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Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
Pamela Anderson's blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands during a Canadian football game, she was quickly launched into superstardom, becoming Playboy's favourite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sex appeal. Yet the Pamela Anderson we think we know was created through happenstance rather than careful cultivation.
Love, Pamela brings forth her true story, that of a small town girl getting tangled up in her own dreams. Growing up on Vancouver Island, the daughter of young, wild, and unwittingly stylish parents, Pamela lived a hardscrabble childhood but developed a deep love for nature, populating her world with misfits, apparitional friends, and injured animals. Eventually overcoming her natural shyness, Pamela let her restless imagination propel her into a life few can dream of, in Hollywood and the Playboy Mansion. As her star rose, she found herself becoming a fixture of tabloid fodder, at the height of an era when paparazzi tactics were bent on destroying a person's image and self-esteem. Pamela forged ahead with grace, finding sanctuary in her love of art and literature, and emerged a devoted mother and activist.
Now, having returned to the island of her childhood, after a memorable run starring as Roxie in Chicago on Broadway, Pamela is telling her story, a story of an irrepressible free spirit coming home and discovering herself anew at every turn.
With vivid prose interspersed with bursts of original poetry, Love, Pamela is a pensive, layered, and unforgettable memoir.
An unforgettable British underdog story from one of our greatest
narrative nonfiction writers, John Preston, and the international
musical icon and bestselling author, Sir Elton John.
Britain in the 1970s was beset by unrest and unemployment, as inflation
soared, fuel was scarce, and hooliganism was on the rise. And for
Watford FC, the outlook was even gloomier. Rundown and rat-infested,
Watford were an ailing side with holes in their kit and barely enough
fans to fill a stand. Of the 92 clubs in the Football League, spread
across four divisions, Watford were in 92nd place.
Meanwhile, Elton John was the most successful rockstar in the world.
With six-inch platforms, spangled jumpsuits, and peroxide hair, he was
glamorous, gay, and seemingly a world away from the semi-detached house
in Pinner where he had supported Watford FC as a child. Many assumed he
would move to America. Instead, he bought the football club.
Watford Forever is the remarkable story of Elton John's ownership of
Watford FC and its transformational journey to the top of the First
Division under iconic manager Graham Taylor. Perhaps most remarkably,
four of the same players who had been written off as has-beens went
with them all the way from the bottom to the top. Inspiring and
infectiously funny, this is a tribute to football's unlikeliest
friendship as Elton John and Taylor, a straight-talking former fullback
with a love of Vera Lynn, beat the odds and their personal demons to
save a club and a community.
Immersed in the grime and glamour of '70s Britain, Watford Forever is
one of sport's great underdog stories and a love letter to the
beautiful game.
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Female Force
- Selena
(Hardcover)
Michael Frizell; Contributions by Ramon Salas; Cover design or artwork by Dave Ryan
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R517
Discovery Miles 5 170
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For every woman searching for her voice, Anna Kloots shares her story
of starting over by trusting the magic that was always within...
Despite what appeared to be a glamorous existence full of globetrotting
adventures, behind the scenes, Anna felt invisible in her own life.
Consumed by a marriage that left no space for her own desires and
creativity, she chose to reframe the failure of her marriage as an
opportunity to begin again.
It was Anna's innate sense of adventure and love for the unknown that
led her to move abroad; travel around the world, visiting 80 countries;
start her own business; and marry a magician—all before her
mid-twenties. From the outside, her jet-setting lifestyle alongside her
husband looked perfect. But though she appeared to have all the freedom
in the world, in reality she was trapped in a slow-motion disappearing
act.
When her marriage collapsed, she decided to use her unhappy ending as a
chance for a new beginning—a reappearance into her own life and sense
of exploration and discovery, letting each destination challenge,
change, and shape her.
Following Anna's extensive travels from the bustling streets of Jaipur
to the canals of Venice to the desert of Dubai, My Own Magic is a
powerful memoir—a true, coming-of-age story about a woman rediscovering
the magic that she always had.
Anna's memoir is proof that travel can transform you, inspire you, and
even save you. Perfect for fans of Eat Pray Love.
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Clipped
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Adrienne Alitowski
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