Böcker av Nick Davies

"With no role in sight and nothing to lose, actor Lou Galloway heads to Mexico to drown his sorrows. After a mezcal too many, he is mistaken for a rogue assassin known as El Flamingo. Before he can decide whether he wants to find a way out, he is enthralled by Maria-Carla, an enigmatic beauty with incredible perfume and swept into the dangerous world of Latin-American espionage. From Mariachi weddings to Colombian salsa bars, Lou discovers only one choice. To achieve his destiny, he must assume the identity of El Flamingo"--

At first, it seemed like a small story. The royal correspondent of the News of the World was caught listening in on Buckingham Palace voice mails. He was quietly sent to prison and the case was closed. But Nick Davies felt sure there was a lot more going on.

Beloved as a herald of spring, cuckoos have held a place in our hearts for centuries. But for many other birds the cuckoo is a signal of doom, for it is nature's most notorious cheat. In this enormously engaging book, naturalist and scientist Nick Davies reveals how cuckoos deceive other species, uncovering an evolutionary race between cuckoos and the hosts. Cuckoo offers a new insight not only into the secret lives of these extraordinary birds, but also how cheating evolves and thrives in the natural world.

You have to do it you might as well enjoy it No one likes a pushy, smarmy salesman no one wants to be that guy but most of us need to sell to some extent. How else can we get any business? We all have to do it now, whether we re lawyers, accountants or start-ups.

Gripping, thought-provoking and revelatory, this is an insider's look at one of the most tainted professions. 'Meticulous, fair-minded and utterly gripping' Telegraph'Powerful and timely...his analysis is fair, meticulously researched and fascinating' Observer

'This all began quite unexpectedly one rainy autumn evening a couple of years ago in a fairground near to the centre of Nottingham...' In amongst the bright lights and bumper cars, Nick Davies noticed two boys, no more than twelve years old, oddly detached from the fun of the scene.

Over a period of 18 months, Davies researched for the Guardian a special series of stories investigating the condition of our state schools. the link between the success of private schools and the failure of state schools;