Manchester United footballer David Beckham has been voted one of European footballs brightest stars. His marriage to Spice Girl Victoria Adams & the birth of their son Brooklyn crowned the couples celebrity status. But while much is written about him David Beckham remains an elusive character. Here for the first time he tells his own story & talks of the artistry of his football skills his personal heroes & influences his daily life in football & the celebrity world & his hopes for the future. With exclusive & intimate photographs throughout by Dean Freeman DAVID BECKHAM -- MY WORLD will provide a unique insight in to this much talked about icon of our times. ...

He may live in Madrid but he continues to make front-page headlines. This is David Beckhams own story of his career to date for Manchester United Real Madrid & England & of his childhood family & private life. Featuring Davids first full account of a turbulent year in Spain on & off the field & Englands fortunes in Euro 2004. This is Beckhams fascinating life story in his own words. His rise through the ranks at the biggest club side in the world. His complex relationship with United boss Alex Ferguson. The England story from being vilified by the nation before returning as the prodigal son to eventually captaining his country. His acrimonious falling-out with his manager & departure from Old Trafford in June 2003. & starting a new chapter of his life on foreign soil in the glare of the worlds press. Now from Beckham himself we gain a vivid & eye-opening insight into the family man behind the famous footballer the international model & fashion leader. He describes how he first met & then married ex-Spice girl Victoria Adams & the upbringing of their two children Brooklyn & Romeo. How his familys every step is monitored by a posse of newshounds & paparazzi. Also the influence of his parents growing up as a shy youngster in the family home & how their subsequent split affected him. Intimate & soul-searching this is the real David Beckham like we have never seen before. NEW FOR THIS PAPERBACK EDITION:
- Beckhams first season with Real Madrid from within the dressing room with key stories on the likes of Figo Roberto Carlos & Zidane.
- His exclusive reaction to the sensational allegations about his private life; their effect on his relationship with Victoria & a reappraisal of their living arrangements.
- England & Euro 2004: the players threatened strike in support of Rio Ferdinand; Eriksson as England boss; & all the behind the scenes stories leading up to & including the Finals in Portugal.
- One year down the line does Beckham have any regrets about leaving Manchester United? & is there any truth in the rumours that he is unsettled in Madrid?



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Renowned watercolourist David Bellamy shares his passion for painting mountains & moorlands in this inspiring & practical book. There is advice on finding subjects & painting trees water rocks crags & buildings as well as an in-depth look at the painting techniques required. Davids extensive travels mean that mountains & moorlands from all over the world appear in the paintings. ...

In this second book in a series covering elements of the landscape renowned watercolourist David Bellamy shows how to paint skies light & atmosphere & how choices involving these three key elements can affect a painting. Starting with skies David Bellamy covers basic techniques composition clouds special effects like silver linings sunsets & shafts of light & much more then there is a step by step dramatic sky demonstration. Next comes light with plenty of advice including warm & cool light using glazes cast shadows light from different directions painting the sun & reflected light followed by a step by step demonstration featuring strong light & shadow. The atmosphere section covers haze & mist fog mountains in cloud smoke & steam rain storms & tranquil moods & is followed by an atmospheric step by step painting of a waterfall. David Bellamys extensive travels & much admired painting style ensure that there are plenty of beautiful inspiring paintings of skies light & atmosphere throughout the book. ...

Bowie is a superbly illustrated account of the life & career of a rock icon. One of the great innovators David Bowie created & inspired Glam-rock Plastic Soul the New Romantic Movement Hard Rock & half a dozen alternatives. A naturally restless talent by the time the world looks like catching up he has already moved on. Like a modern reality TV contestant the young Bowie would have done anything for fame. Acting playwriting mime & dance were just some of his other activities while the music career developed. & yet as soon as success arrived he hid behind different characters. He was Major Tom he was Aladdin Sane he was The Thin White Duke & most famous of them all he was Ziggy Stardust. It was only a matter of time before pops first true chameleon turned his hand to films
- including The Man Who Fell To Earth Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence & Labyrinth
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- where he won rave reviews on Broadway in The Elephant Man. & when he married international super model Iman the cameras turned on him as A-list celebrity on the red carpet. Today in his 60s his name resonates with every age group across the globe. In this book every phase of Bowies extraordinary life is captured in almost 200 rare images from the vast & incomparable resource of the Getty Library collection.


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Bowie: Album by Album" examines every one of Bowies studio albums in fine detail placing each within the context of the time in which it was recorded & charting all the albums subsequent influence & legacy. As well as commentary from the musicians engineers & producers who worked on the recordings
- such as Brian Eno & Tony Visconti
- Bowies own"es provide a fascinating insight into his restlessly creative mind."

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David Bowie is a pioneering artist & performer whose career has spanned nearly 50 years & brought him international acclaim. He has sold over 140 million albums & been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists & designers working across the creative arts. This is the first book produced with access to the David Bowie archive of performance costume ephemera & original artwork by the artist which is brought together to present a completely new perspective on his creative work & collaborations. The book traces his career from its beginnings in London through the breakthroughs of Space Oddity & Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars & on to his impact on the larger international tradition of twentieth-century avant-garde art. Essays by V&A curators on Bowie's London image & influence on the fashion world are complemented by Christopher Frayling Mark Kermode & Philip Hoare on film; Howard Goodall on musicology; Camille Paglia on gender & decadence; & Jon Savage on Bowie's relationship with William Burroughs & his fans. ...

David Bowie is renowned for his innovative ever-changing style; from androgynous leotards & space-age jumpsuits to short-cut blazers & distressed frock coats. With an estimated 136 million album sales under his belt & over a thousand international tour dates Bowie has captured the attention of rock fans all over the world. Crammed with fabulous photographs this book is a stunning fashion retrospective of the iconic & well-loved rockstar. Apart from documenting five decades of Bowie's unique sense of style it also discusses the cultural & artistic influences that have shaped him & how he has influenced others in turn. David Bowie Style is a must for die-hard Bowie fans as well as fashion lovers everywhere. ...

David Bowie Treasures tells the story of one of the world's most iconic & influential figures in popular music. With a career spanning over four decades David Bowie has consistently topped charts all over the world selling an estimated 140 million albums worldwide. David Bowie Treasures through beautiful photographs & unique memorabilia illustrates his journey from humble beginnings to world superstardom. ...

This is the first in a trilogy of books profiling in detail David Brown & its products. David Brown was a Yorkshire company based around Huddersfield. Its roots lay in wooden-pattern making for the looms & weaving machinery of the area in the 1850s. This led to the manufacture of the machine-cut iron gears in which the company excelled. In 1914 the company patented a worm thread for gears that eventually was adopted as the British Standard thread. Their involvement with tractors began before World War II when they had an agreement with Harry Ferguson to manufacture the Ferguson-Brown. When working with Ferguson proved difficult the company developed its own ranges of wheeled & crawler tractors the VAK series. Development was interrupted by the war during which the companys gears were used in the Merlin engines that powered the Spitfires. This closely researched highly illustrated title tells the full story of this remarkable companys early years. It concludes when the VAK 1/C became one of Britains most popular tractors of the 1950s
- the Cropmaster. Author Stuart Gibbard has interviewed many of the surviving engineers designers & other staff involved in the development & marketing of David Browns products.
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