In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Today, Nike s annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of startups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all startups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today. But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment. At 24, after bac

Adulteress? Sorceress? Immoral Temptress? No English Queen hasbeen so persistently vilified as Anne Boleyn. Even after herexecution in May 1536 - on trumped-up charges of adultery - theportrait that has come down to us is the one drawn by her enemies.Joanna Denny's compelling new biography of Anne presents aradically different picture of her - a highly literate,accomplished and intellectual woman, and a devout protagonist ofthe Protestant faith. It was Anne who played the key role inseparating England from the Church of Rome. Her tragedy was thather looks and vivacious charm attracted the notice of a violent andparanoid King Henry - and trapped her in the vicious politics ofthe Tudor court. Joanna Denny's enthralling book plunges the readerinto the fascinating, turbulent time that changed Englandforever.

At any given time, any number of the Royal Navy's 15 nuclearsubmarines lurk undetected in the world's oceans. Totallyself-sufficient for months at a time, they lie in readiness to bedeployed to listen, intercept, or attack wherever they may beneeded. And should the UK be devastated by a nuclear strike, theymight just be the last military force standing. Award-winningjournalist Danny Danziger has been allowed unprecedented access toone of the attack class submarines of the 'silent service', joiningthe crew on operations for weeks on end, living among them andhearing their stories. Unrestricted and uncompromising, it paints avivid picture of this enigmatic branch of our armed forces. In anincreasingly unstable world, these are the people who are in thebest position to keep us safe. It is time for the silent service tobe heard.

Internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon Dr Eben Alexander always considered himself a man of science. His unwavering belief in evidence-based medicine fuelled a career in the top medical institutions of the world. But all this was set to change. One morning in 2008 he fell into a coma after suffering a rare form of bacterial meningitis. Scans of his brain revealed massive damage. Death was deemed the most likely outcome. As his family prepared themselves for the worst, something miraculous happened. Dr Alexander's brain went from near total inactivity to awakening. He made a full recovery but he was never the same. He woke certain of the infinite reach of the soul, he was certain of a life beyond death. In this astonishing book, Dr Alexander shares his experience, pieced together from the notes he made as soon as he was able to write again. Unlike other accounts of near-death experiences, he is able to explain in depth why his brain was incapable of fabricating the journey he experienced.

Mende Nazer's happy childhood was cruelly cut short at theage of twelve when the Mujahidin rode into her village in theremote Nuba mountains of Sudan. They hacked down terrifiedvillagers, raped the women and abducted the children. Mende wasthem. She was taken and sold to an Arab woman in Khartoum. She wasstripped of her name and her freedom. For seven long years she waskept as a domestic slave, an 'abid', without any pay or a singleday off. Her food was the leftover scraps and her bed was the floorof the locked-up garden shed. She endured this harsh and lonelyexistence without knowing whether her family was alive or dead, forseven long years. Passed on by her master, like a parcel, to arelative in London, Mende eventually managed to escape to freedom.Slave is a shocking first-person insight into the modern day slavetrade. It is also a fascinating memoir of an African childhood anda moving testimony to a young girl's indomitable spirit in the faceof adversity.

Jack Welch is perhaps the greatest corporate leader of the20th century. When he first became CEO of General Electric in 1981the company was worth $12 billion. Twenty years later it is worth atotal of $280 billion. But Welch was more than just the leader ofthe most successful business in the world. He revolutionised GE'sentire corporate culture with his distinctive, highly personalmanagement style: the individual appreciation of each of his 500managers, the commitment to an informal but driven work style andthe encouragement of candour were all part of the Welch approach.Following John Harvey Jones's "Making It Happen" and"Troubleshooter", "Jack" has already become the businessman's Biblefor the 21st century - an inspiration for a new generation ofcorporate players.

This is the definitive biography of music legend Johnny Cashby the leading authority on the star. This major new biography is afull and frank account of the late country legend Johnny Cash(1932-2003), an artist who ranks with Elvis Presley and FrankSinatra as one of the 20th century's major singers. Written byMichael Streissguth, a leading authority on the singer, and theauthor of "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison" and "Ring of Fire", it isthe first full-length biography of Johnny Cash since ChristopherWren's was published more than 30 years ago. This biography isunauthorized - though written with the full backing of Cathy Cash(Cash's daughter from his first marriage) - and provides a far morerounded view of the singer than previous books such "A Man CalledCash", which stops short at the final stage of his life, and Cash'sautobiography which has many gaps. Although a fan of Cash,Streissguth is not afraid to approach the less romantic side of hissubject. The book is propelled by Streissguth's unrivalledknow