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  The Frost Programme 1967

  Sir David Frost, Ian Smith, Emil...

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  Sir David Frost interviews Ian Douglas Smith, GCLM, ID (8 April 1919-20 November 2007), who was a politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (or Southern Rhodesia) from 1964 to 1979, during a period of intense racial conflict in the country. 
  Sir David Frost interviews Emil Savundra (6 July 1923-21 December 1976), an infamous businessman who twice served jail sentences for large-scale fraud. It was on this show in 1967 that Savundra's business affairs were made public. 
  Sir David Frost interviews Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896-3 December 1980), former leader of the British Union of Fascists.

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  Significant Figures - The Lives...

  Ian Stewart

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  In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty-five great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to Benoit Mandelbrot, and learn about those too often left out of the cannon, such as Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (c. 780–850), the creator of algebra, and Augusta Ada King (1815–1852), Countess of Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer.Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.

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  Mike Tyson His Story

  Onofre Quezada

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  Michael Gerard Tyson (New York, June 30, 1966), also known as Malik Abdul Aziz,6​7​ is an American former boxer. He won the world heavyweight title twice in the 1980s and is the youngest boxer in history to win a world heavyweight title when on November 22, 1986 he won the WBC title against Trevor Berbick , at only 20 years, 4 months and 22 days. Later he would manage to unify all the crowns against the champions James Smith (WBA) and Tony Tucker (IBF), being defeated, after several defenses, by James "Buster" Douglas in 1990. In 1992 he was imprisoned for the rape of Desiree Washington, an 18-year-old model. On March 26, he was sentenced to 10 years, 6 in prison and 4 on probation. He was released for good behavior in March 1995, returning to the ring that same year. He won the world title again in 1996, but lost it to Evander Holyfield a few months later. In 1997, in the rematch against Holyfield, he tore off a piece of his opponent's right ear, and after being warned by the referee and trying to bite him again, he was disqualified and banned for twelve months. He continued fighting and at the age of 35 he returned to fight for the world title against Lennox Lewis, but was defeated, retiring three years later. In 2003 he declared bankruptcy after having earned $30 million in some of his fights and around $300 million in his career as a whole. 

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  Ghosts of Manila - The Fateful...

  Mark Kram

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  When Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of control. The Ali-Frazier matchup had become a madness, inflamed by the media and the politics of race. When the "Thrilla in Manila" was over, one man was left with a ruin of a life; the other was battered to his soul. Mark Kram covered that fight for Sports Illustrated in an award-winning article. Now his riveting book reappraises the boxers -- who they are and who they were. And in a voice as powerful as a heavyweight punch, Kram explodes the myths surrounding each fighter, particularly Ali. A controversial, no-holds-barred account, Ghosts of Manila ranks with the finest boxing books ever written.

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  Llama Drama - A two-woman...

  Anna McNuff

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  **WINNER of the 2020 Amazon Storyteller Literary Award** 
  "Llama Drama is simply hilarious. If anyone wants something witty and moving at the same time. Also, something empowering, then this is the one for them. I literally inhaled it." -  Claudia Winkleman, TV Presenter and Author 
  What listeners are saying about Llama Drama: 
  ★★★★★ “Loved every minute of it!” 
  ★★★★★ “An antidote for the madness of 2020” 
  ★★★★★ “Honest, kind and real.” 
  BOOK DESCRIPTION 
  "Why take the shortest, most direct route through life, when you could choose the wiggliest, most mountainous one possible? 
  Armed with a limited grasp of Spanish and determined to meet as many llamas as possible, Anna and her friend Faye set off on a 6-month journey along the spine of the largest mountain range in the world - the Andes. 
  Beginning in the bustling city of La Paz, the duo pedal south - through dense jungle, across pristine white salt flats and past towering volcanoes, following the path of thundering glacial rivers to the snow-tipped peaks of Patagonia. 
  Sleeping wild in their tents most nights, they endure 50-mph crosswinds and catastrophic crashes, and go head to head with one very determined saddle sore called Sally. By the time they make it to the southernmost tip of the continent, they have cycled 5,500 miles and ascended over 100,000 metres through the mighty Andes - equivalent to 11 times the height of Everest. 
  Told from the seat of Anna's bicycle, Llama Drama is a witty and compelling account of life at its rawest and most rich. For anyone who has ever wanted to journey through the stunning natural landscapes of South America - this story is for you.

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  The Adventures of Huckleberry

  Mark Twain

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  The original Great American Novel, an incomparable adventure story and a classic of anarchic humour, Twain's masterpiece sees Huckleberry Finn and Jim the slave escape their difficult lives by fleeing down the Mississippi on a raft. There, they find steamships, feuding families, an unlikely Duke and King and vital lessons about the world in which they live. With its unforgettable cast of characters, Hemingway called this 'the best book we've ever had'.

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