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In The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker provides new insight into contemporary Russia and its search for a new identity, telling the story through the country's troubled relationship with its Soviet past. Walker not only explains Vladimir Putin's goals and the government's official manipulations of history, but also focuses on ordinary Russians and their motivations. He charts how Putin raised victory in World War II to the status of a national founding myth in the search for a unifying force to heal a divided country, and shows how dangerous the ramifications of this have been.

K.C. Smith, a man who is trained to handle any fiend in the Middle East, is also very fluent in all the Easternydialects and is familiar with the customs there. Everyday, he ventures out into the streets, while shrouded in the Middle Eastern garbs, in order to get the scoop on any foul play that might arise in these ancient cities full of mosques, bazaars, and oriental palaces. Smith will do whatever it takes to get all the information needed to bring down the local warlords, all in the name of the Ghost Corps.

Spanning 30 years from the mid 80’s ‘Secrets of a Taxi Driver’ is a collection of short true stories from Joe a former London Black Cab Driver. Joe started the knowledge initially to support a mate but being on the dole lost and depressed he got intrigued by the challenge and so Joe became a driver to try and reinvent himself and forget the past. Isolated frustrated and alone, his daily interactions fuel his fantasies and frequent confrontations push him into a whole new strange reality. Lost as he is, Joe tries to help his passengers find their way but who’s helping him find his way?