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All the Money in the World by John Pearson
Category: Biography
Inspired by the fortunes and misfortunes of the Getty family, whose most extraordinary and troubled episode - the kidnap and ransom of grandson Paul Getty - is now a major motion picture, directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay written by David Scarpa and starring Michelle Williams, Christopher Plum ...Show more
All the Money in the World FTI (previously Painfully Rich) by John Pearson
Category: Biography
Inspired by the fortunes and misfortunes of the Getty family, whose most extraordinary and troubled episode - the kidnap and ransom of grandson Paul Getty - is now a major motion picture, directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay written by David Scarpa and starring Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg ...Show more
All the Money in the World: previously published as Painfully Rich by John Pearson
Category: Biography Memoir
Oil tycoon J. Paul Getty created the greatest fortune in America - and came close to destroying his own family in the process. Of his four sons who reached manhood, only one survived relatively unscathed. One killed himself, one became a drug-addicted recluse and the third had to bear the stigma all his ...Show more
Bluebird and the Dead Lake: The Classic Account of How Donald Campbell Broke the World Land Speed Record by John Pearson
Category: Non Fiction
The definitive eyewitness account of Donald Campbell's 1964 land speed record attempt on Lake Eyre is not only a vibrant portrait of one of the world's most hostile and mesmeric landscapes, but also a compelling psychological drama driven by huge ambition, bitter rivalry, and death-defying courage.
GUIDE TO WESTERN WOODLANDS by Carolyn Thomson-Dans (Editor); Ian Herford; John Hunter; Penny Hussey; Ian Kealley; David Pearson; Grant Pronk; Cliff Winfield; Kobus Wentzel; Ann Storrie; Joanna Moore (Editor); Andy Chapman; Iain Capp; Aminya Ennis; Tony Friend; David Gleeson; Greg Keighery
Category: Travel Guides
The Great Western Woodlands is a delightful area to visit, with numerous granite outcrops, secluded bush camping areas and historic attractions scattered across this large chunk of Western Australia's heartland. It is also a culturally significant plane for Aboriginal people who continue to have a stron ...Show more
Golf by John Pearson
Category: Sports and Hobbies | Series: Shire Library
"Golf": from its Scottish Highland origins to its distinctive wardrobe, and from St Andrews Old Course to the lush greens of Augusta, the word conjures a history and a world - and this book is the perfect window onto that world. Packed with colour illustrations and photographs, it traces golf's evolutio ...Show more
James Bond - The Authorised Biography by John Pearson
Category: Non Fiction
Like most of the world, John Pearson assumed that James Bond was nothing more than a character in Fleming's highly charged imagination. Then he began to have his doubts. He finally became convinced that James Bond was not only real, but actually alive. This book must be one of the most extraordinary bio ...Show more
Profession of Violence: Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins by John Pearson
Category: True Crime
Reggie and Ronald Kray ruled London's gangland during the 1960s with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks even now. This book has been expanded to include further material on such matters as Lord Boothby's close relationship with the killer twins.
Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins (Legend film tie-in) by John Pearson
Category: Biography
The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins which will be brought to the main screen this autumn as Legend, a film directed by Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland and starring Tom Hardy. Also published as 'The Profession of Violence'. Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled London's gangland durin ...Show more