{"title":"Books by Kieron Connolly","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"forests","title":"Forests","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForests cover a third of our planet’s land mass. They are home to more than three-quarters of the world’s species. They absorb a quarter of the carbon dioxide that industries pump into the air. Their existence supports human life. We both treasure them and waste them. \u003ci\u003eForests\u003c\/i\u003e explores more than 130 fascinating woodlands from around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom coastal to alpine, tropical to temperate, coniferous to deciduous, forest trees not only support the wildlife that lives under their canopies, but humankind, too. 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Some actors would trade sex in the, often vain, hope of career advancement, mobsters muscled in on the unions and extorted the studios, while the accountants appear to be among Hollywood’s most creative people, managing to ensure that even the Star Wars films haven’t yet shown a profit. But while stars have always been indulged, once their moment in the limelight has passed, their fall can be cruel. From the setting up of the studios by the movie moguls to the corporations that run them today, from drug addictions to McCarthy-era witch-hunts to #metoo, the \u003ci\u003eHistory of Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of sex and excess, murder and suicide, ambition and betrayal, and how money can make almost everyone compromise. 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