Frankie Dettori is a unique character in modern-day Britain: a millionaire champion jockey irresistible to the punters; a charismatic personality with an easy charm and immaculate dress sense that make him an instant favourite on TV chat shows; and a celebrity with a fascinating life story encompassing drama, passion, death and deliverance. In his own words, Frankie Dettori charts his rise from stable lad to champion jockey, revealing the endless hours of hard work, the fun along the way, and his determination to succeed against the odds. Controversial, informative and hugely entertaining, Frankie Dettori's life story will appeal to the millions of people who follow the sport as well as those intrigued to know more about one of the greatest talents that horse-racing has ever seen.

Frankie: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori

POWELL, Jonathan

Dettori, Frankie

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

Desert Orchid: the story of a champion

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

Stanley Paul

Illustrating each of Machiavelli’s maxims with a description of events that occurred during Tony Blair's time as prime minister, Blair's former close adviser gives a devastating, frank, and insightful analysis of how power is wielded in the modern world In a 21st-century reworking of Niccolò Machiavelli's influential masterpiece, Jonathan Powell argues that the Italian philosopher is misunderstood, and explains how the lessons derived from his experience as an official in 15th-century Florence can still apply today. Drawing on his own unpublished diaries during his time as Blair's chief of staff, Powell gives a frank account of the intimate details of the internal political struggles, including the failure to join the Euro or hold a referendum on the European constitution; the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo; the peace negotiations in Northern Ireland; and the relations with Clinton, Bush, and Chirac. Short, stark, and clear—much like The Prince—this gripping account of life inside "the bunker" of Number 10 draws lessons from those experiences, not just for political leaders but for anyone who has access to the levers of power.

The New Machiavelli: How to Wield Power in the Modern World

History

Europe

Vintage, UK

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Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Vintage

Kauto Star and efficient, both superstars, have between them changed the landscape of jump racing forever. Stablemates side-by-side at the Somerset yard of their trainer Paul Nicholls, they are exactly the same age but have hugely different personalities. Kauto Star, a handsome bay was born in France where he was dubbed "L'Extraterrestre," has won the King George VI chase at kempton Park on four consecutive occasions, matching Desert Orchid's record, and the Cheltenham Gold Cup twice. Some say he is the leading steeplechaser of all time. efficient, a tough, indomitable Irish Chestnut, ruthlessly effecient and blessed with great stamina, is knows as "The Tank." In 2008 he knocked Kauto Star into second place in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, a result reversed the next year. As well as Cheltenham, he has won the Hennessy Gold Cup twice. Not since the days of Arkle has any horse attracted such attention from outside racing. The continuing rivalry between Kauto Star and Denman has captured the imagination of millions and has been compared to the classic sporting contests of Borg against MacEnroe, Ali against Foreman, and Coe against Ovett. This is the story of their life and times and the drama of their many victories—and occasional spectacular failures.

Kauto Star & Denman: The Epic Story of Two Champions Who Set the Racing World on Fire

Orion Publishing

Family at War: To the Turn of the Tide

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollins Distribution Services

The financial services industry offers enormous opportunities for financial advisors who are determined to build highly profitable businesses while serving their clients well. Despite this potential, many advisors never achieve the kind of success they have always wanted. Breaking Through provides a clear road map for these financial advisors. Leveraging extensive empirical research and the authors’ combined decades of experience in the financial services industry; the book presents a comprehensive set of proven business-building strategies. Advisors will first learn how to build a thriving wealth management practice by focusing on the right affluent clients and next implementing a consultative process that will delight and keep those clients for life. They will then learn how to build on this foundation through systematic asset- and client-acquisition techniques, effective strategic alliances with other professional advisors, and sound business management principles. Engaging, informative and thoroughly practical, Breaking Through will serve as a valuable guide to financial advisors seeking to take their businesses to a new and dramatically higher level of success.

Breaking Through: Building a World-Class Wealth Management Business

Business & Money

Bowen, John J., Jr.

Abram, Patricia J.

Personal Finance

CEG Worldwide LLC

In our highly competitive industry that offers financial advisors the opportunity to make a tremendous impact for their clients, team members and families, many are in constant pursuit of the answer to a single question: What drives success? No two people would answer this question the same way, but most of us would cite a mix of many factors, including our circumstances, ambition, experience, education, natural talent, the choices we have made and that mysterious thing called luck. Many of these factors are well within our control; others are not. Our mission at CEG Worldwide is to help financial advisors be successful on purpose. This means first understanding what works and then deliberately implementing those practices. And what we found was surprising.

At the Leading Edge: What a select group of young Financial Advisors can teach the industry

John J. Bowen

Brunswick, Paul

Finance

TKO Management Associates

Should governments talk to terrorists? Do they have any choice? 
Without doing so, argues author Jonathan Powell in Terrorists at the Table, we will never end armed conflict. As violent insurgencies continue to erupt across the globe, we need people who will brave the depths of the Sri Lankan jungle and scale the heights of the Colombian mountains, painstakingly tracking down the heavily armed and dangerous leaders of these terrorist groups in order to open negotiations with them. 
Powell draws on his own experiences negotiating peace in Northern Ireland and talks to all the major players from the last thirty years―terrorists, Presidents, secret agents and intermediaries―exposing the subterranean world of secret exchanges between governments and armed groups to give us the inside account of negotiations on the front line. These past negotiations shed light on how today's negotiators can tackle the Taliban, Hammas and al-Qaeda. And history tells us that it may be necessary to fight and talk at the same time. 
Ultimately, Powell brings us a message of hope: there is no armed conflict anywhere in the world that cannot be resolved if we are prepared to learn from the lessons of the past.

Terrorists at the Table: Why Negotiating is the Only Way to Peace

Religion & Spirituality

St.Martin's Press

When battlefield prowess and political manipulation are not enough to achieve peace through victory, we summon our best and brightest to negotiate an end; we celebrate peace settlements; and we give prizes, if not to victors, then to visionaries. We exalt peace as a human achievement, and justly so. But the reality of peace is flawed. The rewards of peace are elusive for the men and women who live in the post-conflict societies of our time. Why is it so difficult to make a good peace when it is so easy to imagine? That is the question behind Imagine: Reflections on Peace. In this stunning collection, photographic essays make grippingly palpable the stakes during war and peace. Samantha Power, former US Ambassador to the United Nations, Justice Richard Goldstone, ICTY prosecutor, and Jonathan Powell, chief negotiator for the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement, are joined by world-renown writers Jon Lee Anderson, Philip Gourevitch, Jon Swain, Robin Wright, Anthony Loyd and Martin Fletcher in revealing the complexities of redemption and rebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Colombia, Lebanon, Northern Ireland, and Rwanda. We hear first person accounts of survival and the search for inner peace that bring the big picture to the personal. With added insights from scholars and practitioners, the book offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into the unvarnished story of peace and a window into what it takes for societies and individuals to move forward after unspeakable brutality.

IMAGINE: Reflections on Peace

Arts & Photography

Power, Samantha

Knight, Gary

LOYD, Anthony

GOUREVITCH, Philip

Anderson, Jon Lee

FLETCHER, MARTIN

SWAIN, Jon

Peress, Gilles

WRIGHT, Robin

Foundation, VII

Haviv, Ron

Ferry, Stephen

Picone, Jack

McCullin, Don.

Photography & Video

SparkPress

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