RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH

Reptiles and amphibians ruled the world for nearly 200 million years and today there are still over 12,500 of them. Some are huge, the deadliest creatures on earth. Some are tiny, among the strangest to be found anywhere. Together, they not only outnumber mammals or birds but in their colourful variety and extraordinary behaviour, they far surpass them. So where did these ancient creatures come from? How have they transformed themselves into the bizarre and beautiful forms that are alive today? And whats the secret of their epic success? In Life in Cold Blood, David traces the story of their evolution and overturns the myth that these creatures are just primitive killers to reveal them for what they truly are.

El único tirano que aceptaré en este mundo es la pequeña voz silenciosa del interior. -Mahatma Gandhi Las palabras de uno de los hombres más grandes del siglo XX, elegidas por el galardonado director Sir Richard Attenborough, entre las cartas de Gandhi, sus discursos y sus escritos, exploran los pensamientos intemporales del profeta sobre la vida diaria la cooperacion, la no violencia, la fe y la paz. El libro incluye una introduccion de Richard Attenborough, asi como un epilogo de Johanna McGeary, de la revista Time, que situa la vida y la obra de Gandhi en su contexto. Gandhi era inevitable. Si el destino de la humanidad es el progreso, Gandhi es imprescindible. Vivio, penso y actuo inspirado por una vision de la humanidad evolucionando hacia un mundo de paz y armonia. Si lo ignoramos, nos equivocaremos. -Doctor Martin Luter King, Jr. En Sudafrica pensabamos que habia llegado el momento de iniciar el movimiento de masas siguiendo las lineas de las protestas no violentas que Gandhi llevo a cabo en la India. -Nelson Mandela.

Richard Attenborough and Diana Hawkins have been friends and colleagues for nearly 50 years.They have now teamed up to write this frank and funny account of their unlikely partnership and his extraordinary life.Together, laughing and squabbling, they have travelled the world, meeting people and making films. Among the eclectic cast of characters who appear in this two-handed memoir are Steve McQueen, Mother Teresa, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Mugabe, Edward G Robinson, Ronald Reagan, David Lean, Margaret Thatcher, John Mills, Steven Spielberg, Noel Coward, Indira Gandhi, Gordon Brown and Nelson Mandela.Prompted by his adventures in the movie business, Attenborough reflects on the highs and lows of a long life, both in and out of the public gaze. He writes revealingly of his passion for football and politics, of his avuncular relationship with Princess Diana and finally about the tsunami tragedy which engulfed his family in December 2004.