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A poignant first-hand
account of life for a
young Afghani woman under
the Taliban. Born into an
educated, middle-class
family in Kabul,
Latifa's world changed
from the moment the
Taliban seized power
there in 1996. She
reveals her helplessness
and despair, and her own
defiance under the
regime.
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Though Bill Clinton has
been out of office since
2001, public fascination
with him continues
unabated. This book
presents an oral history
of Clinton's life.
Through more than 150
chronologically arranged
interviews with key
figures including Bob
Dole, James Carville,
and Tom Brokaw, among
many others, it captures
the essence of Clinton
the man.
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The concept of multiple
unperceived dimensions in
the universe is one of
the hottest topics in
contemporary physics. It
is essential to current
attempts to explain
gravity and the
underlying structure of
the universe. The history
of how such an
unfathomable concept has
risen to prominence takes
centre stage in
Hyperspace.
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Jim Morrison's
electrifying live
performances, and
appetite for sexual and
psychedelic experience
enflamed the spirit of a
generation. In Jim
Morrison, critically
acclaimed journalist
Stephen Davis brings
together insights gleaned
from dozens of original
interviews, long-lost
recordings, and
Morrison's own
unpublished journals to
create a vivid portrait
of a misunderstood
genius.
Each page brims with new
details on every phase of
Morrison's life, from
his troubled youth in a
strict military
household, to his coming
of age in the avant-garde
scene of 1960s LA, his
epic alcohol and drug
binges, and sexual
affairs.
In
a gripping final chapter,
Davis synthesizes new
evidence recently
uncovered in Paris to
resolve at last many of
the mysteries surrounding
Morrison's death, and
reconstructs the final
days and hours of
America's greatest rock
star. Compelling and
harrowing, intimate and
revelatory, Jim Morrison
is the definitive
biography of the rock god
who defined the 1960s.
This paperback
book has 482 pages and
measures: 19.6 x 12.6 x
3cm
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In three amazing stories,
childcare worker Shane
Dunphy reveals a world of
hidden heartbreak and
survival against the
odds. When Shane meets
her, Gillian is starving
herself to death and in
thrall to a mother more
interested in abusing and
manipulating her daughter
than cherishing and
protecting her. Though he
tries to help, it seems
Shane is just another
adult destined to fail
Gillian... For the
daughter of disturbed
violent parents, Connie
is an amazingly
well-adjusted A-grade
student. But when Shane
finally gets beyond the
facade, he unearths a
shattering truth behind
her apparent
normality... Cordelia,
Victor and Ibar are three
loving siblings left with
a hopelessly alcoholic
neglectful father. It's a
race against time to see
if their father can ever
become the kind of dad he
wants to be, or if they
are destined to be split
up and sucked into the
childcare
merry-go-round...
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'From when I was seven
until I was eleven, I
was abused by David
Murphy. He would come in
when everyone else was
sleeping and carry be to
his bedroom. Most of the
time he was in charge on
his own. There was no-one
to hear your screams. I
didn't tell anyone. You
just didn
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Ann Lee, founder of the
Shakers, is one of the
first notable women
inventors - a true
'mother of invention'.
She lived a rough but
devoted life. She
invented many tools,
devices, and items (such
as flat brooms, clothes
pins, rocking chairs,
an early 'computer', and
possibly the circular
saw).
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In 1993, Dominic
Stevenson left a
comfortable life with his
girlfriend in Kyoto,
Japan, to travel to
China. From Afghan gun
shops to Tibetan
monasteries, Thai
brothels and the
stirrings of the rave
culture in Goa, this
title tells a tale of
discovery and
rediscovery, of
friendship and betrayal.
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Published to coincide
with the UK release of
the film The Iron Lady,
starring Meryl Streep as
Margaret Thatcher.
Reveals the private woman
behind the leader once
dubbed the 'Iron Lady',
and offers a valuable
insight into the mind of
one of the most
successful and
influential politicians
of all time.
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Why do many women still
get married? Why do
others not? Why do
couples still marry in
church in an age of
unbelief? Taking up where
"Hidden Lives" left off,
these are some of the
questions the author
addresses, through the
stories of three women
who have long fascinated
her.
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Robert Peter Williams was
a sixteen-year-old
selling double glazing
when he auditioned for a
new boy band which became
Take That. Twenty years
on he is one of the most
popular entertainers
Britain has ever
produced: he has recorded
eight number one albums
in the UK and once sold
1.6 million tickets for
his 2006 world tour in a
day. The most successful
artist in the history of
the Brits, Robbie was
given a Lifetime
Achievement Award three
days after his 36th
birthday in 2010. The UK
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The true story of how the
unwanted nineteenth child
of a tribal leader
overcame poverty and
prejudice to become the
first lady of Afghani
politics. Interwoven with
a series of letters
written to her two
daughters at a time when
she feared for her life;
Fawzia Koofi offers hope
for the future of one of
the most dangerous parts
of the world.
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A family story, told
with restraint and
tenderness. This book is
a son's unembarrassed
tribute to his mother.
His memory of walks with
her through the narrow
lanes to the country
schools where she taught
and his happiness as she
named for him the wild
flowers on the bank
remained conscious and
unconscious presences for
the rest of his life.
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... Not just another
'climber gets stuck on
mountain but survives to
tell the tale' book. The
gripping accounts... are
all there, but the other
half of the book is all
about the journey Nigel
has made since... and his
refusal to disappear into
the crevasses of self
pity and
helplessness.--Carolyn
Budding.
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At forty-one, the author
was ready to sit back,
put his marketing career
on autopilot, spend more
time with his wife and
kids and generally chill
out. Instead, he decided
to join a cocky internet
startup called Google.
Suddenly his life was no
longer his
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Duncan Leung was
introduced to Wing Chun
Kung Fu by his childhood
friend, famed screen
star Bruce Lee. At the
age of 13, after the
ritual of 'three kneels,
nine kowtows' in the
traditional Sifu worship
ceremony, he became the
formal disciple of
sixth-generation Wing
Chun master Yip Man.
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From October to December
1888 a pair of artists
lived under one roof in
the French provincial
town of Arles. Paul
Gauguin and Vincent Van
Gogh ate, drank,
talked, argued, slept
and painted in one of the
most intense and
astonishing creative
outpourings in history.
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Ditha Bruncel's detailed
memory of living in
Germany during the Second
World War provides a
rare, first-hand insight
into the day-to-day
struggle against Nazi
oppression, when even
small acts of defiance or
resistance carried great
personal risk. In 1945
Ditha was living with her
parents in the small town
of Lossen, in Upper
Silesia.
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Phoolan Devi was born
into a poor, low-caste
family in Uttar Pradesh,
living in a world that
gave more respect to a
stray dog than to a
woman. This is the story
of a life characterized
by beatings, rapes and
humiliation, and the
Bandit Queen's road to
freedom.
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Cita Stelzer draws on
untapped archival
material, diaries of
guests, and other
sources to tell of some
of the key dinners at
which Churchill presided
- including the important
conferences at which he
used his skills to
attempt to persuade his
allies to fight the war
according to his
strategic vision.
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A biography of Audrey
Hepburn. In addition to
her illustrious film
career, this book sheds
light on the charity work
she did for UNICEF, her
personal fight against
cancer, and the way in
which she dedicated the
last years of her life to
bringing help and hope to
the starving children of
the world.
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This is the story of
author Agnes
Kabdebo-Gedeon and her
life, which has been
enriched by her
daughters, Lily and
Andrea. Bye Bye Budapest
covers a period of fifty
five years spent in three
different counties;
Hungary, Guyana (South
America) and Great
Britain.
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ï ½I am six. We are
sitting on the piano
bench. Daddyï ½s wearing
his undershorts. Thatï ½s
all. Iï ½m wearing my
white underpants. Thatï
½s all. It doesnï ½t feel
like weï ½re going to
make beautiful musicï ½ï
½ Catherine McCallï ½s
father was a high-profile
doctor, her mother
regularly hosted bridge
parties. Growing up in
their beautiful,
historic home in
Brooklyn, Cathy appeared
to have everything a girl
could want. No one, not
the neighbours, the nuns
at school or her beloved
grandmother, could have
guessed that there was a
torture chamber in the
basement of 763
Montgomery Place, or
that Cathy was being
raped repeatedly by her
father. By the age of
eighteen, Cathy didnï ½t
know either: she had
repressed every memory of
abuse. Twenty years
later, looking after her
now ailing parents,
Cathyï ½s memories begin
to return. In this
starkly authentic and
utterly immediate memoir,
Cathy describes both how
she uncovered the
horrific secrets sheï ½d
kept so well throughout
her childhood and her
inspirational journey to
overcome them.
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A portrait of Robert
Mugabe, a man whose once
brilliant career has
ruined Zimbabwe and cast
shame on the African
continent. It charts
Mugabe's gradual
self-destruction, and
uncovers some of the most
respectable international
players in the Zimbabwe
tragedy.
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This is his amazing story
- Stephen Miller's vivid
account of the life and
times of a man who
started out alongside
Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee
Lewis and Carl Perkins
but who later cross many
musical borders to become
a champion and musical
friend of the likes of
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson
and Elvis Costello. Here
are all the anecdotes
behind the rowdy days,
the prison albums, the
relationships and the
music. Through it all The
Man In Black remained a
hero to discerning
country and rock fans all
over the world.
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Beginning with Bob
Dylan's explosion onto
the scene in 1961, this
book charts his career
and the evolution of his
astonishing output and
places it firmly within a
musical and cultural
context. It examines the
influence of the Popular
Front ideology and of
Beat aesthetics, as well
as the debt and sometimes
surprising connections to
other composers.
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This book tells the
band's complete story for
the first time, tracing
the roots of the rock
group back to the
Australian pub circuit
where pre AC/DC
collectives, featuring
Bon Scott and Angus and
Malcolm Young, played
the roughest hell holes
that that country had to
offer. The tale continues
when Scott and the Young
brothers joined forces
and AC/DC proper was
formed. The strange
circumstances surrounding
the death of Bon Scott in
1980 are investigated
thoroughly and
revelations never
previously published are
uncovered and reported
here.
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Describes how dozens of
the author's ideas came
to be, how they succeed
or sometimes disastrously
fail. This title presents
some of his ideas such as
a range of adult sweets
called 'Clitoris
Allsorts' and a
documentary that involved
him going undercover as a
16-year-old schoolboy
(when he was 30) and the
launch of his own
currency - the 'EGO'.
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Roger Mortimer's generous
letters to his son are
packed with anecdotes and
sharp observations, with
a unique analogy for each
and every scrape Charlie
Mortimer got himself
into. This title includes
150 letters written to
his son as he left
school, and liv
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`I was born in a tenement
flat in the East End of
London in the year in
which Queen Victoria
died.' Four Meals for
Fourpence is Grace
Foakes's memories of her
girlhood in Wapping in
the early 1900s. With a
child's clear eye, she
describes the sights,
sounds and smells of the
old East End of London:
shopping in the market,
men waiting for work at
the dock gates, the
rituals of washday. She
also describes the fear -
of illness, of
unemployment, of the
workhouse - that hung
over her family and
thousands like them, and
her determination that
her own children would
never know the kind of
poverty she had
experienced.
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Famous both on and off
the pitch, David Beckham
has reached iconic status
during a career spanning
16 years and taking in
four of the world's
biggest clubs. Born in
east London, Beckham
began his football career
at Tottenham Hotspur but
signed schoolboy forms
for Manchester United on
his 14th birthday. he was
part of the team that won
the FA Youth Cup in 1992
and, having made his
senior debut in 1994,
soon established himself
as United's right-sided
midfielder. Beckham was
integral to the club's
success during his time
at Old Trafford, winning
six Premier League
medals, two FA Cups and
being part of the
legendary Treble-winning
side of 1998. Beckham
has also been a major
player for England since
making his international
debut in 1996. His
infamous sending off
against Argentina in the
1988 World Cup looked set
to ruin his England
career but thanks to his
impressive performances
and his attitude on and
off the pitch, he won
supporters round and
became England captain in
2000. Similarly,
Manchester United
supporters were rocked by
Beckham's move to Real
Madrid in 2003, but he
his still held in high
regard by the club and
fans alike. Awarded an
OBE in 2003, Beckham is
now an iconic figure in
English football and has
been instrumental in
England's bid host the
2018 World Cup. Although
injury sadly put paid to
his dream of playing in
the 2010 Finals, his
status is such that he
travelled with the
England team to South
Africa to act as a
mentor. As much as a
brand as a footballer,
and with a celebrity
lifestyle most can only
dream of, David Beckham
is much more than a
footballing legend. This
in-depth biography traces
the incredible
accomplishments of the
kind-hearted and talented
star who has taken the
world by storm.
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Published in 1975, this
autobiography of private
Andy Warhol talks about
love, sex, food,
beauty, fame, work,
money, success; about
New York and America; and
about himself - his
childhood in McKeesport,
Pennsylvania, good times
and bad times in the Big
Apple, the explosion of
his career in the
Sixties, and life among
celebrities.
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Terry Pratchett is one of
the most loved writers in
the world. With worldwide
sales of over 65 million
copies in 37 languages,
his novels are eagerly
awaited by his legions of
fans year after year. His
first Discworld novel,
The Colour of Magic was
released in 1983 and ever
since then the series,
with its whimsical heroes
and fiendish foes, has
delighted both young and
old alike. In 2007
Pratchett announced that
he had been diagnosed
with Alzheimer's disease.
He has courageously faced
the disease head-on,
equalling the
determination of his
characters in his vivid
and satirical novels. In
Terry Pratchett - The
Spirit of Fantasy, Craig
Cabell examines his
extraordinary life,
showcased against the
backdrop of his
irreverent works. With
2011 the 40th anniversary
year of his first novel,
The Carpet People, this
is a fitting time to pay
tribute to the author's
artistic achievements and
celebrate one of
Britain's true national
treasures. Featuring an
in-depth look at the man
and his work, as well as
on-screen adaptations and
a complete UK
bibliography and
collector's guide, this
is essential reading for
any fan.
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When the Englishman
learned that someone was
asking about him, he
introduced himself to
Pearson, who persuaded
him to write his story -
a story even more
extraordinary than that
of the Krays. Because the
Englishman is the only
man of non-Italian blood
to be admitted to the
heart of the Mafia.
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Phil The Power Taylor.
Eric The Crafty Cockney
Bristow. Andy The Viking
Fordham.To this great
hall of fame, add
another name: Justin
Irwin. Or, to give him
his darts moniker: Justin
The Bachelor of Darts
Irwin. Justin Irwin used
to have another moniker -
that of the Director of
England at the children's
charity, Childline.
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From her debut album
Alright, Still onwards,
Lily Allen has sung about
love, loss and sex while
also celebrating the
banal aspects of everyday
life with a startling
freshness and verve. At a
stroke she invented the
alternative pop princess
just by being herself.
Lily Allen, as Rolling
Stone observed, isn't
just a pop star, she's a
genre. This is her story
so far...
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Presents the author's
inspiring story and
discusses what
governments and agencies
should and shouldn't be
doing to help the world's
poor and very sick. This
title addresses what part
each of us can play, so
that we never lose sight
of the dignity of those
being helped, or deny
them the right to act in
their own lives.
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Bob Marley was mourned by
millions when he passed
away in May 1981 after a
battle with cancer. The
Rastafarian reggae
superstar, who bought
Jamaican music global
attention, captivated
audiences worldwide with
his gentle message and
humanitarian vision of
peace, harmony, and
love. Say the name
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After years of chasing
his dreams,
singer-songwriter the
author finally had a
record deal and an album
to promote. He offered to
write a song for anybody
who pre-ordered his
self-titled release; all
they had to do was send
him a letter about their
story,
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As one of Britain's
leading psychic mediums,
the author has helped
countless people find
peace and inspiration
during the darkest and
most challenging times of
their lives. In this
title, he explains how
his great-grandmother and
his grandmother also had
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When Sofia Behrs married
Count Leo Tolstoy, the
author of War and Peace,
husband and wife
regularly exchanged
diaries covering the
years from 1862 to 1910.
Sofia's life was not an
easy one: she idealized
her husband, but was
tormented by him. Even
her many children were
not an unmitigated
blessing.
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Through sleepless
ramblings and
observations from
Newfoundland
singer-songwriter
Damhnait Doyle, these
journals cover her
travels from Afghanistan
to Japan and all over
Canada on tour both solo
and with her Shaye
bandmates, Kim Stockwood
and Tara Maclean.
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The personal story of the
man who founded the
system of micro-credit,
Banker to the Poor tells
the story of how he did
it. Today Yunus's system
of micro-credit is
practiced in some 60
countries, including the
US, Canada and France
and his Grameen Bank is
now a billion-pound
business.
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Helps drag us into the
sunlight by providing an
examination of George W
Bush and his presidency.
This book provides an
overview of Bush and his
administration. It aims
to provide facts familiar
to most as well as
obscure information
ignored or under reported
by mainstream media.
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Hiking into the remote
Utah canyonlands, Aron
Ralston felt perfectly at
home in the beauty of the
natural world. Then, at
2.41pm, eight miles from
his truck, in a deep and
narrow slot canyon, an
eight-hundred-pound
boulder tumbles loose,
pinning Aron
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Leslie Garis'
grandparents, Howard and
Lillian Garis, were,
from the turn of the
century to the 1950s,
authors of books for
children. This book tells
how in a large romantic
house in Amherst,
Massachusetts, she and
her two brothers, her
parents and grandparents
aimed to live a life that
mirrored the idyllic
world the elder Garises
created.
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Talleyrand is a
silver-tongued master
diplomat, infamous
turncoat, peacekeeper
and libertine. Talleyrand
held high office in five
successive regimes from
France's Ancient Regime,
into the Revolution of
1789, Robespierre's
Terror, Napoleon's epic
wars, and on through
restored kings to more
revolution. This title
charts the progress of
Talleyrand.
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Answers one hundred
essential questions about
existence. From winning
the lottery, placing
bets at the races and
escaping from bears to
sports, Shakepeare,
Google, game theory,
drunks, divorce
settlements and dodgy
accounting; from chaos to
infinity and everything
in between, this book
contains the answers.
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Carol Bacchi tells of her
battle with her baby son,
and the difficulty she
encountered encouraging
him to eat. Surrounded by
inept or dismissive
medical practitioners,
struggling with sleep
deprivation, and alone
with her fears, Fear of
Food combines diary
entries and personal
reflections.
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Takes us on a journey
through the author's
childhood and
adolescence, along
Jerusalem's war-torn
streets in the 1940s and
'50s, and into the
infernal marriage of two
kind, well-meaning
people: his fussy,
logical father, and his
dreamy, romantic mother.
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The making of the "Oxford
English Dictionary" was a
monumental 50 year task
requiring thousands of
volunteers. One of the
keenest volunteers was a
W C Minor who astonished
everyone by refusing to
come to Oxford to receive
his congratulations. In
the end, James Murray,
the "OED's" editor, went
to Crowthorne in
Berkshire to meet him.
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As far back as he can
remember James Corden has
only ever wanted to be in
one place: in front of
you, doing something to
make you cry, shout,
scream or giggle
uncontrollably. He knew
where he wanted to be and
he'd keep on trying until
he got there. This is the
story of how it all
happened.
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Growing up in a large
Nigerian family in South
London, the author
learnt early on to find
the humour in every
situation. He is now a
world-renowned comedian
and performer, regularly
selling out venues like
the Hammersmith Apollo.
In this book, he tells
th
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Charts the experience of
the 42nd President as he
took presidential oath of
office, and how he fared
thereafter in the piranha
pool of Washington DC.
This book presents a
story that climaxes with
William Jefferson Clinton
becoming the first
Democrat to win
re-election to the White
House since Franklin
Roosevelt.
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Explores how music and
the muse intertwine in
work and in life. This
title includes stories,
anecdotes, jokes,
absurdities, the odd
informal homily,
pitfalls and pratfalls,
and Yorkshire life and
death. It is about the
dream and reality of what
you are, and what you
might have been.
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In a biography of style
and energy, Frances
Wilson makes use of
previously unseen
letters, law reports and
confidential Government
correspondence to reveal
the true story of the
sexual celebrity who
blackmailed the British
aristocracy and held even
the king to ransom.
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In Captain James Cook's
relatively short and
adventurous life
(1728-79) he voyaged to
the eastern and western
sea boards of North
America, the North and
South Pacific and the
Arctic and Antarctic
bringing about a new
comprehension of the
world's geography and its
people's. This biography
includes insights on one
of the world's greatest
mariners.
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Explores how doctors
strive to close the gap
between best intentions
and best performance in
the face of obstacles
that sometimes seem
insurmountable. This book
discusses the ethical
dilemmas of doctors'
participation in lethal
injections and examines
the
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Few people understand
cricket as well as Richie
Benaud. For sixty years,
as player and
commentator, he has set
the standards for others
to follow and has
witnessed all the major
events in the game. A
high-class attacking
batsman and masterful
legspin bowler, he
captained Australia in 28
of his 63 tests,
regaining the Ashes in
1958
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Bob Monkhouse recounts
his life and 40 years of
stardom in show business,
during which time he has
known both triumph and
tragedy. He tells of his
personal difficulties,
his love affairs and his
television successes,
and relates anecdotes
about many stars of the
entertainment world.
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One night in August 1323,
a captive rebel baron,
Sir Roger Mortimer,
drugged his guards and
escaped from the Tower of
London. With the king's
men-at-arms in pursuit he
fled to the south coast,
and sailed to France.
There he was joined by
Isabella, the Queen of
England, who threw
herself into his arms.
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Very few poets excite
such fanatical,
worldwide devotion as
Robert Burns (otherwise
known as Rabbie Burns,
Scotland's Favourite Son,
the Ploughman Poet, the
Bard of Ayrshire or
simply the Bard). This
biography evaluates
Burns' songs and poetry
and discuss
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Ethel Hofman grew up in
the only Jewish family on
Shetland. Serving as a
blend of memoir and
cookbook, this title
presents the story of her
family and childhood,
and of the meeting of two
diverse cultures in a
unique landscape. It also
shows how food can
strengthen family and
cultural bonds.
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Shortlisted for the BBC
Samuel Johnson Prize for
Non-Fiction Shortlisted
for the Royal Society
Prize for Science Book
Richard Holmes,
prize-winning biographer
of Coleridge and Shelley,
explores the scientific
ferment that swept across
Britain at the end of the
18th century in his
ground-breaking new
biography 'The Age of
Wonder'.
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The author can delve into
your innermost thoughts,
and know what you are
going to say even before
you do. His outstanding
performances of mind
reading, thought
influencing, predicting
and telekinesis have
earned him international
acclaim as a top class su
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Jonny Kennedy was an
extraordinary character
determined to live an
ordinary life despite
being born with the
agonising condition
Dystrophic Epidermolysis
Bullosa (EB), which
meant that his skin could
literally fall. This is
the story of his daily
struggle.
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Presents a story for
women who have been, are
or want to be pregnant.
Based on the author's
experiences of pregnancy
and birth, this book
covers everything from
the usual morning
sickness, food cravings
and getting a seat on the
bus, to the foetus
through a shower
attachment and falling in
love with the Epidural
anaesthetist.
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Presents the story
encompassing three
separate centuries and
three different lives.
Captain Cook is best
known for his heroic
voyages through the
Pacific Ocean. This work
starts with his humble
beginnings as the son of
a farm labourer to his
final tragic voyage which
signalled the end of his
revered reputation.
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From running with the
infamous Calton Tongs to
running Calton Athletic,
David Bryce's life story
is a remarkable account
of crime, violence,
alcoholism and drug
addiction in Glasgow's
gangland. It took a
5-year battle before he
got clean of his heroin
addiction in 1982. This
book is an inspirational
tale of survival and
success against the odds.
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This volume brings
together key chapters
from Darwin's most
important books,
including the Journal of
Researches on the Beagle
voyage (1845), the
Origin of Species (1859),
the Descent of Man
(1871), and the full
text of his delightful
autobiography. They are
accompanied by responses
from 19th-century readers
from around the world.
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Don Mullan was a young
dyslexic boy growing up
in a Northern Ireland
being violently torn
apart by the Troubles.
Having witnessed Bloody
Sunday he was tempted to
join the IRA, as many of
his contemporaries did.
But the boy had a hero.
And he was English. This
is the story of how Don
was mesmerised at an
early age by the great
England 1966 World Cup
winning goalkeeper,
Gordon Banks. In 1970 he
met Banks in Ireland and
the encounter was to have
a profound impact on Don
and a primary reason why
he rejected violence. A
powerful, moving and
unforgettable story, The
Boy Who Wanted To Fly is
for everyone who's ever
had a hero.
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Fantasy took over his
life, in a world of
battles ruled by his
teddy bear, Alan
Measles. Here, he tells
his own story. Early
childhood in Chelmsford,
Essex is a rural Eden
that ends abruptly with
the arrival of the
violent milkman who
becomes his stepfather,
leading to constant
swerving between his
parents' houses.
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The Caton sisters were
Southern belles descended
from the first settlers
in Maryland, and were
expected to 'marry a
Plantation'. This title
features a portrait of
love between sisters, an
unusual story of money
and power and a glimpse
of how these
extraordinary women
influenced the social and
international relations
of their time.
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Beginning in 1966 as
something a little out of
the ordinary for
prime-time TV, and
suffering from shaky
ratings throughout its
entire run, Star Trek
went on to spend the
better part of the next
three decades exploding
into a worldwide,
billion-dollar industry.
This is the reminiscence
of the show that has
become a cultural
phenomenon.
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When television legend
Susan Lucci joined the
cast of All My Children,
she had only expected to
appear on the show every
other Tuesday. But she
endeared herself to
America playing the
beautiful and often
controversial character
of Erica Kane. This title
shares how she has
balanced the needs of her
family with the grueling
demands of her career.
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Clive Wearing has one of
the most extreme cases of
amnesia ever known. A
brilliant conductor and
BBC music producer,
Clive was at the height
of his success when the
illness struck. This is
the story of a life lived
outside time, and of a
marriage, of a bond that
runs deeper than
conscious thought.
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Before her star turns on
The Janice Dickinson
Modeling Agency and
America's Next Top Model,
the stunning, exotic
brunette Janice Dickinson
broke the long chain of
All-American blondes to
become the world's first
supermodel, gracing the
covers of Vogue,
Cosmopolitan, and many
other major magazines.
This is her memoir.
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Tells the story of Tahir
Shah, a writer and
film-maker in his 30s,
married, with two
children, who was
beginning to wilt under
British city life. Woven
into the narrative is the
author's own journey of
self-discovery, of
learning about a
grandfather he hardly
knew, and of coming to
love the multi-faceted,
contradictory country
that is Morocco.
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Paul Cook had everything
going for him and yet one
night he found himself in
a near-catatonic state
caused by ingesting too
much ketamine or 'special
K', on the floor of a St
Louis bar. This
autobiography details
Paul's voracious appetite
for drugs and alcohol
that lead to his near
fatal descent.
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David Mitchell, who you
may know for his
inappropriate anger on
every TV panel show
except Never Mind the
Buzzcocks, his look of
permanent discomfort on
C4 sex comedy Peep Show,
his online
commenter-baiting in The
Observer or just for
wearing a stick-on m
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Son of a Leicestershire
weaver, Fox was a
mystic, visionary and
fearless evangelist. He
became a leader among the
Seekers, who sought a
personal relationship
with God, and longed to
see his Kingdom
established on earth. As
they called on all people
to tremble before God,
their enemies labelled
them Quakers.
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Peter Finnigan was born
in 1923 into a well known
family of luxury store
owners in the North of
England. His early life
was spent in a large
house on the outskirts of
Manchester where he
attended one of Britain's
premier Catholic schools.
His book include
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The son of a shepherd
from the Scottish
borders, Thomas Telford
rose to be the greatest
engineer in Victorian
Britain. His life spanned
one of the most dynamic
periods in British
history, the decades of
the industrial
revolution, and no one
contributed more to
making Britain the
'workshop of the world'.
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Rudolf Steiner -
educator, architect,
artist, philosopher and
agriculturalist - ranks
amongst the most creative
and prolific figures of
the early twentieth
century. Yet he remains a
mystery to most people.
This is the biography of
the man behind the ideas,
written by a sympathetic
but critical outsider.
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Oliver Reed died as he
had invariably lived:
drinking with friends
while making yet another
film - Gladiator. Drawing
on material from those
who knew him, this book
reveals much about Reed's
past, such as his
involvement with the
south London underworld,
and the women in his
life.
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Kublai Khan inherited the
second largest land
empire in history from
his grandfather, Genghis
Khan. He promptly set
about extending this into
the biggest empire the
world has ever seen,
extending his rule from
China to Iraq, from
Siberia to Afghanistan.
This work talks about
this person.
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Best known for her role
in cult comedy TV hit,
Benidorm and for playing
Maggie Conlon in Ken
Loach's remarkable film
Ladybird Ladybird,
Crissy Rock is a hugely
popular actress and
comedienne. But Crissy's
path to success was far
from easy and her life
has been plagued by
trauma and turmoil. Never
has there been a more
honest and disturbing
biography ever written;
never has there been so
much to tell. This is one
of the most astonishing
books you will ever read
and now includes some
hilarious exclusive tales
from her time in the
jungle as part of I'm a
Celebrity... Get Me Out
of Here.
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It's the summit of K2, 1
August 2008. An exhausted
band of climbers pump
their fists into the
clear blue sky - joining
the elite who have
conquered the world's
most lethal mountain. But
as they celebrate, far
below them an ice shelf
collapses and sweeps away
their ropes.
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Davie Hay is a true
Celtic legend. As a
player, The Quiet
Assassin was one of the
most formidable
competitors in the game
for both Celtic and
Chelsea. As a manager,
the highlight of his
career was the top job at
Celtic Park. Now, Davie
Hay reveals the full
inside story of his
remarkable career and
sets the record straight
in his own words.
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This book charts elbow's
long journey from humble
roots through modest
success to international
recognition. Elbow
started out at a time
when great songs and
evocative lyrics were not
generally recognised.
Their music transcended
genre, age and image,
eventually finding its
own distinctive global
audience as Guy Garvey
evolved into one of the
most brilliant and
intriguing lyricists of
recent times.
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What was it that made
Steve Bloomer, the
'Destroying Angel' so
special? A remarkable
goalscoring record and a
supreme ability count for
much, but so do an
enigmatic personality and
incident-packed life.
This title details his
dramatic rise from tough
Black Country beginnings
in 1874 to goalscoring
feats straight out of
Boy's Own Paper.
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Goes on a personal and
nostalgic journey through
post-War Britain in
search of treasured
values and traditions
that were once the soul
of society. This title
also takes a broader
perspective, creating a
detailed and evocative
portrait of a way of life
that is fast
disappearing.
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Wilf' Lunn came to public
notice in 1942 when he
won a prize in a 'War
Baby' competition, which
he believes was because
he was shaped like a
bomb. Raised by deaf
parents in a cellar in
Yorkshire, as a baby
Wilf' learned that
farting was better than
crying for attracting
their attention. This
book describes his
unusual family and
upbringing.
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Journalist, presenter,
broadcaster, husband,
father, vigorous
all-rounder -- Alan
Partridge -- a man with a
fascinating past and an
amazing future.
Gregarious and popular,
yet Alan's never happier
than when relaxing in his
own five-bedroom,
south-built house with
three acres of land and
access to a private
stream. But who is this
mysterious enigma?
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A State of Fear will take
you right inside the
sickening torture jails
of Iran and expose the
gut-wrenching horror of
the treatment dished out
to political prisoners
who oppose the regime.
The sights and sounds
encountered might not
make for easy reading,
but this book tells a
story that needs to be
told.
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Ordinarily presented as a
self-effacing virgin or
sacrificial saint,
Dorothy Wordsworth was a
talented writer and
exceptional woman. She
was William Wordsworth's
inspiration, aide and
most valued reader and
traded in a conventional
life to share in his
world of words. This
biography brings Dorothy
to life in all her
complexity.
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