Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk by Francesca de Tores Groundswell Speaker 2024 And if you've got gumption

And if you've got gumption

enigmatic nutcracker sets the stage for a Christmas like no other: there will be legends of ancient curses

a case he never solved

The Princesses of Hesse takes us on a sweeping journey across the tumultuous landscape of the turn of the century - from the dramas of the Russian Court to the Russian Revolution

commanding the attention of anyone who came by

Cast Away: or, the Surprising Adventures of Alexander Selkirk by Francesca de Tores Groundswell Speaker 2024 And if you've got gumptionHow big must a mans folly be, that it can cost him the whole of his life? As big as a ship; as big as an island. 1704: Alexander Selkirk, navigator of a buccaneering ship in the South Pacific Ocean, is abandoned by his crew on a deserted island. An intelligent yet disagreeable man, he surely only has himself to blame for this ignominious fate. It is undoubtedly his unbending inability to compromise or to abate his arrogance that has led to his exile.