Totally frank is the hard-hitting career autobiography of the England and Chelsea footballer,featuring a full account of his life on and off the pitch,including all the stories from World Cup 2006.
Bruce Lee has been recognized primarily for his physicalskills and tactical principles in the art of unarmed combat. ButBruce Lee: Artist of Life reveals that Lee was a man who was equalparts poet, Philosophysopher, scientist, actor. producer, director,author, choreographer, Martial Artsl artist, husband, father, andfriend, dedicated to artistic expression with the goal ofself-knowledge. Bruce Lee: Artist of Life is a collection ofwritings comprising eight parts: writings on Chinese Gung Fu,Philosophysophy psychology, Jeet Kune Do, acting, andself-knowledge, as well as a section of Lee's poetry and letters,revealing a side of Bruce Lee rarely seen letters, revealing a sideof Bruce Lee rarely seen previously. As John Little writes in theIntroduction, "No matter what the topic...you get the distinctimpression from reading Lee's words that hee, indeed, was a 'realman,' a real human being, who was in fact laying bare hissoul."
For decades, Elizabeth Taylor has been a part of our lives.Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli looks past thetabloid version of Elizabeth's life and offers the first‐ever fullyrealized portrait of this American icon. You'll meet hercontrolling mother who plotted her daughter's success from birth,see the qualities that catapulted Elizabeth to stardom in 1940sHollywood, understand the psychological and emotional underpinningsbehind the eight marriages, and, finally, rejoice in Elizabeth'smost bravura performance of all: the new success in family,friendships, and philanthropy she achieved despite substance abuseand chronic illness. It's the story of the woman you thought youknew, and now can finally understand.
The Age Of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan’s incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure. Following the arc of his remarkable life’s journey through his more than eighteen-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board to the present, in the second half of The Age of Turbulence Dr. Greenspan embarks on a magnificent tour d’horizon of the global economy. The distillation of a life’s worth of wisdom and insight into an elegant expression of a coherent worldview, The Age of Turbulence will stand as Alan Greenspan’s personal and intellectual legacy.
I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU!) is Stephen Colbert's attempt to wedge his brain between hardback covers. In plain conversational language, not to mention the occasional grunt and/or whistle, Stephen explains his take on the most pressing concerns of our culture: Faith, Family, Politics...Hygiene.
In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history tosweep the party to power and end eighteen years of Conservativegovernment. He has been one of the most dynamic leaders of moderntimes; few British prime ministers have shaped the nation's courseas profoundly as Blair during his ten years in power, and hisachievements and his legacy will be debated for years to come. Nowhis memoirs reveal in intimate detail this unique political andpersonal journey, providing an insight into the man, the politicianand the statesman, and charting successes, controversies anddisappointments with an extraordinary candour. A Journey will proveessential and compulsive reading for anyone who wants to understandthe complexities of our global world. As an account of the natureand uses of power, it will also have a readership that extends wellbeyond politics, to all those who want to understand the challengesof leadership today.
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