In the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman. One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion...

"A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's death. Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially fragile and almost--ultimately--unable to live,"--NoveList.

Shares tales of the authors' childhood and rise to fame, from their years modeling and acting to their first house purchase at the age of eighteen and their rise to become the hosts of "Property Brothers" and other popular HGTV shows. "For their millions of fans around the world, identical twins Jonathan and Drew Scott are masters of the impossible--finding and transforming ordinary houses into stunning dream homes as HGTV's megastar Property Brothers....

There is a famous saying by the great Irish writer and poet, Oscar Wilde that "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."These people who spread their influence and happiness like the brightness of sunshine on others, wherever they are under whichever circumstances they are, are called 'The Great Personalities'. Here we present more than 250 such great men in the book, Great Personality of the world with their lives, works, achievements,...

After years of rumors, Adele's long-awaited third album 25 was finally announced in late 2015, and with it came claims that she was to single-handedly "save the music industry." Such is the influence of Adele-a young mother from north London with the most powerful voice in the world. Adele's breathtaking songs have seen her top the charts in over 30 countries, collect millions of admirers, and win dozens of top awards. But who is she? Her commendable...

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Jimi Hendrix, Princess Diana and the Syrian dictator's wife, Asma al-Assad, rub shoulders with Auden, Eliot and Shelley – and with the Trouser Thief Clive met while spending weeks locked up in a closed psychiatric ward – in this unconventional and affectionate biography. In 2010, Clive was told he only had months to love. Since then he has shuttled between the hospital and the writing desk, pouring out a stream of books, articles and poems in...

The Noble Peace Prize has been awarded 92 times to about 124 Noble Laureates between 1901 and 2011 – 99 times to individuals and around 23 times to organizations. It is awarded to those who have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of world peace. Noble Peace Prize Winners contains an exhaustive list of about 100 Noble Laureates, their brief...

Get the Summary of Bob Saget's Dirty Daddy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Dirty Daddy" by Bob Saget is a memoir that delves into the comedian's life, filled with humor, loss, and personal growth. Saget's narrative is non-linear, reflecting his free-associative thought process and frequent temporal shifts. He discusses his early stand-up days, his dark comedic material, and the profound losses he has faced,...

History has seen only a few women so magical, so evanescent, that they captured the spirit and imagination of their times. Diana, Princess of Wales and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were two of these rare creatures. They were the most famous women of the twentieth century--admired, respected, even adored at times; rebuked, mocked and reviled at others. Separated by nationality and a generation apart, they led two surprisingly similar lives. Both were...