Helen Mirren has been an internationally ac-claimed actress -- & the recipient of many awards, transferring between stage, cinema & television -- for over 40 years. Known in her youth for a forthright style, a liberated attitude & a bohemian outlook, she has never ceased to be out of the public eye, with legions of admiring fans all over the world. This illustrated memoir is an account of an extraordinary talent, & a life well lived. Helen's aristocratic Russian grandfather, Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, a military man, was sent to London by the Czar & found himself stranded & penniless by the Bolshevik revolution, cut off from the family estate near Smolensk. He brought with him a trunk of papers & photographs. This delightful memoir starts with the contents of the trunk, with evocative pictures of Helen's Russian antecedents. She has kept a rich seam of photo-graphs & memorabilia from her life, & her parents, family life, childhood, teenage & early years as an actress living in insalubrious flats are vividly documented. Helen's many distinguished roles in theatre, cinema & television & the illustrious men & women she has encountered are commemorated, as well as her forays into Hollywood & her sub-sequent life in the United States with her husb&, film director Taylor Hackford. Golden Globe & Oscar ceremonies make their appearance, as do many stunning images of Helen by the world's leading photographers. ...

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An edited-together version of the two part mini-series of the classic tale inspired by Homer's ' Illiad', which featured exotic locales, an international cast, & state-of-the-art special effects. The world's most beautiful woman (and the 'face that launc ...

In 1941, aged 12, Helga Weiss, her mother & father were forced to say goodbye to their home, their relatives & all that they knew, & were interned in the Nazi concentration camp of Terezin. For the next three years, Helga documented her experiences there, & those of her friends & family, in a diary. This book deals with this diary. ...

It seems like everyone in Pontypandy is on a mission to cause mischief! Norman & James go on some troublesome adventures flying a model plane, while Elvis is getting ready to become the next singing sensation & Trevor & Tom take part in a barbeque cook-off. Who will cook the most delicious dish? Find out with Fireman Sam? as he tries to keep up with the whole town! ...

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John Steffler has written poems of profound philosophical curiosity grounded in the landscapes of Newfoundl&, Southern Ontario, Greece, & New Zeal&. This book presents his work together with a selection from Steffler's three previous much-praised volumes: The Grey Islands, The Wreckage of Play, & That Night We Were Ravenous. ...

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