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  Never Give Up - The Story of...

  David Arnholm, Helle Bertram

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  When Hassan Torabi arrived in Denmark as a refugee from Iran, he quickly became the big hope of the local wrestling club. When he participated in the first Danish reality TV show, the Danish version of “Survivor”, he became known throughout the country as the warm and helpful man who had taken a photo of his Indian guru with him on the island. And when the national TV channel DR2 broadcast the documentary “Hassan’s Hands”, he became known as the man who could give ill people new hope. 
  Now he is sharing the story about his life. About being a quiet and introverted child growing up in a country with revolution and executions. About the escape and meeting the Danes’ skeptical attitude to a man with dark hair and an accent. And about working with some of the biggest sports stars in the world, and a journey to India that changed his life. 
  ”Never Give Up – The Story Of Hassan Torabi” is also a series of portraits of the people who have experienced first-hand how Hassan has played a defining role in their lives and inspired hope when nobody else could.

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  Fighting to Forgive - A Journey...

  Kathy Cooks

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  "You, dear reader, are literally being invited into my soul..." 
  This story is undeniably inspiring and serves as a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit. Kathy's determination to rise above the challenges of infidelity, multiple betrayers, obsession, and deceit, is a testament to her resilience and courage. She not only reclaimed her own life but also offers a guiding light for others who might be going through similar struggles. Her mantra, "I refuse to let the actions of others dictate the outcome of my life," serves as a beacon of hope, reminding us all that we have the power to shape our own destinies, regardless of the challenges we face. 
  As she continued to grapple with the overwhelming burden of forgiveness, Kathy's faith provided her with a source of hope and the promise of healing. It gave her a framework to understand the importance of forgiveness, not only for the people she needed to forgive but for her own well-being. She learned that forgiveness was a path to inner peace and a way to release the heavy weight of resentment. 
  After three decades of marriage, Kathy and her husband now enjoy a life of freedom. Their bond, strengthened by the trials they faced together, stands as a testament to their enduring love and commitment. Kathy's journey serves as an inspiration to others, demonstrating that with determination, resilience, and a steadfast spirit, it is possible to overcome even the most devastating of circumstances and emerge stronger on the other side. Joining her on this journey means tapping into that fierce, powerful energy within you and using it to conquer challenges, break barriers, and live life to the fullest.So, are you ready to embrace your inner badass and embark on this empowering journey? Let's do it!

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  Finale - Late Conversations with...

  D. T. Max

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  “Brazenly entertaining. . . . It summons to the page a Broadway voice like no other.”—Los Angeles Times 
  “[An] erudite and affably self-conscious memoir of the creative process.”—Vulture 
  An intimate portrait of a genius: the late Stephen Sondheim in a series of illuminating and deeply personal interviews from the last years of his life—conversations that show the composer-lyricist as he has likely never been seen before. 
  In 2017, New Yorker staff writer D.T. Max began working on a major profile of Stephen Sondheim that would be timed to the eventual premiere of a new musical Sondheim was writing. Sadly , that process – and the years of conversation – was cut short by Sondheim’s own hesitations, then the global pandemic, and finally by the great artist’s death in November 2021. 
  Now, Max has taken the raw version of these conversations and knit them together into an unforgettable work of literature and celebration. Finale reveals Sondheim—a star who disliked the spotlight—at his most relaxed, thoughtful, sardonic, and engaging, as he talks about work, music, movies, family, New York City, aging, the creative process, and much more. 
  Max brings you into the room and gives you a front row seat for their unusual and intimate three-year-long “pas de deux.” The two bond, spar, separate, and reunite, as Max elicits from Sondheim a candor and vulnerability he seldom displayed in public.  
  This is a unique portrait of an artist in his twilight, offering remarkable insight into the mind and heart of a genius whose work changed American musical theater and popular culture forever.

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  Back From The Dead - The Untold...

  Douglas Thompson, Dan Biddle

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  “They say cats have nine lives so I’ve been giving them a bit of a run. I’ve died three times on an operating table and had the same number of goes at killing myself. Luckily, the doctors were brilliant at saving my life and I was crap at ending it.” 
   
  For years living was a fate worse than death for Dan Biddle. In a moment of someone else’s madness, he lost all meaning to his existence along with both his legs, his left eye, his spleen and all hearing in his left ear. 
   
  His body and mind were devastated on 7 July 2005, during the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil. It took ten seconds to disassemble him. It’s taken twenty years for him to find the inner peace and brutal honesty reveal his daily battle to go on surviving. 
   
  The against-the-odds story of his triumphs and joy will astonish. His battle with bureaucracy and despair will anger and shock. 
   
  The extraordinary love story that keeps him alive will inspire.

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  Cop Under Cover - My life in the...

  Johann van Loggerenberg

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  In the 1990s deep-cover police agent RS536 took on the Durban underworld as part of a new organised crime intelligence unit. He rubbed shoulders with drug lords, smugglers and corrupt cops, and was instrumental in busting an international drug ring and foiling a bank heist, among many other dangerous engagements. 
    
  But then, as the country’s new democracy birthed a struggle between the old and the new guard in the South African Police Service, his identity and his life came under threat. In this action-packed account, Johann van Loggerenberg describes how, as a young policeman, he worked closely with the investigative team of the Goldstone Commission to uncover the ‘third force’ – apartheid security forces that supplied weapons to the Inkatha Freedom Party to destabilise the country. 
    
  He also delves into how and why, at the height of state capture at the South African Revenue Service in 2014, he was falsely accused of being an apartheid spy, a lie that persists up to today. Here, finally, is the truth behind the deep-cover police agent RS536.

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  The Grind Line - The gears that...

  Keith Gave

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  By the author of the award-winning best seller, 'The Russian Five.' 
  The 'Grind Line' is one of the most successful units in hockey history, and without peer among so-called fourth lines, for those who insist on numbering them. Kris Draper, flanked by Kirk Maltby and Joe Kocur, and later Darren McCarty, deserve their rightful place in Detroit shoulder-to-shoulder with the Production Line, the most famous forward unit in National Hockey League history: Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay alongside Sid Abel, and later Alex Delvecchio, four men whose numbers hang from the rafters at Little Caesers Arena. This book argues,  and has the receipts to prove it, that the Grind Line was every bit as important in its era as the Production Line was in the dynastic 1950s. 
  'Those four guys, they made all the difference,' says Scotty Bowman, the Hockey Hall of Fame coach who wrote the foreword to this book

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