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A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAME...
Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Cover girl. Reality star.
These are labels that have been attached to Paris Hilton by others.
Founder. Entrepreneur. Pop Culture Maker. Innovator. Survivor. Activist. Daughter. Sister. Wife. Mom.
These are roles Paris Hilton embraces now as a fully realized woman.
Paris rose to prominence as an heiress to the Hilton Hotels empire, but cultivated her fame and fortune as the It Girl of the aughts, a time marked by the burgeoning twenty-four-hour entertainment news cycle and the advent of the celebrity blog. Using her celebrity brand, Paris set in motion her innovative business ventures, while being the constant target of tabloid culture that dismissively wrote her off as “famous for being famous.” With tenacity, sharp business acumen, and grit, she built a global empire and, in the process, became a truly modern icon beloved around the world.
Now, with courage, honesty, and humor, Paris Hilton is ready to take stock, place it all in context, and share her story with the world. Separating the creation from the creator, the brand from the ambassador, Paris: The Memoir strips away all we thought we knew about a celebrity icon, taking us back to a privileged childhood lived through the lens of undiagnosed ADHD and teenage rebellion that triggered a panicked—and perilous—decision by her parents. Led to believe they were saving their child’s life, Paris’s mother and father had her kidnapped and sent to a series of “emotional growth boarding schools,” where she survived almost two years of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse. In the midst of a hell we now call the “troubled teen industry,” Paris created a beautiful inner world where the ugliness couldn’t touch her. She came out, resolving to trust no one but herself as she transformed that fantasy world into a multibillion-dollar reality.
Recounting her perilous journey through pre-#MeToo sexual politics with grace, dignity, and just the right amount of sass, Paris: The Memoir tracks the evolution of celebrity culture through the story of the figure at its leading edge, full of defining moments and marquee names. Most important, Paris shows us her path to peace while she challenges us to question our role in her story and in our own. Welcome to Paris.
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The Guest (Paperback)
B. A. Paris
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R472
R386
Discovery Miles 3 860
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Iris and Gabriel have just got home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them.
One of their dearest friends, Laure, is in their house - sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. She has walked out on her husband - and their good friend - Pierre over his confession of an affair.
Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive. But as Laure's mood becomes more unpredictable, her presence begins to unravel secrets in all their pasts - until things reach breaking point ...
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Greenwild 2
Pari Thomson; Illustrated by Elisa Paganelli
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R412
R338
Discovery Miles 3 380
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Daisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the stunning sequel
to Greenwild: The World Behind the Door. Daisy and her friends in
the Five O'Clock Club might have defeated a terrifying foe, but
they are no closer to finding the missing Botanists - including
Daisy's own mother. Their search will take them to lands even Daisy
and her Ma never visited, and after a series of unexpected dangers
at sea, they must prepare to discover green magic as they have
never seen it before . . .
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Mercenaries (DVD)
Robert Fucilla, Billy Zane, Kirsty Mitchell, Geoff Bell, Vas Blackwood, …
2
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R35
Discovery Miles 350
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Robert Fucilla and Billy Zane star in this low-budget British
special forces action thriller. Former SAS man turned mercenary
Andy Marlow (Fucilla) is sent into the Balkans to rescue an
American ambassador and his aide in the wake of a military coup.
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Ramifications (Paperback)
Daniel Saldana Paris; Translated by Christina MacSweeney
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R314
R256
Discovery Miles 2 560
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The memories we return to most frequently are the most inaccurate,
the least faithful to reality... This is the tragic realisation
made by the narrator of _Ramifications _as he tries to make sense
of the defining event of his childhood: the disappearance of his
mother to join the Zapatista uprising that shook Mexico in 1994.
Left behind with an emotionally distant father who is singularly
unqualified to raise him, and an older sister who only wants to get
on with being a teenager, he takes refuge in strange rituals that
isolate him from his peers: favouring the left-hand side of his
body, trying to tear leaves into perfect halves, obsessively
shaping origami figures. Now, two decades older and withdrawn from
the world, he folds and unfolds these memories, searching the
creases for the truth of what happened to his mother, unaware that
he is on the verge of a discovery that will destroy everything he
believed he knew about his family.Award-winning Mexican author
Daniel Saldana Paris masterfully evokes a child's attempts to
interpret events beyond his understanding. Less a Bildungs-roman
than a tale of arrested development, this story of a boy growing up
in the aptly-named Educacion neighbourhood of Mexico City is a rich
and moving portrait of a life thwarted by machismo and secrecy.
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