From the sleepy Welsh town of Pontypridd to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, from selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door to sell-out Las Vegas shows, Tom Jones is Britain's best-loved singer-songwriter. This comprehensive biography celebrates Tom's remarkable career & reveals the man behind the icon. Celebrity biographer Gwen Russell traces Tom's phenomenal journey from his first South Wales gigs as an unsigned frontman, to his breakthrough hit ' It's Not Unusual' & beyond to his superstardom as the voice behind ' What's New Pussycat', ' Delilah' & ' She's a Lady'. But it has not all been plain sailing for the legendary Grammy & Brit Award-winning entertainer whose shows are renowned for knicker-hurling frenzies: Tom was struck down by tuberculosis & bed-ridden for almost a year; he has had affairs; lost his long-time manager to cancer; & ridden the quiet times in his career to come out on top. His collaborations read like a who's who of pop & rock history & include Johnny Cash, The Bee Gees, Robbie Williams, Pavarotti, Jools Holland & The Cardigans
- not forgetting, of course, his recent Comic Relief rendition of ' Islands in the Stream' with Gavin & Stacey characters Bryn & Nessa. This informative & affectionate account

Includes:: recollections from famous friends, relatives & contemporaries. It paints a complete portrait of one of Britain's most talented men; a true national treasure.


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Whats for dinner tonight? Recycle that takeaway menu, step away from the microwave & make the most of the amazing British produce with some real home-cooked food from Toms BBC TV series!

Tuck into a quick peanut chicken stir-fry or flavour-packed butternut squash & chickpea curry. At the weekend, Toms Greek-style roast lamb makes the perfect family feast, & why not get the kids involved in the cooking too?

Its very easy to fall into the busy-life trap, especially when ready meals are so convenient. But Tom Kerridge has learnt from experience how important it is to take control over what you eat for the sake of your health & happiness.

Now he wants to show you how easy it is to cook amazing meals at home, whether youre short on time or lack confidence in the kitchen.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781472962805
• Author: Tom Kerridge
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 270
• Dimensions: 25 x 20 x 2.5cm













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Join Tom Kerridge as he combines nutritious recipes with handy tips & plans for keeping fit in this latest book, designed to overhaul our unhealthy lifestyles!

From traditional favourites with a fraction of the calorie content, be prepared to Lose Weight & Get Fit at the same time, without having to sacrifice the tasty flavours of food!

An ideal book for everyone who knows they want to exercise more & lose some weight but are too much of a foodie to start making any sacrifices.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781472962829
• Author: Tom Kerridge
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 272
• Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm













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The king of beautiful pub food has collected all of his best ideas into this proper cookbook, ready to warm the world on a grey day & restore the nation's good mood. Tom Kerridge's idea of food heaven isn't fussy gastronomy; it's proper 'man food' with Michelin star magic, including breakfasts that keep you smiling for the whole day, indulgent long lunches, teatime temptations, seasonal snacks & heart-warming suppers. In this cookbook Tom proves that everyone can make proper pub food, & the only place he wants to see a foam is on the head of a pint of beer! Over 100 recipes reveal his secrets for making real food truly amazing, including perfected dishes from his childhood & special treats he serves at his own one-of-a-kind pub. These recipes are simply the best version you'll ever have of the dishes everyone loves the most. This fantastic feel-good cookbook is the official accompaniment to Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food TV show, featuring all the recipes from the six episodes & many, many more. With excellent photography from Cristian Barnett. ...

Details:
Tying into a new six-part BBC2 television series, Tom elevates classic recipes with a Kerridge twist.





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Tom Sawyer, an adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant & parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer. ...

In August, 2005, Toma Humar was trapped on a narrow ledge at 5900 metres on the formidable Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat. He had been attempting a new route, directly up the middle of the highest mountain face in the world
- solo. This book tells his remarkable story.
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My wife is a magician, yesterday she turned our car into a tree. A big white horse walks into a pub. The barman says, 'we have a drink named after you.' The horse says, 'what? Eric?' I said, 'waiter, what's that in my soup?' he said, 'I'd better call the boss, I can't tell one insect from another.' I'm reading a book called ' Sex Before 20'. Personally I don't like audiences. I said, 'it's serious, doctor, I've broken my arm in 20 places'. He said, 'well stop going to those places.' I call my car flattery. It gets me knowwhere. ...

For the first time, Tommy Cooper's biographer, writer & producer, John Fisher, collects between two covers the cream of the comedian's personal archives, with photographs, memorabilia & documents that have never been seen before. Had Cooper kept a scrapbook, this is what he would have produced. Souvenirs from his many stage & television triumphs jostle side by side with candid shots of him at play with his family, many revealing a side to the man the public never really saw. Here is the authentic side of Tommy in the forces, the early show business struggle, the backstage world of his magic, the newspaper coverage of the most recognisable man in Britain, the crazy japes at home with wife Gwen, & so much more. This book, with its brilliant colour images & hilarious text, puts the successive stages of Tommy's life in full context. & if you don't want to follow his life in biographical detail, just sit back & relax by laughing at the many jokes that crowd the pages. They tell their own story! ...

Details:
Tommy Gemmell is the only Scottish player
- & one of only two UK players
- to have scored in two European



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