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  Solo Around The World

  Hamad Ali Jabor Al-Thani

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  The little child's love for his unusual hobby increased as he got older. He used to insist on going almost every day to the old airport and staying there for many hours, to watch the aircraft taking off and landing. Those moments, We remember, were the happiest of his day. When he returned home, he used to recall every single detail of what he had seen.

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  Life of a Concorde Pilot - From...

  John Tye

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  John Tye's job at British Airways was supposed to be only temporary, a way for him to pass the summer before starting university. Instead, it would kickstart a forty-six-year career in aviation and take him all over the world.
  Told in an irrepressible and infectious style, Life of a Concorde Pilot is the story of how, despite a somewhat turbulent start to life in a Middlesex orphanage, John would go on to fly the world's only supersonic airliner. A true insight to the life of an airline pilot, with many amusing anecdotes along the way, it follows his ups and downs from his career on the ground at BA to flying with Dan Air and then back to BA, through to Covid and his reluctant retirement at the end of 2022. Full of the fascinating details only a pilot can give, this is a memorable journey to the edge of space and beyond.

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  Hendo - The American Athlete

  Dan Henderson, David Kano

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  Dan "Hendo" Henderson was the first fighter in MMA history to become a double champion, winning championships in PRIDE Fighting Championships and Strikeforce. He faced the biggest names in MMA, on his unparalleled run through the early days of MMA through its remarkable rise in popularity, squaring off against the likes of Fedor Emelianenko, Anderson Silva, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Wanderlei Silva, Michael Bisping, Vitor Belfort, and Renzo Gracie. Henderson's first fight against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in 2011 is considered one of the greatest fights in UFC history. 
   
   
   
  In this no-holds-barred look back on his life, Henderson provides context and insight into the biggest fights of his career, while reflecting on the wholly unique upbringing that shaped him into the warrior he needed to be to win. With his trademark humor, he sheds light on his two trips to the Olympics, his transformative time training in Europe and Russia, and his up-and-down relationship with Dana White. 
   
   
   
  Hendo: The American Athlete is a thrilling window into the life and mind of a true legend. There will never be another fighter like Hendo.

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  SAS: The History of the SAS

  Joshua Levine

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  The authorised history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With unheard stories, this is the SAS’s wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. 
  The SAS began as a lie, a story of a British parachute unit in the North African desert, to convince the Axis they were under imminent threat. The lie was so effective that soon a small band of men were brought together to make it real. These recruits were the toughest and brightest of their cohort, the most resilient, most dynamic and most self-sufficient. Their first commanders, David Stirling and Paddy Mayne, would go down in history as unorthodox visionaries. Yet this book tells much more than the usual origin story of the unit and seeks out less well-known leaders like Bill Fraser, who was essential in helping the SAS achieve fame for their devastating raids. By looking beyond the myth, this book brings back to life a group of men who showed immense bravery and endured unimaginable risks behind enemy lines. 
  Written with the full cooperation of the SAS and with exclusive access to SAS archives, Levine draws on individual stories and personal testimony, including interviews with veterans and family members. The book gives a visceral sense of what it was like to fight and train in the SAS in both North Africa and Europe during the Second World War, focusing on their failures as well as their successes. 
  This book is vivid with the characters of the men, their eclectic personalities, their strengths, weaknesses and many disagreements. Levine has uncovered a remarkable portrait of this enigmatic unit with stories long thought lost to history 
  The book SAS by Joshua Levine, the Sunday Times bestselling author, is a top-notch non-fiction biography that delves into the special forces of Britain during World War II. It's a compelling narrative that showcases the author's expertise in military history. 
  For fans of Roderick Bailey (Target), Damien Lewis (SAS Daggers Drawn), Julian Thompson (Dunkirk), Al Murray (Arnhem), and Rowland White (Mosquito). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Sharing Christmas

  Deborah Raffin

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  Christmas conjures up memories for so many, and this holiday compendium is full of festive treats— not only anecdotes but poems, lyrics, and even beloved recipes— from dozens and dozens of celebrities. Found in this collection are offerings from Oscar-winning actors and actresses— Julie Andrews, George Burns, Keith Carradine, Charlton Heston, Jack Lemmon, Karl Malden, Sir John Mills, Sidney Poitier, Anthony Quinn, Paul Scofield, and Elizabeth Taylor— as well as acclaimed musicians, including Kim Carnes, Johnny Cash, Placido Domingo, Al Jarreau, Kenny Loggins, Johnny Mathis, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, and Ringo Starr. Also represented here are acclaimed authors Art Buchwald, Mary Higgins Clark, Sidney Sheldon, and Amy Tan; champion athletes Arthur Ashe, Pam Shriver, Steve Sax, and Ruben Sierra; television greats Steve Allen, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Charles Osgood, Fred Rogers, and Jonathan Winters; and revered public figures such as civil rights activist Coretta Scott King, astronaut Wally Schirra, and President Gerald Ford. This bounty of goodwill is sure to inspire the holiday spirit in all who partake in these Christmas treasures.

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  The Eel Trap - A Memoir of a...

  Richard Fleming

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  An evocative, lyrical debut memoir from the heart of our vanishing countryside – a story of the solitary life of an eel fisherman and the radical choice to live more in tune with the natural world.Growing up in rural Herefordshire, Richard Fleming watched as his earth-bound world quietly slipped away. The peasant ethos – built on a shared stewardship of the land and its resources – had given way to private enclosures and stark divisions between landowners and those who worked the soil.Drawn by the values of that vanishing way of life, Richard set out for the edges of the British Isles. In this intimate debut memoir, Richard recounts his journey from the English countryside to the rugged coast of Connemara, the depths of the Scottish Highlands and to an ancient silver-eel trap in the West Marches, where he harvests eels as they begin their 5,000-mile migration back to the Sargasso Sea. Learning traditional craftsmanship from local carpenters and fishermen, Richard builds himself a quiet, fulfilling life.But when the European eel population suffers a catastrophic collapse, the idyll of an eelman’s life shatters. Realizing that a harmonious relationship with the natural world seems to be no longer possible, leading to a deeply personal awakening as Richard becomes an activist against the exploitative nature of the elver trade.Both a fierce call to action and a sweeping story of our changing natural world, The Eel Trap asks what it means to belong to a landscape rather than possess it – offering a refuge for anyone longing to reconnect with the wild.

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