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  John Gielgud - An Actor's Life

  Gyles Brandreth

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  'A sense of delight permeates Gyles Brandreth's John Gielgud: An Actor's Life … Brandreth combines neat reportage, deft evocation and lovely tales about a man he knew and relished.' – The Times
  'A delightful memoir which tells you all you need to know and collects all the anecdotes.' – Daily Mail
  John Gielgud was born in April 1904. When he died in May 2000, he was honoured as 'the giant of twentieth-century theatre'. In this updated, acclaimed biography, Gyles Brandreth draws from over thirty years of conversations with Gielgud to tell the extraordinary story of a unique actor, film star, director and raconteur.
  In 1921 Gielgud made his first appearance at the Old Vic in London and through the next eight decades he dominated his profession – initially as a classical actor, later in plays by Harold Pinter and Alan Bennett. In his twenties he had appeared in silent movies; more than half a century later, he emerged as a Hollywood star, winning his first Oscar at the age of seventy-eight.
  With wonderful anecdotes, and contributions from Kenneth Branagh, Alec Guinness, Paul Scofield, Donald Sinden, Judi Dench and Peter Hall, John Gielgud: An Actor's Life is a compelling, humorous and moving account of a remarkable man.

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  Caps off - MASTER ITALIA a...

  Gianni Pasin

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  Gianni Pasin, a successful Veneto businessman, tells the story of his adventurous life and career. It is the account of a bold, unconventional life. Pasin never wanted a permanent desk job and his horizons have always encompassed the whole world. A modern pioneer, he opened up commercial opportunities in countries as far flung as Niger and Eritrea, the Arab Emirates and Australia, Bangladesh and India, post-Mao China and Fidel Castro's Cuba, and has always viewed work as a means for exploring different cultures and immersing himself in the customs and traditions of other peoples. The idea of setting up Master Italia – a European leader in cap sales – was the masterpiece of his career, a journey that has enriched his life with fantastic experiences and great achievements. Pasin's desire to convey a message of hope to future generations has now prompted him to espouse a new cause: sustainability. The world, of which he has seen both the beauty and the darker sides, is very fragile. We all have a duty to change our lifestyle, and Master Italia, which in the meantime has passed into the hands of his nephew Alessandro Colle Tiz, is rising to Gianni Pasin's new challenge.

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  The Control of Nature

  John McPhee

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  The Control of Nature is John McPhee's bestselling account of places where people are locked in combat with nature. Taking us deep into these contested territories, McPhee details the strategies and tactics through which people attempt to control nature. Most striking is his depiction of the main contestants: nature in complex and awesome guises, and those attempting to wrest control from her—stubborn, sometimes foolhardy, more often ingenious, and always arresting characters.

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  Through the Shadow of Fear -...

  Jasper Cove

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  The church imprisoned Jasper in fear. True faith shattered his chains.  
   
  Jasper Cove spent his childhood imprisoned by dread. Promises of eternal hellfire as punishment for unconfessed sins terrorized him. As a teenager, he suffered from crippling migraines and thoughts of damnation that scarred his mind and body, trapping him in a cycle of despair for decades. 
   
  Through the Shadow of Fear is Jasper’s raw, heart-wrenching journey through the minefield of rigid dogma. It’s a survivor’s story of overcoming anxiety to break the grip of religious trauma and build a fearless future. 
   
  When religion twists faith into a weapon, there is hope. Follow Jasper Through the Shadow of Fear. As he turns torment into unyielding strength, he shares the intimate authority of one who has walked this shadowed path and emerged transformed. 
   
  Your fear is not your fate. You are not alone. You, too, can be free.

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  The River You Touch - Making a...

  Chris Dombrowski

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  “We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we start homeward, fathomless as to what home might make of us.”When Chris Dombrowski burst onto the literary scene with Body of Water, the book was acclaimed as “a classic” (Jim Harrison) and its author compared with John McPhee. Dombrowski begins the highly anticipated The River You Touch with a question as timely as it is profound: “What does a meaningful, mindful, sustainable inhabitance on this small planet look like in the anthropocene?”He answers this fundamental question of our time initially by listening lovingly to rivers and the land they pulse through in his adopted home of Montana. Transplants from the post-industrial Midwest, he and his partner, Mary, assemble a life based precariously on her income as a schoolteacher, his as a poet and fly-fishing guide. Before long, their first child arrives, followed soon after by two more, all “free beings in whom flourishes an essential kind of knowing […], whose capacity for wonder may be the beacon by which we see ourselves through this dark epoch.” And around the young family circles a community of friends—river-rafting guides and conservationists, climbers and wildlife biologists—who seek to cultivate a way of living in place that moves beyond the mythologized West of appropriation and extraction.Moving seamlessly from the quotidian—diapers, the mortgage, a threadbare bank account—to the metaphysical—time, memory, how to live a life of integrity—Dombrowski illuminates the experience of fatherhood with intimacy and grace. Spending time in wild places with their children, he learns that their youthful sense of wonder at the beauty and connectivity of the more-than-human world is not naivete to be shed, but rather wisdom most of us lose along the way—wisdom that is essential for the possibility of transformation.

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  Cartel Nation - How Mexico's...

  Davis Truman

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  Power. Money. Blood. Influence. 
  What began as smuggling routes through the desert has evolved into one of the most powerful underground empires on Earth — a parallel nation built on fear, loyalty, and staggering wealth. 
  In Cartel Nation, readers are taken deep inside the hidden machinery of Mexico’s drug cartels — a world where criminal networks rival governments, warlords command armies, and pop culture glorifies the very violence that terrorizes entire regions. Through gripping storytelling and meticulous investigation, this book unveils how cartels moved from the shadows into the center of politics, business, and everyday life. 
  Discover: 
  •	How Mexico’s cartels grew from small-time traffickers into transnational corporations of crime. 
  •	The secret alliances between drug lords, politicians, police, and billionaires. 
  •	How narco culture — from music and film to religion and fashion — turned the cartels into global icons. 
  •	The brutal wars fought for territory, power, and legitimacy — and why they can’t simply be “won.” 
  From the dusty streets of Sinaloa to the halls of power in Mexico City, Cartel Nation traces a chilling and fascinating rise — a story of corruption, resilience, and the dark side of globalization. 
  Suppose you’re fascinated by true crime, geopolitics, or the human cost of power. In that case, this book will leave you stunned—and unable to look away. 
  Perfect for fans of Don Winslow, Ioan Grillo, and Netflix’s Narcos, Cartel Nation reveals the truth behind the myth — and why the cartel era is far from over.

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