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Sink or Swimwear - My Crazy Days as an Entrepreneur Surviving Life, PTSD, and a Cutthroat Industry (Hardcover): Jennifer Berk... Sink or Swimwear - My Crazy Days as an Entrepreneur Surviving Life, PTSD, and a Cutthroat Industry (Hardcover)
Jennifer Berk Weisman
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Life of Beethoven (Hardcover, Reprint ed.): Ludwig Nohl Life of Beethoven (Hardcover, Reprint ed.)
Ludwig Nohl; Edited by Lochlainn Seabrook
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Ed Westcott - Photographer (Hardcover): Ray Smith Ed Westcott - Photographer (Hardcover)
Ray Smith
R753 Discovery Miles 7 530 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Gotta Get Theroux This - My Life And Strange Times In Television (Paperback): Louis Theroux Gotta Get Theroux This - My Life And Strange Times In Television (Paperback)
Louis Theroux 1
R532 R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Save R121 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From much-loved documentary maker Louis Theroux comes a funny, heartfelt and entertaining account of his life and weird times in TV.

In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore’s TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Gawky, socially awkward and totally unqualified, his first reaction to this exciting opportunity was panic. But he’d always been drawn to off-beat characters, so maybe his enthusiasm would carry the day. Or, you know, maybe it wouldn’t . . .

In Gotta Get Theroux This, Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey from his anxiety-prone childhood to his unexpectedly successful career. Nervously accepting the BBC’s offer of his own series, he went on to create an award-winning documentary style that has seen him immersed in the weird worlds of paranoid US militias and secretive pro-wrestlers, get under the skin of celebrities like Max Clifford and Chris Eubank and tackle gang culture in San Quentin prison, all the time wondering whether the same qualities that make him good at documentaries might also make him bad at life.

As Louis woos his beautiful wife Nancy and learns how to be a father, he also dares to take on the powerful Church of Scientology. Just as challenging is the revelation that one of his old subjects, Jimmy Savile, was a secret sexual predator, prompting him to question our understanding of how evil takes place. Filled with wry observation and self-deprecating humour, this is Louis at his most insightful and honest best.

Last Chance Texaco - Chronicles of an American Troubadour (Paperback): Rickie Lee Jones Last Chance Texaco - Chronicles of an American Troubadour (Paperback)
Rickie Lee Jones
R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Book of the Year." -- MOJO Magazine"Outstanding Book of the Year." --The Herald (Glasgow) A Best Book of the Year by NPR, Pitchfork, The Telegraph, and UncutA tender and intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music, the two-time Grammy Award-winning "premiere song-stylist and songwriter of her generation" (Hilton Als), Rickie Lee Jones This troubadour life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that can be broken to smithereens and still keep beating out the rhythm for a new song. Last Chance Texaco is the first-ever no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award-winner Rickie Lee Jones in her own words. It is a tale of desperate chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into timeless music. With candor and lyricism, the "Duchess of Coolsville" (Time) takes us on a singular journey through her nomadic childhood, to her years as a teenage runaway, through her legendary love affair with Tom Waits and ultimately her longevity as the hardest working woman in rock and roll. Rickie Lee's stories are rich with the infamous characters of her early songs - "Chuck-E's in Love," "Weasel and the White Boys Cool," "Danny's All-Star Joint," and "Easy Money"-- but long before her notoriety in show business, there was a vaudevillian cast of hitchhikers, bank robbers, jail breaks, drug mules, a pimp with a heart of gold and tales of her fabled ancestors. In this tender and intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music are never-before-told stories of the girl in the raspberry beret, a singer-songwriter whose music defied categorization and inspired American pop culture for decades.

Rock and Roll Comics - Hard Rock Heroes (Hardcover): Arron Sowd Rock and Roll Comics - Hard Rock Heroes (Hardcover)
Arron Sowd; Edited by Darren G Davis
R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
In Search of Flint McCullough and Robert Horton (hardback) - The Man Behind the Myth (Hardcover): Aileen J Elliott In Search of Flint McCullough and Robert Horton (hardback) - The Man Behind the Myth (Hardcover)
Aileen J Elliott; Foreword by Boyd Magers
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Enter Night - A Biography of Metallica (Paperback): Mick Wall Enter Night - A Biography of Metallica (Paperback)
Mick Wall
R567 R527 Discovery Miles 5 270 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Sprung from the roots of 70s hard rock, Metallica defined the look and sound of 1980s heavy metal, just as Led Zeppelin had for hard rock and the Sex Pistols for punk before them. Inventors of thrash metal--Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth followed--it was always Metallica who led the way, who pushed to another level, who became the last of the superstar rockers.

Though plagued by adversities, including the death of their bassist in a bus crash, infighting and substance abuse, they survived to became the biggest-selling band in the world. With 100 million records sold worldwide, their music has extended its reach beyond rock and metal, and into the pop mainstream, as they went from speed metal to MTV with their hit single "Enter Sandman." Until now there hasn't been a critical, authoritative, in-depth portrait of the band. Mick Wall's thoroughly researched, insightful work is enriched by his interviews with band members, record company execs, roadies, and fellow musicians. He tells the story of how a tennis-playing, music-loving Danish immigrant named Lars Ulrich created a band with singer James Hetfield and made his dreams a reality. "Enter Night" delves into the various incarnations of the band, and the personalities of all key members, past and present--especially Ulrich and Hetfield--to produce the definitive word on the biggest metal band on the planet

Long Live Great Bardfield - The Autobiography of Tirzah Garwood (Paperback): Tirzah Garwood Long Live Great Bardfield - The Autobiography of Tirzah Garwood (Paperback)
Tirzah Garwood; Edited by Anne Ullmann; Preface by Anne Ullmann
R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Fractal - A Tale of Three Interventions (Hardcover): Helmut Meijer Fractal - A Tale of Three Interventions (Hardcover)
Helmut Meijer
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Touched by the Sun - My Friendship with Jackie (Paperback): Carly Simon Touched by the Sun - My Friendship with Jackie (Paperback)
Carly Simon
R384 R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Second Life Of Tiger Woods (Paperback): Michael Bamberger The Second Life Of Tiger Woods (Paperback)
Michael Bamberger
R430 R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Save R46 (11%) Ships in 5 - 22 working days

Written by a New York Times bestselling author and reporter who “knows the world of professional golf…like few others” (The Wall Street Journal) comes “the most insightful and evenhanded book written yet about one of the signature athletes of the last twenty-five years” (Booklist, starred review) detailing Tiger Woods’s remarkable comeback and his journey back into winner’s circle.

Tiger Woods’s long descent into a personal and professional hell reached bottom in the early hours of Memorial Day in 2017. Woods’s DUI arrest that night came on the heels of a desperate spinal surgery, just weeks after he told close friends he might never play tournament golf again. His mug shot and alarming arrest video were painful to look at and, for Woods, a deep humiliation. The former paragon of discipline now found himself hopelessly lost and out of control, exposed for all the world to see. That episode could have marked the beginning of Tiger’s end. It proved to be the opposite.

Instead of sinking beneath the public disgrace of drug abuse and the private despair of a battered and ailing body, Woods embarked on the long road to redeeming himself. In The Second Life of Tiger Woods, Michael Bamberger, who has covered Woods since the golfer was an amateur, draws upon his deep network of sources inside locker rooms, caddie yards, clubhouses, fitness trailers, and back offices to tell the true and inspiring story of the legend’s return. Packed with new information and graced by insight, Bamberger’s story reveals how this iconic athlete clawed his way back to the top.

This is a “gripping” (Kirkus Reviews) and intimate portrait of a man who has spent his life in front of the camera but has done his best to make sure he was never really known. Here is Tiger, barefoot, in handcuffs, showing a police officer a witty and self-deprecating side of himself that the public never sees. Here is Tiger on the verge of tears with his children at the British Open. Here is Tiger trying to express his gratitude to his mother at a ceremony at the Rose Garden. In these pages, Tiger is funny, cold, generous, self-absorbed, inspiring—and real.

The Second Life of Tiger Woods is not only the saga of an exceptional man but also a celebration of second chances. Bamberger’s bracingly honest book is about what Tiger Woods did, and about what any of us can do, when we face our demons head-on.

If This Is the Highway (I'Ll Take the Dirt Road) - The Formidable Encounters of David Branson, Esq. (Hardcover): Joel... If This Is the Highway (I'Ll Take the Dirt Road) - The Formidable Encounters of David Branson, Esq. (Hardcover)
Joel Swadling
R1,127 Discovery Miles 11 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beauty in All - Observations by Jose Hess, America's Award-Winning Jewelry Designer (Hardcover): Jose Hess, Magdalena... The Beauty in All - Observations by Jose Hess, America's Award-Winning Jewelry Designer (Hardcover)
Jose Hess, Magdalena Hess
R568 R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Real Girl Next Door (Paperback): Denise Richards Real Girl Next Door (Paperback)
Denise Richards
R441 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

IT'S COMPLICATED.
We've read the scandalous headlines, watched her sexy breakout performances in "Starship Troopers "and "Wild Things," and seen her many public faces on her reality television show--the beautiful vixen, the devoted mother, the hard-working entertainer, and the fun-loving friend. But how well do we really know Denise Richards?
Like so many small-town girls, she dreamed of making it big in Hollywood. But following a painful, high-profile divorce from Charlie Sheen, she found herself raising their two young daughters alone as her mother was dying of cancer. Denise writes openly and honestly about these experiences and more: she lets you in on her childhood dreams, her fated move to Hollywood with her close-knit family, her rise to fame, the pressures of living in the spotlight, and the controversy surrounding her relationships. Through it all, she managed to keep her sense of humor and optimism.
She offers an up-close and personal look at her most intimate battle scars and the lessons she's learned as she's healed and grown. Denise's story will resonate with anyone who has had to look within herself to find strength and courage when life is throwing curveballs.
Inspiring and uplifting, raw and revealing, Denise finally lets her fans in on the resilient woman behind the bombshell persona, the person her friends and family already know: "The Real Girl Next Door."

Under My Skin - Drama, Trauma & Rock 'n' Roll - Drama, Trauma & Rock 'n' Roll (Large print, Hardcover,... Under My Skin - Drama, Trauma & Rock 'n' Roll - Drama, Trauma & Rock 'n' Roll (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Elise Krentzel
R683 R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Be More Dolly - Life Lessons Beyond the 9 to 5 (Hardcover): Alice Gomer Be More Dolly - Life Lessons Beyond the 9 to 5 (Hardcover)
Alice Gomer
R371 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Do you ever find yourself: Tumblin' out of bed and stumblin' to the kitchen? Searchin' for a cup of ambition? Sighin' and groanin' at the mundanity of life? We could all do with a bit more Dolly in our lives! With empowering advice on love, business, style and looking out for number one, these pages will help Dolly Parton lovers everywhere create the life they truly want.

A Natural Act - A Memoir (hardback) (Hardcover): Jim McMullan A Natural Act - A Memoir (hardback) (Hardcover)
Jim McMullan
R822 Discovery Miles 8 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Driller (Hardcover): Roger Girard The Driller (Hardcover)
Roger Girard
R1,274 Discovery Miles 12 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Al Pacino - In Conversation with Lawrence Grobel (Paperback, Reprint ed.): Lawrence Grobel Al Pacino - In Conversation with Lawrence Grobel (Paperback, Reprint ed.)
Lawrence Grobel; Foreword by Al Pacino
R420 R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

For more than a quarter century, Al Pacino has spoken freely and deeply with acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Lawrence Grobel on subjects as diverse as childhood, acting, and fatherhood. Here, for the first time, are the complete conversations and shared observations between the actor and the writer; the result is an intimate and revealing look at one of the most accomplished, and private, artists in the world.

Pacino grew up sharing a three-room apartment in the Bronx with nine people in what he describes as his "New York Huckleberry Finn" childhood. Raised mostly by his grandparents and his mother, Pacino began drinking at age thirteen. Shortly after he was admitted to the renowned High School for Performing Arts, his classmates nicknamed him "Marlon," after Marlon Brando, even though Pacino didn't know who Brando was. Renowned acting coach Charlie Laughton saw Pacino when he was nineteen in the stairwell of a Bronx tenement, and the first words out of Laughton's mouth were "You are going to be a star." And so began a fabled, lifelong friendship that nurtured Al through years of not knowing where his next meal would come from until finally -- at age twenty-six -- he landed his first salaried acting job.

Grobel and Pacino leave few stones unturned, touching on the times when Pacino played piano in jazz clubs until four a.m. before showing up on the set of Scarecrow a few hours later for a full day's work; when he ate Valium like candy at the Academy Awards; and when he realized he had been in a long pattern of work and drink.

As the pivotal character in "The Godfather" trilogy and the cult classic "Scarface," Pacino has enshrined himself in film history. He's worked with most of Hollywood's brightest luminaries such as Francis Ford Coppola, Sidney Lumet, Michael Mann, Norman Jewison, Brian De Palma, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, and Robin Williams, among many others. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards before winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "Scent of a Woman." Pacino still seems to prefer his work onstage to film and, if he's moved by a script or play, is quick to take parts in independent productions.

"Al Pacino" is an intensely personal window into the life of an artist concerned more with the process of his art than with the fruits of his labor, a creative genius at the peak of his artistic powers who, after all these years, still longs to grow and learn more about his craft. And, for now, it's as close to a memoir as we're likely to get.

The Impossible Road - From The First Seat In The Dumb Row To My Own Private Island (Hardcover): Joe Massaro The Impossible Road - From The First Seat In The Dumb Row To My Own Private Island (Hardcover)
Joe Massaro
R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Painting My Life in Blue - Artist Dominique Serafini (Hardcover): Dominique Serafini Painting My Life in Blue - Artist Dominique Serafini (Hardcover)
Dominique Serafini
R715 Discovery Miles 7 150 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Almost - As I Remember It (Hardcover): Terry Gill Almost - As I Remember It (Hardcover)
Terry Gill
R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Desilu - The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (Paperback, Expanded ed.): Coyne S. Sanders, Tom Gilbert Desilu - The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (Paperback, Expanded ed.)
Coyne S. Sanders, Tom Gilbert
R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The behind-the-scenes story of television's happiest couple, and Hollywood's most tumultuous marriage

The magical union of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz created "I Love Lucy"--the greatest, most enduring situation comedy in television history. Yet the overwhelming pressures of fame, backstage battles, oversized egos, and Desi's philandering and drinking led to the destruction of their star-crossed, tempestuous marriage--but never their love for each other.

This new edition of "Desilu" features a special commentary by Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic Tom Shales, and includes a brand-new preface and never-before-seen photographs. Written with the close cooperation of family members, including Lucy and Desi's daughter, Lucie Arnaz, "Desilu" is "the" most candid and balanced inside account of Lucy and Desi's celebrated, but ultimately tragic, relationship--as well as a fascinating look at the legendary Desilu Studios and the fabled golden age of television.

It's A Funny Thing - How the Professional Comedy Business Made Me Fat & Bald (hardback) (Hardcover): Michael Rowe It's A Funny Thing - How the Professional Comedy Business Made Me Fat & Bald (hardback) (Hardcover)
Michael Rowe; Foreword by Bob Odenkirk
R829 Discovery Miles 8 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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