So, in October we're getting the Girls' very own autobiography in the form of Dreams That Glitter, but until then, this book does a fair job of documenting their story from 2002's Popstars: The Rivals to superstardom. As the other reviewer said, it is pretty much on the functional level - fans of the band will easily be able to pick out the newspaper/magazine articles and DVDs the info in here has been sourced from so don't expect much you don't already know.
The exception to this is the first part of the book, where chapter by chapter the book details each of the Girls' lives pre-fame. It's a fascinating look at their childhoods and how all of them, coming from relatively working class backgrounds ... Read More:
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I only read this book cos I got it for 25p. After reading her first book I thought 'I don't like Sharon Osbourne' now I'm convinced of it. She is deluded enough to think that she has the right to criticise whomever she pleases (without censor or consideration) but God help anyone who has a less than glowing opinion of her or her odd family (You may get a parcel of human faeces through the post). If she was evenhanded in her comments I would accept her views despite disagreeing with her many times, but she takes such a lofty stance sometimes, its easier to dismiss her and write her off as an attention seeking toddler in a mature lady's (surgically enhanced) body. Don't waste your money on this tosh.
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I only read this book cos I got it for 25p. After reading her first book I thought 'I don't like Sharon Osbourne' now I'm convinced of it. She is deluded enough to think that she has the right to criticise whomever she pleases (without censor or consideration) but God help anyone who has a less than glowing opinion of her or her odd family (You may get a parcel of human faeces through the post). If she was evenhanded in her comments I would accept her views despite disagreeing with her many times, but she takes such a lofty stance sometimes, its easier to dismiss her and write her off as an attention seeking toddler in a mature lady's (surgically enhanced) body. Don't waste your money on this tosh.
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"All of Me" by Barbara Windsor is a fantastic book, written with pure honesty and emotion, a real page turner and perhaps the best memoir by a British actress ever put to paper. I really enjoyed reading this book for it's a compulsive paper turner and one that can be read again and again.
It's a sad, funny and totally trueful account of a life and career filled with outstanding success. I now feel that I know the wonderful Babs personally, a true star, a true legend and a truelly unquie lady.
Do yourself a favour and buy this fabulous Emotion autobiography today.
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I was diagnosed with postnatal depression when my son was as little as seven weeks old. I was devasted, this book helped me through and see i was not the only one. The accounts are detailed and honest but most importantly, there is atleast one womans story to whom you can relate. I would definately recommend this book to anyone with PND. I also think it would be helpful for GP's and Health Visitors to read it.
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Joyce Tyldesley provides us with a thorough examination of the evidence surrounding the pharaoh Hatchepsut. She discusses issues such as the disputed order of succession, the conspicuous over-use of propaganda by Hatchepsut to legitimize her power and the question of exactly who attempted to erase the name of Hatchepsut from the monuments and why. Her arguments in each case are based on a judicious weighing of the evidence and the reader is always provided with alternative interpretations from other scholars. Tyldesley systematically dismantles the prevalent opinion that many of the actions of both Hatchepsut herself and her stepson Tuthmosis were motivated by a deadly enmity. On this issue she suggests that Tuthmosis was relatively accepting of the co-regency his ... Read More:
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Millions of people around the world have been inspired and touched by the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl, who spent two long years in hiding, with family and a few friends, in Amsterdam, from their Nazi persecutors, during the second World War, before they were discovered and shipped off tho their deaths in Auschwitz.
Twenty years ago Miep Gies (98 years old at the time of writing of this review) revealed her own courageous and generous role in hiding the Frank family and others, and providing them with food, companionship, and most of all hope.
She gives revealing insight into Anne's life and of her own.
Miep had been a hungry child refugee from Austria, just after the First World War, and passed her own experiences of generosity ... Read More:
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I was saturated with Mozart last year (2007) but little or no mention was ever made of the women in his life, only emphasis on his father, so I looked forward to this book filling in the blanks. Wolfgang A Mozart lived and died but these women - his sister and wife (earlier mention of his mother) lived on, preserving his legacy in a time when women were really so sidelined musically. His sister easyily his contemporary musician, condemened to unhappy marriage and no recognition of her own skills was able to contribute much having preserved many of her letters to and from W A Mozart. His wife clever enough to recruit her second husband as an ally to researching and compiling his biography. I enjoyed this and took my time reading it. Recommended reading.
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...This is truly a heartwarming experience from beggining to end. Ginger writes candidly about her upbringing, her early experiences on the vaudeville circuit, through to the beggining of her film career and the sad story of her five marriages which all ended in divorce. The best bits for me were when she talks about her family especially of her devotion to her beloved mother Lela (to whom she dedicates this book) and the chapter where she describes how she coped with Lela's death is truly poignant indeed. she describes how christian science helped her through life and how she used it to help others (she cured her third husband of warts and her fourth husband of boils!). I felt quite sad though reading this knowing that Ginger was no longer with us (it's a shame she couldn't use christian science ... Read More:
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