So much has how been said and written about the life and career of Michael Jackson that it has become almost impossible to disentangle the man from the myth. Recent revelations are only the latest instalments of a saga that began decades ago. This book is the fruit of over 30 years of research and hundreds of exclusive interviews with a remarkable level of access to the very closest circles of the Jackson family - including Michael himself. Cutting through tabloid rumours, J. Randy Taraborrelli traces the real story behind the Michael Jackson we see and hear today, from his drilling as a child star through the blooming of his talent to his ever-changing personal appearance and bizarre publicity stunts. This major biography includes the behind-the-scenes story to many of the landmarks in Jackson's life: his legal and commercial battles, his marriages to Lisa Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe, his passions and addictions, his children. Objective and revealing, it carries the hallmarks of all of Taraborrelli's best-
From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin andAlbertEinstein,this is theexclusive biography ofSteveJobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were com
From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin andAlbertEinstein,this is theexclusive biography ofSteveJobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were com
"Neverdieeasy.Whyrunoutofboundsanddieeasy?Makethatlinebackerpay.Itcarriesintoallfacetsofyourlife.It'sokaytolose,todie,butdon'tdiewithouttrying,withoutgivingityourbest." Hislegacyistowering.WalterPayton themantheycalledSweetness,forthewayheran remainsthemostprolificrunningbackinthehistoryoftheNationalFootballLeague,thestaroftheChicagoBears'onlySuperBowlChampionship,eleventimesvotedthemostpopularsportsfigureinChicago'shistory.Offthefield,hewasadevotedfatherwhosecharitablefoundationbenefitedtensofthousandsofchildreneachyear,andwho facedwithterminalliverdisease refusedtousehiscelebritytogainapreferentialpositionfororgandonation.WalterPaytonwasnotjustafootballhero;hewasAmerica'shero. NeverDieEasyisWalterPayton'sautobiography,toldfromtheheart.GrowinguppoorinMississippi,hetookupfootballtogetgirls'attention,andwentontobecomeaBlackCollegeAll-AmericanattinyJacksonState(duringwhichtimehewasalsoafinalistinaSoulTraindancecontest).DraftedbytheBearsin1975,hepredictedthathewouldlastonlyfiveyearsbutwentontoplaythirteenextrao
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is the exhilarating story of an epic a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader. 'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity ...Unforgettable' Andre Brink 'Enthralling ...Mandela emulates the few great political leaders such as Lincoln and Gandhi, who go beyond mere consensus and move out ahead of their followers to break new ground' Donald Woods in the SUNDAY TIMES
This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by Angus Calder. As Angus Calder states in his introduction to this edition, ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom is one of the major statements about the fighting experience of the First World War’. Lawrence's younger brothers, Frank and Will, had been killed on the Western Front in 1915. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, written between 1919 and 1926, tells of the vastly different campaign against the Turks in the Middle East - one which encompasses gross acts of cruelty and revenge and ends in a welter of stink and corpses in the disgusting ‘hospital’ in Damascus. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is no Boys Own Paper tale of Imperial triumph, but a complex work of high literary aspiration which stands in the tradition of Melville and Dostoevsky, and alongside the writings of Yeats, Eliot and Joyce.
