KYM MARSH is one of our most-loved stars but her life has been a rollercoaster ride through love laughter & tears. Now Kyms ready to tell her full story for the first time describing her difficult childhood growing up on a council estate in Wigan & struggling at school with bullying & an eating disorder. She describes falling in love at 17 & finding herself pregnant while still a teenager. By the time she was 21 she was a single mum with two very young children David & Emily & it was a real struggle to make ends meet. But Kym had always dreamt of performing & even though the odds were stacked against her she was determined to make her dream a reality. One day she auditioned for a new TV show called Popstars & her life changed forever. Kym now stars in the nations favourite soap Coronation Street. But her life off-screen hasnt been easy. She reflects on her marriage to Jack Ryder & how hard she tried to make it work. Kym found new love with Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas & after tragically losing their first baby Archie in 2009 the couple were over the moon to welcome little Polly Lomas into the world earlier this year. Entertaining funny & incredibly honest From the Heart is a fantastic read all about how sometimes the best things happen in life when you refuse to give up hope. ...

KYM MARSH is one of our most-loved stars but her life has been a rollercoaster ride through love laughter & tears. Now Kyms ready to tell her full story for the first time describing her difficult childhood growing up on a council estate in Wigan & struggling at school with bullying & an eating disorder. She describes falling in love at 17 & finding herself pregnant while still a teenager. By the time she was 21 she was a single mum with two very young children David & Emily & it was a real struggle to make ends meet. But Kym had always dreamt of performing & even though the odds were stacked against her she was determined to make her dream a reality. One day she auditioned for a new TV show called Popstars & her life changed forever. Kym now stars in the nations favourite soap Coronation Street. But her life off-screen hasnt been easy. She reflects on her marriage to Jack Ryder & how hard she tried to make it work. Kym found new love with Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas & after tragically losing their first baby Archie in 2009 the couple were over the moon to welcome little Polly Lomas into the world earlier this year. Entertaining funny & incredibly honest From the Heart is a fantastic read all about how sometimes the best things happen in life when you refuse to give up hope. ...

In From the Heart" Sandy Clark tells the story of his headline-grabbing career in football as a striker manager coach & now much-respected pundit. From his early days with his hometown team Airdrie Sandy Clark was a prolific scorer & notched more than 100 goals for the Diamonds. He caught the eye of both Sir Alex Ferguson & Celtic who tried to prise him away & was later named PFA Player of the Year before heading south to West Ham to star alongside Trevor Brooking Billy Bonds & Tony Cottee. Sandy reveals why he then returned to Rangers & how he helped a young Ally Mc Coist through those difficult early days before they went on to help the Light Blues to Skol Cup glory. He also reveals the pain & agony of the 1985-86 season when with Hearts he missed out on a league & Scottish Cup double. & he relives his Tynecastle memories from his derby day glories to Wallace Mercer asking him to value all the Hibs players ahead of his controversial attempt to buy their capital rivals. Sandy speaks openly about his own managerial stint at Tynecastle where he had to controversially sack Justin Fashanu & for the first time he talks about his heartbreak when Chris Robinson showed him the door & why he later turned down the chance to manage Hearts for a second spell. Clark tells all from his time at St Johnstone where he led them to third spot a cup final & back into Europe where they took on the might of Monaco & also lifts the lid on the drugs nightmare with George OBoyle & Kevin Thomas & how he believes it led to his eventual sacking. He went on to work under Jimmy Calderwood & Jimmy Nicholl at Dunfermline Kilmarnock & Aberdeen & says why he believes an Aberdeen legend was behind their controversial Pittodrie departure. Controversial honest & full of brand new anecdotes " From the Heart" is an unmissable football story." ...

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The astonishing story of a young man's upbringing in a remote tribal village in Burma & his journey from his strife-torn country to the tranquil quads of Cambridge. In lyrical prose Pascal Khoo Thwe describes his childhood as a member of the Padaung hill tribe where ancestor worship & communion with spirits blended with the tribe's recent conversion to Christianity. In the 1930s Pascal's grandfather captured an Italian Jesuit mistaking him for a giant or a wild beast; the Jesuit in turn converted the tribe. (The Padaung are famous for their 'giraffe women'
- so-called because their necks are ritually elongated with ornamental copper rings. Pascal's grandmother had been exhibited in a touring circus in England as a 'freak'.) Pascal developed a love of the English language through listening to the BBC World Service & it was while working as a waiter in Mandalay to pay for his studies that he met the Cambridge don John Casey who was to prove his saviour. The brutal military regime of Ne Win cracked down on 'dissidents' in the late 1980s. Pascal's girlfriend was raped & murdered by soldiers & Pascal took to the jungle with a guerrilla army. How he was eventually rescued with Casey's help is a dramatic story which ends with his admission to Cambridge to study his great love English literature.
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From Pankaj Mishra author of the successful Temptations of the West" & " Butter Chicken in Ludhiana" comes a provocative account of how China India & the Muslim World are remaking the world in their own image. The Victorian period viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. As the British gunned down the last heirs to the Mughal Empire burned down the Summer Palace in Beijing or humiliated the bankrupt rulers of the Ottoman Empire it was clear that for Asia to recover a vast intellectual effort would be required. Pankaj Mishras fascinating highly entertaining new book tells the story of a remarkable group of men from across the continent who met the challenge of the West. Incessantly travelling questioning & agonising they both hated the West & recognised that an Asian renaissance needed to be fuelled in part by engagement with the enemy. Through many setbacks & wrong turns a powerful contradictory & ultimately unstoppable series of ideas were created that now lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to Al Qaeda from Indian nationalism to the Muslim Brotherhood. Mishra allows the reader to see the events of two centuries anew through the eyes of the journalists poets radicals & charismatics who criss-crossed Europe & Asia & created the ideas which lie behind the powerful Asian nations of the twenty-first century." ...

Born Eileen Regina Edwards in 1965 in rural Canada Shania Twain has lived a life rife with triumph & tragedy. Aged two her parents had divorced & by early childhood her family of seven was often without food at times living in a filthy one bedroom apartment. When her mother & stepfather were tragically killed in an automobile accident when she was 22 Shania knew that the only way to lift her family out of poverty was to use her singing talent & become a full-time performer. Shania writes of being discovered her time performing in Nashville & her sudden dramatic rise to stardom. Shania will spare no details about her recent personal struggles & heartbreaks subjects about which she's never spoken publicly. This remarkable book is the story of a brave honest & genuine woman who faced odds & downfalls most people never experience yet has succeeded beyond anyone's expectations. ...

In 1970 Jerry Della Femina wrote this gossip-filled insiders account of working on Madison Avenue during the golden age of advertising. It caused a sensation became a bestseller & established itself as a cult classic. Years later it inspired the multi-award-winning drama Mad Men. ...

Raven is a deeply disturbed teenager who after witnessing the death of his mother is placed in foster care. The Russells do their best to earn his trust but only little Ella manages to get through to him. Meanwhile at school bullies are making his life a living hell. An unexpected companion comes in the form of Lotte a classmate bored by her 'ordinary' friends. Together they track down Raven's mum's killer with the goal of exposing him to the police. But their carefully crafted plan goes dangerously wrong & suddenly nothing is as it seems. Everything is falling apart & ultimately there is only one final way out. ...

Aspiring rock heroes have the answer to their prayers in this unique condensed guide to learning the essential tools & tricks that rock guitarists normally take years to perfect. Its a crash course designed to take you from complete beginner to hot rock guitarist ready to take to the stage in record-breaking time. No longer do you have to struggle through endless exercises & infantile tunes
- this six-week fun workout programme will soon get you riffing soloing & rocking out like an experienced axe-man! Crucial basic aspects of playing are applied to fun musical examples in the styles of the greats such as Eric Clapton Jimi Hendrix The Rolling Stones Deep violet Led Zepplin & Metallica. With the help of an accompanying CD build up a solid repertoire of both classic & modern-day rock songs & become the next guitar idol. About the author Owen Edwards is a guitar teacher & performing musician. He has taught in schools as well as rock workshops & master classes throughout the UK. Owen is the editor of the renowned All Out Guitar online magazine. He is also one of the founders of the worldwide Guitar Idol competitions that have attracted the next generation of guitar idols. Owen lives in Cambridgeshire.
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