Lucy Ellis

Bryony Sutherland

This lively and highly readable account, by accomplished biographers Lucy Ellis and Bryony Sutherland, shows how Drew managed to defy the Barrymore Family Curse and reinvent herself, first as a popular and much-in-demand actress, and now as a powerful Hollwood player.

The Biography

Drew Barrymore

An illustrated account of the highs and lows of Kylie Minogueâs show biz career. From her suburban childhood through to her current pop stardom.

Showgirl

Kylie

Transformed over 15 years from the shy girl next-door in Neighbours to the sensuous Princess of Pop, Kylie Minogue has grown up in public, rarely shrinking from expressing candid opinions about her life and career. Here, in her own words, are Kylies thoughts on herself, her sexuality, her music, her men, being a gay icon and everything else.

Kylie Minogue in Her Own Words

Kylie "talking"

This biography tells the full story of Drew Barrymore's short but colourfulife.

From her BAFTA-winning television work, such as My Beautiful Son, to her big screen debut alongside Michael Caine in Educating Rita, her starring in Billy Elliot (both of which earned her Oscar nominations) and her portrayal of Mrs Weasley in the Harry Potter films, Julie Walters has worked with some of the greatest and most diverse actors and directors in the world today. In December 2005, at the British Comedy Awards, Walters - alongside longtime friend and television comedy partner Victoria Wood - picked up the Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award. Raised in a strict Catholic family in working class Birmingham, Julie Walters abandoned a nursing course to study drama at Manchester Polytechnic and went on to join the Liverpool Everyman Theatre where she cut her teeth as an actress. Over the next decade, she experienced three marriage proposals, two long-term romances and a period of heavy drinking. At the end of 1984 she met sociology student Grant Roffey and had a daughter Maisie, who was traically diagnosed with luekaemia and had to undergo years of painful chemotherapy. the authors have interviewed friends, teachers and colleagues to skilfully compile the first-ever biography of one of Britain's finest and best-loved actresses.

Seriously Funny - An Unauthorised Biography

Julie Walters

Sarah Ratliff

Good, bad, ugly and illuminating-everyone has an opinion on race. As biracial people continue trending, the discussion is no longer about a singular topic, but is more like playing a game of multi-level chess. The anthology, Being Biracial: Where Our Secret Worlds Collide, cites the experiences of twenty-four mixed-race authors and those in interracial partnerships of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the world. It blends positivity, negativity, humor, pathos and realism in an enlightening exploration of what it means to be more than one ethnicity.

Being Biracial: Where Our Secret Worlds Collide

Good, bad, ugly and illuminating-everyone has an opinion on race. As biracial people continue trending, the discussion is no longer about a singular topic, but is more like playing a game of multi-level chess. The anthology, Being Biracial: Where Our Secret Worlds Collide, cites the experiences of twenty-four mixed-race authors and parents of multiracial children of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the world. It blends positivity, negativity, humor, pathos and realism in an enlightening exploration of what it means to be more than one ethnicity.

Where Our Secret Worlds Collide

Being Biracial

From her first faltering steps as an eight-year-old on a Sydney stage to the acclaim that greeted her performance in The Hours, Nicole Kidman has excelled in every arena she has entered. But who is this flame-haired, sapphire-eyed beauty? Kidman's rise through the ranks of Australian television and film eventually led to leading roles in Hollywood. While box office success initially stayed just out of range, her A-list status was assured when she and then-husband Tom Cruise were cast in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Her seductive performance in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge earned her a Golden Globe award as well as an Oscar nomination, and her Oscar-winning portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours has now firmly established her as an actress of exceptional talent, range, and appeal.

Nicole Kidman

A biography of Nicole Kidman, tracing her rise from child star to acclaimed Hollywood actress, and discussing aspects of her personal life, including her ten-year marriage to Tom Cruise, and their traumatic divorce.

This is the definitive biography of the Scottish singer who graduated from The Tourists to the Eurythmics and went on to international stardom as a solo artist.From 'Love Is A Stranger' through 'Diva' to the reformed Eurythmics 1999 album 'Peace', this is the revealing story of an extraordinary female singer.This book features more than 40 interviews, some with childhood and family friends. It also details her periods of depression, motherhood and her failed marriages.Includes black/white photos.

Bryony Sutherland

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