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  Life of John D Rockefeller The:...

  Orison S. Marden

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  Uncover the secrets of success from the man who built an empire. 
  In The Life of John D. Rockefeller: Biography of a Genius by Orison S. Marden (based on Orison’s book, How They Succeeded), you'll embark on a captivating journey through the life of one of history's most influential figures. John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil, wasn't just a businessman – he was a visionary who revolutionized an industry. 
  This insightful biography explores: 
  Rockefeller's early dreams and motivations: Discover the driving force behind his relentless pursuit of success. 
  The shrewd strategies that fueled his rise to power: Learn the business tactics that transformed a small venture into a global giant. 
  Rockefeller's complex personality: Gain a deeper understanding of the man behind the money. 
  Lessons applicable to your own ambitions: Uncover timeless principles you can use to achieve your goals. 
  Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, a seasoned business leader, or simply someone fascinated by the stories of the self-made, this book offers invaluable insights.

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  If You Say So

  Michelle Herman

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  Michelle Herman took her first-ever ballet class at the age of 62, and it changed her life. If You Say So is a book of true stories about loss and reinvention, longing and loneliness, friendship and community, and family and home—and dance, the dedicated practice of which has led her on an unexpected new path. This is a book about grief and the way it lives in the body—and joy, and the way it lives in the body too. 
  From the making of a pandemic-era dance film—the dancers masked, outdoors, six feet apart—to the sudden, shocking loss of a friend and fellow (sister) dancer three years later; from the challenges and delights of making art to the challenges and delights of motherhood and daughterhood, this book is a love letter to Herman’s life as she enters her seventh decade, and to everyone and everything, human and nonhuman both, who’s filled her life with their love.

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  The Tin Ring - My Memoir of Love...

  Zdenka Fantlová

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  The Tin Ringis a moving memoir of love, loss and hope. This new edition has been published in celebration of Zdenka's 100th birthday.
  Zdenka's peaceful life was changed forever when she was sent to Terezin concentration camp. Here, she was given a humble engraved tin ring by her first love Arno. She survived six concentration camps, endured horrors the like of which most of us can't begin to comprehend, yet never lost the will to live.
  When Arno gave her the ring he said, 'That's for our engagement. And, to keep you safe. If we are both alive when the war ends I will find you.'The ring was the symbol of his love – a tin ring – that gave her the hope to endure unimaginable suffering and survive in the belief that they would one day be re-united.
  Zdenka protected this little tin ring with her life and with astonishing determination. Never falling into destructive self-pity, her compassion for other people, her sense of humour and the ability to take remarkable risks, are just part of Zdenka's indomitable spirit.
  Zdenka survived six concentration camps including Auschwitz, Gross Rosen, Mauthausen and Belsen – the worst of all. In the last chaotic days of the war in Belsen she crawled to a Red Cross post. There she was saved by an unknown British soldier to whom the book is dedicated.

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  Force For Good A: Gisela Warburg...

  Anita Wyzanski Robboy

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  "A Force for Good is a must-read for anyone interested in Holocaust history, Jewish heritage, and the enduring impact of one woman's courage and compassion." -- BookLife Review 
  A Force For Good is the biography of the heroic life of Gisela Warburg Wyzanski, a courageous young German Jewish woman who leveraged her wealth and family connections to save countless children from annihilation at the hands of the Nazis. This compelling story is told through a treasure trove of letters and documents carefully preserved by Gisela and recently discovered by her daughter, Anita Wyzanski Robboy, the book's author. It outlines Gisela's tireless efforts to rescue European children, place them in appropriate settings in their parentless journey to new lives in the land now known as Israel.Readers will travel with Gisela through Germany, Palestine, England, and the United States, and will meet her mentors -- some of the most powerful and influential Jewish leaders of this historically significant pre-WWII to post-WWII era. They will learn about both the horrors of the Holocaust and the tremendous power of one determined and courageous person to make a difference in the world.

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  Tough Crowd - How I Made and...

  Graham Linehan

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  'A must-read. Funny and utterly compelling' Jonathan Ross
  Having cut his teeth in music journalism, Graham Linehan became the finest sitcom writer of his generation. He captured the comedy zeitgeist not just as the co-creator of Father Ted but also with The IT Crowd and Black Books, winning five Baftas and a lifetime achievement award.
  Then his life took an unexpected turn. When he championed an unfashionable cause, TV commissioners no longer returned his emails, showbiz pals lost his number and his marriage collapsed.
  In an emotionally charged memoir that is by turns hilarious and harrowing, he lets us into the secrets of the writing room and colourfully describes the high-octane atmosphere of a sitcom set. But he also berates an industry where there was no one to stand by his side when he needed help.
  Bruised but not beaten, he explains why he chose the hill of women and girls' rights to die on – and why, despite the hardship of cancellation, he's not coming down from it any time soon.

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  Dirty Linen - The Troubles In My...

  Martin Doyle

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  Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times, offers a personal, intimate history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, his own, part of both the Linen Triangle – heartland of the North’s defining industry – and the Murder Triangle – the Badlands roamed by the Glenanne gang of security forces colluding with loyalist paramilarites. He lifts the veil of silence drawn over the horrors of the past, recording in heartrending detail the terrible toll the conflict took – more than 20 violent deaths in a few square miles – and the long tail of trauma it has left behind. He also conveys the texture of the times, the high streets where cars could not be left unattended, the newsflashes, the constant background buzz of threat and fear. 
  Neighbours and classmates who lost loved ones in the conflict, survivors maimed in bomb attacks and victims of sectarianism, both Catholic and Protestant, entrust him with their stories. Doyle marries his local knowledge with a literary sensibility and skilfully shows how the once dominant local linen industry serves as a metaphor for both communal division but also the solidarity that transcended the sectarian divide. 
  To those who might ask why you would want to reopen old wounds, the answer might be that some wounds have never been allowed to heal. It is by sharing our stories that we build a ridge of common ground from which good things can grow.

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