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Lock & Co. Hatters (formally James Lock and Co. Ltd) is the world's oldest hat shop, the world's 34th oldest family-owned business and is a Royal warrant holder. Its shop is located at 6 St James's Street, London, and is a Grade II* listed building. History The company was founded in 1676 by Robert Davis. His son Charles continued the business and took James Lock (1731–1806) on as an apprentice in 1747. James later married Charles Davis's only child, Mary. When Davis died in 1759, James Lock inherited the company from his former master, and the Lock family, James's descendants, still own and run the company today. The shop has been in its current location since 1765. The company is responsible for the origination of the bowler hat. In 1849, Edward Coke, nephew of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, and the younger brother of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, requested a hat to solve the problem of gamekeepers' headgear. Traditional top hats were too fragile and too tall (often getting knocked off by low branches) for the job. The company commissioned London hat-makers William and Thomas Bowler to solve the problem. Anecdotally, when Coke returned for his new hat, he dropped it on the floor and stamped on it twice to test its strength before paying 12 shillings and leaving satisfied. Admiral Lord Nelson wore a bicorne of the brand’s into the Battle of Trafalgar complete with eye-shade. The eternally rakish Beau Brummell procured its hats as part of his sartorial arsenal. Winston Churchill adopted their Cambridge and Homburg hats as sartorial signatures and Anthony Eden was never without his trusty Lock Homburg. Notable customers of the past include Admiral Lord Nelson and Oscar Wilde. Later famous clients have included Terry Pratchett, Cecil Beaton, David Beckham, Victor Borge, Pierce Brosnan, Jackie Chan, Charlie Chaplin, Eric Clapton, Douglas Fairbanks Jr (who lived in a flat above the shop), Alec Guinness, Jeremy Irons, Patrick Macnee (while playing John Steed), Peter O'Toole, Gary Oldman, Laurence Olivier, Michael Palin, Donald Sinden, Jon Voight and the Duke of Windsor. Lock & Co. is a royal warrant holder as Hatter to the Prince of Wales (later King Charles III). The hatmaker formerly had a Royal warrant from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, until his death in 2021. References External links Media related to James Lock & Co. at Wikimedia Commons Official website . Discover the James Lock popular books. Find the top 100 most popular James Lock books.
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James Locker The Duality of Fate
Martin LundqvistStruggling with his mental health, James must catch a killer connected to his past!When James Locker's boss the legendary Michael Fuller is sacked from the central Sydney Murder In...
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The Eagle in the Mirror
Jesse FinkPart biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part coldcase detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of Charles Howard “Dick” Ellis, the Aust...
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Unwanted Spy
Jeffrey SterlingThe powerful story of a CIA whistleblower and political prisoner who refused to give up on his American dreamIn 2015, Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to prison, convicted of violati...
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Marv Levy
Marv Levy & Jim KellyFortyseven years of joyous celebrations after victories and crushing disappointments after defeats are encompassed in Marv Levy: Where Else Would You Rather Be?, but it is about mo...
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The Witnesses
James Patterson & Brendan DuBoisThis family has a very dark secretbut even with a retired NYPD cop next door, they can't hide from danger forever . . . The Sanderson family has been forced into hiding after one o...
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1 Corinthians
Scot McKnightPaul writes a letter to a church routinely in disagreement with Paul's vision for how to live as a Christian in Corinth (a Roman city). The Corinthians were daily challenged t...
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Body of Secrets
James BamfordThe National Security Agency is the world’s most powerful, most farreaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of Sept...
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Tick Tock
James Patterson & Michael LedwidgeNYC's #1 detective, Michael Bennett, has a huge problemthe Son of Sam, the Werewolf of Wisteria and the Mad Bomber are all back. The city has never been more terrified!When a rash ...
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So Help Me God
Mike PenceThe autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence.Loyalty is a Vice President’s first duty; but there is a greater oneto God and the Constitution.Mike Pence spent more hours in...
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Spymaster
Martin Pearce'I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief'Richard DavenportHines, The SpectatorSir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era. A fa...
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Enhanced Interrogation
James E. Mitchell, Ph.D. & Bill HarlowIn the dark days immediately after 9/11, the CIA turned to Dr. James Mitchell to help craft an interrogation program designed to elicit intelligence from justcaptured top alQa'ida ...
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The CIA Lockpicking Manual
Central Intelligence AgencyDo you have the locksmith’s phone number on speed dial? Find yourself spending a fortune on new locks after someone lost their keys again? Forgot your keys in the car one too many ...
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Spycraft
Robert B. Wallace, H. Keith Melton & Henry R. SchlesingerAn unprecedented history of the CIA's secret and amazing gadgetry behind the art of espionageIn this look at the CIA’s most secretive operations and the devices that made them poss...
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Everybody Knows
Jordan HarperIn this “hardboiled mystery” (Maureen Corrigan) from an Edgar Award winning author, a fearless blackbag publicist exposes the belly of the L.A. beast. Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los A...
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Survival Retreats
Dave Black & James C. JonesNormally, retreats are built to blend in to their surroundings for the sake of secrecy, and are built by those who don’t want others to know anything about their retreat. Dave Blac...
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Revelation
Scot McKnightRevelation was written by John to seven churches at the western end of Asia Minor who were under the thumb of the Roman empire (Babylon). Life in the empire involved constant ...
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Survival Retreats
David BlackSurvival retreats are built by those who want to truly hide from it all should the worst conspire. David Black explores these places and gets to go where most people will never go:...
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The Exile
James Patterson & Alison JosephAn excop must save the woman he's sworn to protect from an ancient Irish curse.Excop Finn O'Grady hasn't been home in years. But the woman he swore to protect is convinced an ancie...
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The Anatomy of a Spy
Michael SmithFor fans of both real spy dramas and fictional onesboth Ben Macintyre and John le Carréthe story of why spies spy. Why do people put their lives at risk to collect intellige...
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Maximum Security
Robert MuchamoreCHERUB agents are all seventeen and under. They wear skate tees and hemp, and look like regular kids. But they're not. They are trained professionals who are sent out on missions t...
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The Two
Will CarverThey Kill Without Mercy. Disappear Without Trace.They are The Two.And now the stakes are raised once more for Detective January David. 5 lie dead, brutally murdered the first take...
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Stars and Spies
Christopher Andrew & Julius GreenA vastly entertaining and unique history of the interaction between spying and showbiz, from the Elizabethan age to the Cold War and beyond.'A treasure trove of human ingenuity' Th...
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Betrayal in Berlin
Steve Vogel"A riveting and vivid account. ... A remarkable story. ... It reads like a Hollywood screenplay." Foreign AffairsThe astonishing true story of the Berlin Tunnel, one of the We...
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CHERUB The First Collection
Robert MuchamoreBooks 1, 2 and 3 in Robert Muchamore's bestselling CHERUB series.The Recruit (Book 1):A terrorist doesn't let strangers in her flat because they might be undercover police or intel...
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The Impeachment Diary
James Reston & Walter DellingerThis eyewitness account of the impeachment process against Richard Nixonwhich historian Robert Dallek wrote "could not be more timely"holds lessons for now. James Reston, Jr., took...
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A Spy in Plain Sight
Lis WiehlA legal analyst for NPR, NBC, and CNN, delves into the facts surrounding what has been called the “worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history”: the case of Robert Hanssena Russian...
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The Room Where It Happened
John BoltonAs President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened, and the facts speak for themselves. The result is a White Hous...
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Twenty
James GrippandoJack Swyteck and his family are caught in the crossfire after a deadly school shooting claims twenty casualtiesFlorida’s fifth mass shooting in as many yearsin this provocative and...
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The Real Special Relationship
Michael Smith, Michael Hayden & Sir John ScarlettGripping, deeply researched, and authoritative, the history of one of the closest intelligence and security relationships in the world The Special Relationship between the United S...
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The Assault on Intelligence
Michael V. HaydenA blistering critique of the forces threatening the American intelligence community, beginning with the President of the United States himself, in a time when that community's work...
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James E. Lock v. National Union Fire
Supreme Court of TennesseeIn this workers' compensation appeal PlaintiffAppellant, James E. Lock, seeks recovery for injuries received in two accidents, the first occurring on October 22, 1987, a...
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The Pentagon Papers
Neil Sheehan, Hedrick Smith, James L. Greenfield, E. W. Kenworthy & Fox Butterfield“The WikiLeaks of its day” (Time) is as relevant as ever to presentday American politics.“The most significant leaks of classified material in American history.” –The Washington Po...
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Miller Time
David A. Burhenn & John CalipariArizona. Kentucky. Indiana. It’s astounding to think that three elite college basketball programs can trace their success back to one smalltown high school coach, Blackhawk High’s ...
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Present Danger
Stella Rimington'THE SENSE OF BEING INSIDE ONE OF THE GREAT SECRET SERVICES OF THE WORLD LEAPS FROM EVERY PAGE' Daily MailGripping spy fiction from the former Head of MI5. When MI5 officer Liz Ca...
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The Field of Fight
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Michael T. Flynn & Michael Ledeen"Wake Up America is a HUGE book. It will help to Make America Great Again." Donald J. TrumpThe Instant New York Times Bestseller, by Presidentelect Donald Trump's National Security...
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The Shadow War
Jim SciuttoAre we losing a war few of us realize we’re fighting? Jim Sciutto, CNN’s Chief National Security Correspondent, reveals the invisible fronts that make up 21st century warfare, ...
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Steeplechase
James Patterson & Scott SlavenThe same rides that killed people in 1907 are mysteriously breaking down again more than a century later . . . and somewhere in time, a killer waits.Malfunctioning rides caused mul...
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The Threat
Andrew G. McCabe#1 New York Times Bestseller#1 Washington Post Bestseller#1 Wall Street Journal BestsellerOn March 16, 2018, just twentysix hours before his scheduled retirement from the organizat...
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The Shadow Factory
James BamfordJames Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformat...
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The Asset
Shane KuhnA private airport security contractor becomes a counterterrorism operative to prevent a terrorist attack in this “timely, edgeoftheseat thriller” (Bookpage) from the author of the ...
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The Plot to Kill King
William F. PepperBestselling author, James Earl Ray’s defense attorney, and, later, lawyer for the King family William Pepper reveals who actually killed MLK.William Pepper was James Earl Ray’s law...
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How to Become a Spy
British Special Operations ExecutiveDuring World War II, training in the black arts of covert operation was vital preparation for the “ungentlemanly warfare” waged by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) against Hi...
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Tales from the Chicago Bulls Locker Room
Bill Wennington & Kent McDillChicago Bulls fans thought they had it so good. From 1991 through 1993 the Bulls won three consecutive NBA titles behind the talents of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. When Jord...
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Last Judgement
John CarterLast Judgement is a riproaring conspiracy thriller debut from John Carter.In a hidden chamber off the coast of Nova Scotia an ancient tablet has been unearthed. Under layers of dir...
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Republicans Buy Sneakers Too
Clay TravisNational Bestseller!Sports media superstar Clay Travis wants to save sports from the social justice warriors seeking to turn them into another political battleground.Have you ever ...
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War by Other Means
Keith KelloggGeneral Keith Kellogg saw it all. The only national security advisor to work side by side with both President Trump and Vice President Pence, he was their confidant as they made th...
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Death at the Orange Locks
Anja de Jager'A novel brilliantly evoking the isolation of a woman with an unbearable weight on her conscience' Sunday Times Keeping it in the family...After her painful divorce four years ago,...
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U.S. Army Intelligence and Interrogation Handbook
U.S. Department of the ArmyThe U.S. Army Intelligence and Interrogation Handbook provides doctrinal guidance, techniques, and procedures governing the use of interrogators as human intelligence collection ag...
