yet it produced some of the best poetry of the 20th century. Many people’s first encounter with poetry is through writers like Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, and the passion and power they find in it makes a very deep impact. This collective biography of poets like Owen, Sassoon, Brooke, Graves, Rosenberg, Brittain, Sorley, and Seeger, along with potted biographies of many other war poets, gives the background of the poets' experiences to explain how the war created so much important poetry – and why we keep coming back to this work a hundred years later.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51406710702353,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51406710800657,"sku":"GOR013498450","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1406273295.jpg?v=1751433277"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/fr-fr\/collections\/auteur-livres-de-rupert-smith.oembed?page=3","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}