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‘Fascinating and authoritative’ The Daily Express Sunday Times
bestselling author Sean Smith tells the extraordinary story of a
modern cultural icon: Harry Styles. Harry Styles has grown up. The
One Direction boy-band member so loved by millions has become a
truly global superstar and genuine icon of our times. In this
captivating biography for fans from day one as well as a whole new
generation, bestselling author Sean Smith follows the journey of a
thoroughly modern man with boundless charisma, who represents a
better world devoid of prejudice. At 16, Harry’s life changed
forever when he left his home in rural Cheshire to appear on The X
Factor – and never went back. Harry Styles: The Making of a
Modern Man paints a picture of a man who at times remains an
enigma, while embracing the world he cares about – his family,
his friends and lovers, his music, acting and the world of fashion.
Harry is the only British male artist to have his first two albums
debut at number one in the US; his movie career is flourishing with
starring roles in Don’t Worry Darling and My Policeman, and he is
the first man to appear solo on the cover of Vogue. A champion of
gender-fluid fashion, he has proved himself to be an inspiring role
model in a world where toxic masculinity has no place. In troubling
and uncertain times, Harry Styles lives by his own mantra, which
would benefit us all – ‘Treat People with Kindness’.
KYLIE is a major new biography, telling the life story of Kylie
Minogue, a true pop icon, now back on our screens in hit show The
Voice. Everybody loves Kylie. No popular figure in modern culture
deserves the description 'iconic' more than the star whose name
alone evokes more than twenty-five years of memories. KYLIE charts
the incredible journey of a complex and misunderstood woman from
the suburbs of Melbourne, who was never the girl next door. She
captured our hearts as Charlene Mitchell in Neighboursbefore rising
to her position today as a member of music royalty. She is more
popular than ever thanks to her acclaimed role as a judge on The
Voice. Her phenomenal success was threatened in 2005, when she was
diagnosed with breast cancer. The world held its breath as she
braved surgery and chemotherapy before she was given the all clear.
Her honesty and dignity throughout gained her universal respect and
improved awareness of the disease among young women - the Kylie
Effect. KYLIE is the essential book for those wanting to learn more
about how she has continually reinvented herself - as teen actress,
chart star, creative musician, sex goddess, gay icon, style queen
and female role model. It reveals her true loves, the men who have
brought her disappointment and those that have helped her achieve
the status of most popular female icon of our times. KYLIE is an
inspirational celebration of a star we should never take for
granted.
Meghan Misunderstood is a pioneering book that sets the record
straight on the most talked about, unfairly vilified and
misrepresented woman in the world. Meghan Markle was eleven when
she first advocated for women's rights; a teenager when she worked
in a soup kitchen feeding the homeless; a popular actress when she
campaigned for clean water in Africa and passionately championed
gender equality in a speech to a United Nations Women's Conference.
Even before she met Prince Harry, hers was an extraordinarily
accomplished life. Meghan's wedding to Harry was a joyful occasion,
marking happiness at last for the Queen's grandson who had captured
our hearts twenty years earlier when he bravely walked behind his
mother Diana's coffin. Theirs was a story that the screenwriters of
Hollywood - where Meghan had made her name - could scarcely have
imagined. The rom-com fantasy, however, soon turned into disturbing
drama: any expectation of a life happily-ever-after was cruelly
dashed by bullying tabloid newspapers and their allies, both on
social media and within the walls of the Palace itself. Meghan was
targeted for her gender, her race, her nationality and her
profession. The abuse became so bad that seventy-two female MPs
signed a letter of solidarity against the 'often distasteful and
misleading press', calling out the 'outdated colonial undertones'
of the stories. Now, Sean Smith, the UK's leading celebrity
biographer, pulls no punches as he reveals the remarkable and
powerful story of this self-made, intelligent American woman with a
strong social conscience who has made such an impact on our lives.
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Adele (Paperback)
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Adele touches the hearts of millions of people who love her for her
music and share the real and honest emotion she brings to each and
every song. In a cynical age, she is a phenomenon. In Adele,
bestselling biographer Sean Smith talks to those close to her as he
follows her astonishing journey to fame that began on the gritty
streets of Tottenham. Through compelling new research and
interviews, he reveals that there is far more to Adele than the
superstar we all think we know. He uncovers the story of her
complex family relationships; the ill-starred love affair between
her mother and father; her devastation at the untimely death of her
grandfather; and her seemingly unpromising future in a gang-ravaged
area of South London. She found salvation at the BRIT School before
a series of unhappy love affairs provided the inspiration for her
record-breaking albums. He describes how she conquered America and
how it all could have been ended by a dramatic vocal injury.
Instead, she has made an amazing comeback and found personal
happiness in a new relationship and becoming a mum. Intimate and
revealing, Adele is the uplifting story of the woman with the most
glorious voice in the world.
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Ed Sheeran (Paperback)
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'Compelling new biography' Daily Express 'Fascinating stories'
Daily Mirror 'A well-researched, entertaining look at Ed Sheeran
... Sheeran fans will relish this well-told biography.' Publishers
Weekly Ed Sheeran is a true inspiration. His moving and uplifting
songs forge a lasting connection with the millions of people around
the world who love him and his music. He was the thirteen-year-old
guitarist in a school rock band when he decided to become a
singer-songwriter, even though he could barely hold a tune and had
never written a song. Within a year, he had recorded an album in
his bedroom. Bestselling biographer Sean Smith traces the
astonishing journey of the shy little boy with a stammer who,
avoiding flashy showmanship, grew up to be a global phenomenon.
Through compelling new research and interviews, he tells the story
of Ed's remarkable mum and dad who gave their son the courage to
pursue his dream, the friends and mentors who encouraged him and
the lovers who inspired his most famous songs. Smith describes the
setbacks Ed faced before his fortunes were transformed by Elton
John's management company, a record deal and a song that changed
everything - with a little help from Taylor Swift. Ed found it
difficult to cope with the world at his feet, but a new
relationship with a girl from his home town has brought him
happiness and a fresh purpose in life. Now he is the most
successful solo star on the planet, earning GBP83 million last
year. Yet in the middle of his record-breaking 2018 UK tour, he
played for just 400 people at a charity night to raise money for
the homeless. As this captivating book reveals, there's no one
quite like Ed.
This new, updated paperback edition of the first full length major
biography of one of pop's biggest stars addresses the questions
millions of fans have always wanted to ask. The answers will
surprise and delight as ROBBIE: THE BIOGRAPHY chronicles the
triumphs and disasters of an unlikely lad from Stoke on Trent on
the rocky path to his unrivalled position as the nation's number
one entertainer. After a mixed response to his last two albums and
a break from live performances, Robbie returned with his 2009
comeback album 'Reality Killed the Video Star' before he later
announced a reunion with Take That which became the pop music story
of the year. Despite his celebrity profile, the real Robert Peter
Williams has remained an enigma. Using exhaustive research and
exclusive interviews, author Sean Smith examines the many stages in
Robbie's life and career and reveals how he became the superstar he
is today. ROBBIE: THE BIOGRAPHY, fully illustrated, is the must
have music book of the year.
George is the story of two extraordinary lives - the private man
and the public legend. Georgios Panayiotou was just eighteen when
he decided to adopt the stage name of George Michael. Sometimes his
two worlds would collide with shattering consequences. Bestselling
biographer Sean Smith has gone back to the neighbourhoods of North
London to trace the astonishing journey of a sensitive but
determined boy who grew up to be one of the biggest British pop
stars of all time. Along the way, he talks to those close to
George, revealing the real man - funny, articulate, intelligent and
generous spirited - who hid behind the powerful image he created.
He reveals the complex relationship with his high-achieving
Greek-Cypriot father; the unconditional love of his mother; his
teenage relationships with girls; and his first tragic love affair
with another man. George's career began falteringly with a
schoolboy band, exploded with Wham! before he became a solo
phenomenon. But at the height of his fame, the world seemed to turn
against him. Smith describes his despair at losing the two people
who mattered most, how he sought consolation in drugs, his
notorious 'coming out' and how he ended up in jail. His health
failed him and he died heartbreakingly alone on Christmas Day,
2016. Affectionate yet honest and moving, George is both a
celebration of George Michael's music and a lasting tribute to a
decent and much-loved man.
'Get the inside scoop on all things Spice!' OK! Magazine 'A
compelling new book' Daily Express From the moment they burst into
our lives, the Spice Girls have inspired millions around the world.
Emma, Geri, Melanie C, Mel B and Victoria were adored and admired
in equal measure. Their determination, fierce independence and Girl
Power philosophy have motivated generation after generation of
young women. Sunday Times bestselling biographer Sean Smith reveals
what life was really like for the fab five, before and after they
found fame - the ups and downs, personal conflicts, break-ups and
controversies, health issues and trials of parenthood. Baby,
Ginger, Sporty, Scary and Posh have always been so much more than
their iconic image. They conquered a male dominated music industry,
raised twelve children between them while, over the years, their
reunion tours have led to renewed outpourings of affection and
excitement: the story of five ordinary women achieving
extraordinary things is as wonderfully resonant and powerful as
ever.
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Alesha (Hardcover)
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Alesha Dixon has one of the most incredible stories of any star,
yet she remains an enigma. Behind the fabulous smile and signature
laugh is a private woman whose childhood was blighted by domestic
violence, poverty and a lack of confidence. As a beautiful young
woman, she has struggled to overcome professional failure and the
devastating effect of her husband's infidelity. The UK's leading
celebrity biographer Sean Smith has travelled to her home town to
uncover the truth about her upbringing, her unconditional love for
her mother, her loyalty to her extended family, her feud with her
elder brother and her unsettled relationship with her Jamaican
father, who left home for good when she was four. He discovers a
sensitive and secretive woman, who managed to keep her long-term
relationship with a member of one of the country's best-known boy
bands hidden from public scrutiny. For the first time that love
affair can now be revealed. He examines the circumstances that led
to the break-up of her marriage to rapper MC Harvey and the effect
that unhappy time has had on her life. Aleshadescribes a
roller-coaster career that began when she was 'discovered' at a
dance class in Central London. She achieved huge early success with
Mis-Teeq, who had seven consecutive top ten hits before their
record label went bust. Her subsequent solo career stalled when she
was dropped by Polydor before her debut album was even released,
but she turned things around with a spectacular victory on Strictly
Come Dancing. Sean Smith lays bare her subsequent TV career,
including the row over her appointment as a judge on the programme,
as well as her triumphant switch to Britain's Got Talentin 2012.
Aleshais the dramatic and uplifting account of her journey from a
humble start in life and how she overcame all obstacles in her way
to become an inspiration to women everywhere.
Bestselling biographer Sean Smith takes on the world's number one
reality star, Kim Kardashian West. This is the ultimate insight
into the reality behind the woman who has defined fame in our
modern culture - her childhood, her family, her turbulent love life
and the multi-millionaire lifestyle. Kim Kardashian West is a
thoroughly modern woman. She enjoyed a privileged upbringing in a
Beverley Hills mansion and, ironically, her childhood ambition was
to appear in the long-running US reality series Real World. Instead
she became the star of Keeping Up With the Kardashians while her
own life story read like an X rated version of Dynasty...murder,
elopement, domestic violence, sex tape, quickie divorce,
churchgoing and impossibly glamorous designer dresses. Now married
to one of the biggest stars on the planet, Kanye West, she has
begun her own dynasty with the birth of daughter, North, and her
son, Saint. In a world that follows her every move, Sean Smith
uncovers what it took to get her to the top and how she intends to
stay there. From her Armenian heritage and devotion to her family
to the fabulous fashions and a body to die for, this is the truth
behind the undisputed Queen of celebrity - the real story.
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Hillsdale (Hardcover)
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In the past before improving technologies allowed for the direct
observation of brain activity, brain damaged patients were a prime
avenue for understanding language structure and inferring back to
brain function. Now with the rapid developments in neuroscience,
what has been discovered about the brain can inform our view of
language allowing us to build hypotheses about the role particular
brain regions perform in language use. Brain damaged patients thus
become populations which serve as test cases. While technologies in
neuroscience have improved, so has our understanding and techniques
for observing and analyzing social and communicative behavior. FTD
patients have right hemisphere, frontal and temporal pole atrophy
which leaves their cognitive abilities intact, but their social
interactions impaired and their personalities changed. The
description of FTD as a pathological change in social behavior
provides the motivation in this volume to apply ethnomethodological
and conversation analytic approaches to the organization of
patients' interactions. These approaches do more than document the
disease and its effects on loved ones by revealing phenomena that
can be analyzed empirically as causing systematic changes in the
patients' social interactions. This volume opens with a discussion
of the frontal lobes and their expected involvement in language use
and social interaction. Several chapters then use conversation
analysis to examine a range of FTD social behaviors in real-world
interactions both in and outside of the clinic. The remaining
chapters show how the ethnomethodological approach applied
throughout the book can be helpful in better understanding the
neurobiology of discourse, the process of socialization, and the
role of social motives and moral emotions in maintaining
relationships.
""My name is Justin. I guess I should go ahead and tell you I
sing."
-- Justin Timberlake at age eleven"
The meteoric rise of Justin Timberlake from one-fifth of boy
band *NSYNC to one of the world's top male solo artists has been
nothing short of extraordinary. But how did this precocious
curly-haired boy from the Tennessee Bible Belt and former Mickey
Mouse Club member transform himself into "The New King of Pop"
"(Rolling Stone)" and one of the most respected young R & B
artists around?
Bestselling author Sean Smith has traveled across the country to
discover the real Justin. Through a series of exclusive interviews,
he assembles a rich portrait of Justin's rural childhood outside
Memphis, the talent show years, the Mickey Mouse Club era -- when
he met Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera -- the rise of *NSYNC,
and the breakthrough solo album, "Justified," that brought
Timberlake critical acclaim and superstar status all his own.
"Justin: The Unauthorized Biography" also uncovers the truth
about the women in Justin's life -- from first love all the way to
Cameron Diaz -- and offers fascinating insights on why his first
three serious relationships, including his most famous affair with
Britney, ended with Justin crying "she cheated!"
With over twenty pages of full-color photographs, an exclusive
birth chart, complete discography, and updates on his thrilling new
film-acting career, "Justin: The Unauthorized Biography" is a
must-have biography of the man the NME has dubbed "the coolest man
in pop."
In the past before improving technologies allowed for the direct
observation of brain activity, brain damaged patients were a prime
avenue for understanding language structure and inferring back to
brain function. Now with the rapid developments in neuroscience,
what we do know about the brain can inform us about language
allowing us to build hypotheses about the role particular brain
regions perform in language use. Brain damaged patients thus become
populations which serve as test cases. In this volume, the
researchers focus on the interactions of frontotemporal dementia
patients. These patients have right hemisphere, frontal and
temporal pole atrophy which leaves their cognitive abilities
intact, but their social interactions impaired and their
personalities changed. The volume opens with a discussion of the
frontal lobes and their expected contributions to language as a
tool for social interaction. Then a conversation analytic approach
is applied to analyze what changes in the structure of interaction
lead to a sense that the interactions are impaired or
inappropriate. Finally, the volume ends with a look forward to what
FTD contributes to our understanding of human sociality and what
has been gained in our understanding of the brain and language.
The first comprehensive adult biography of the beloved, redheaded
"Shape of You" songster, complete with exclusive interviews and
all-new research!
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