American singer & TV personality Kelly Rowland rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child. She sold forty million albums & twenty million singles with the group, & more than four million solo albums & eighteen million solo singles. This biography details her childhood strife with an alcoholic & then absent father, life on the edge as a teenage R&B star in Destiny s Child, an ill-fated early solo career & finally finding success on her own, as well as taking centre stage as a judge on X-Factor. ...

Designed mainly for Western readers unfamiliar with Turkey's history, this narrative discusses the origin of the Turks, & how they were converted to Islam. It also examines the rise & fall of the Ottoman Empire, the legacy left by that collapsed empire, & the founding of the modern secular Republic of Turkey by Kemal Ataturk. ...

For more than sixty years Ken Dodd discomknockerated audiences in packed venues across Britain with his unique blend of madcap humour.

Despite his advancing years he continued to perform his legendary five-hour sets to his adoring fans: his final tour, Ken Dodds Happiness Show, still delighted audiences in his ninetieth year.

This fascinating biography
- based on interviews with friends, colleagues & fellow comedians
- uncovers the man behind the performer, the man who lived in his childhood home in Knotty Ash throughout his entire life, never leaving the roots that meant so much to him.

What drove this extraordinary man? What was the truth behind his strange relationship with money? How did this feather-duster salesman from Liverpool become one of the greatest, though least-lauded, comic geniuses of his generation?

Affectionate, enlightening & entertaining, this biography is a fitting tribute to a remarkable man.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781789290080
• Author: Stephen Griffin
• Publisher: Michael OMara Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm

















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For more than fifty years Ken Dodd has been discomknockerating audiences in packed venues across Britain with his unique brand of madcap humour. Despite his advancing years, he continues to perform his legendary four-hour sets to his adoring fans, claiming 'I do it because this is what I do. I do it because that is what I am.' But what drives this man who still lives in his childhood home in Knotty Ash? Why has he never married, despite having two long-term 'fiancees'? How did he develop his famously strange relationship to money, which culminated in his 1989 trial for tax evasion? & how did this feather-duster salesman from Liverpool become one of the greatest, though least-lauded, comic geniuses of his generation? In this fascinating biography, Stephen Griffin has interviewed friends, colleagues & fellow comedians to reveal who's the Daddy. ...

Ken Doherty is one of the most talented & successful snooker players ever to have picked up a cue, & the only player ever to win the Under 21, Amateur & World Snooker Championships. In this honest & emotional autobiography, Ken tells how he went from the World Snooker final at the Crucible to qualifying tables of Prestatyn & back again
- & reveals what it means to lead a Life in the Frame. Born in Ranelagh, a south-eastern district of Dublin, Irel&, Doherty leart his trade in the legendary ' Jason's' snooker hall, standing on a biscuit tin to try & reach the balls. Coached by former Irish international Paddy Miley, the young Doherty found he had a natural talent with the cue & entered in to various amateur competitions, including the Irish Amateur Championships. In 1989
- at the ripe age of 20
- Doherty won the World Amateur Championship & was duly invited to become a professional of the game. Four years later, after losing his first Grand Prix to Jimmy White, Ken went on to win his first ranking title, the Welsh Open, which was enough to catapult the ' Darlin of Dublin' into the top 16 players in the world. Doherty etched his name in the record books in 1997 by becoming only the third player outside the United Kingdom to win the World Championship, beating Stephen Hendry 18-12 in the final at the Crucible. Returning to Ireland a hero, Doherty would go on to play in two more World Championship finals & stay in the top 16 for over a decade.


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Ken Duncan is recognised as one of the world's leading exponents of paranomic landscape photography. For many years he has extensively photographed the splendid diversity of the Australian landscape & the historical British countryside, & is now giving attention to other international settings. This brilliant 748 piece jigsaw puzzle is a must for all those lovers of art & landscapes. ...

Ken Duncan is recognised as one of the world's leading exponents of paranomic landscape photography. For many years he has extensively photographed the splendid diversity of the Australian landscape & the historical British countryside, & is now giving attention to other international settings. This brilliant 748 piece jigsaw puzzle is a must for all those lovers of art & landscapes. ...

Ken Duncan is recognised as one of the world's leading exponents of panoramic landscape photography. For many years he has extensively photographed the splendid diversity of the Australian landscape & the historical British countryside, & is now giving attention to other international settings. This brilliant 748 piece jigsaw puzzle is a must for all those lovers of art & landscapes. ...

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This map is part of the Landranger (Pink) series & is designed for people who really want to get to know

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In this follow up to the highly successful Kendal Through Time, author Norman Holloway showcases the town's countless attractions, using a mixture of old & new images to awaken fond memories in those who know & love this historic town.

Chief among Kendal's unique points of interest are the shoe company that was at one time the only business registered with the single-letter trademark of 'K'; its two castles
- the well-known Kendal Castle, & the much earlier structure of Castle Howe; Kendal walker & author Alfred Wainwright, who wrote the book Three Westmorland Rivers about the Kent, Sprint & Mint; the four football clubs whose names are all prefixed by Kendal
- Town, United, County & Celtic; the parish church in Kirkl&, which is one of the widest in England & has a total of five aisles; & six tenterhooks & six teasels inserted into the four quadrants on the town's coat of arms.

Kendal Through the Ages is a fascinating & informative journey through the town, exploring its most-loved sites while also introducing the reader to its lesser-known gems.

This paperback book has 96 pages & measures: 23.5 x 16.5 x 0.8cm







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