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Growing up in a typical Sydney suburb, Akmal began to recognise the differences between his Arab heritage and the Australian way of life, which would later shape him as a comedian. This book charts Akmal's early life in Egypt with his eccentric family to his first gigs at Bikie conventions, and his ever-increasing success both on stage and TV.

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Sir Terry Wogan shares his opinion on just about everything from money, relationships, manners, fame, to life in general.

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Musings from a truly original thinker on eveything under the sun and many things over the moon. There are few aspects of existence to which Michael Leunig has not turned his renaissance mind, as a bemused and committed member of the human plight.

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Describes various events in the life of an obsessive fan and wannabe writer. From Player's Navy Cut to Gitanes, boating blazers to cashmere sweaters, this book is about acquiring style, finding substance and living life with Paul Weller.

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A new edition--now with a new Afterword--of the honest and hilarious recovery memoir by the famously neurotic comedian and regular guest star of the hit show Curb Your Enthusiasm

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The unforgettable memoir by one of the most recognizable voices in popular music, Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, capturing the glorious intersection of soul, R&B, and rock in the'60s and beyond, with a foreword by Billy Joel

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How do you lose music Then having lost it, what do you do next This book offers an account of one man's struggle to recover from loss of his greatest passion - and go one further than that: to restore his ability not only to hear but to think about and feel music, by going back to the series of big bangs which kicked off his musical universe.

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Essential reading for any Star Trek and movie fan.

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This is the paperback edition of the instant New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller

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From the Real Housewives of New Jersey star, an unfiltered memoir chronicling Jackies harrowing eighteen-year battle with anorexia and her journey to recovery in the public eye, for readers of Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi.

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"From ... actor and producer Wendell Pierce, [a] ... portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art"--

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The stand-up comedian presents a funny collection of essays on being a mom that explores themes like "geriatric" motherhood, parenting in an environmental panic, fear and love, and conflicting advice on raising children.

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The autobiography of Braham Murray, founding director of the Royal Exchange Manchester who at twenty-two became the youngest artistic director in the country.

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An intimate memoir by one of America's most acclaimed and
beloved actresses.

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'There was a lot that we kept from my mother.

Yet when Sue was bringing up her own child alone, her mother was always there to help. And in her mother's final months, it was Sue she needed by her side.

The relationship with your mother is perhaps the most precious and fraught of any woman's life.

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Here, Alda listens in on things he's heard himself saying at critical points in his life - from the turbulence of the 60s, to his first Broadway show, to the birth of his children, and to the ache of September 11.

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'Looking back at The Libertines is like catching flashes of sunlight between buildings as you race by on a train. An old film reel where the spools are weathered and worn, leaving empty frames on the screen'

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Actor and writer, Jane Lapotaire, was one of the lucky ones who survived 'a brain attack' (cerebral haemorrhage), the third biggest killer after cancer and heart attacks. This is her story.

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When Jill was just thirteen, she and her best friend donned the tightest satin pants they could find, poufed up their hair and squeezed into Candies heels, then headed to downtown Chicago in search of their one-and-only true loves forever: the members of whichever rock band was touring through town.

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An intimate, vulnerable, and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between two iconic and starkly different American women, Carly Simon's Touched by the Sun is a chronicle, in loving detail, of the late friendship she and Jackie shared.

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Robyn Williams, presenter of The Science Show on ABC Radio, reveals all in Turmoil, a searingly honest and often blackly funny reflection on his life, friends, the people he loves and loathes, and a multi-faceted career that includes over forty years on radio.

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Millions know him as a loudmouth radio shock-jock and Sun columnist. Yet, in his life Jon Gaunt has had to overcome unimaginable hardship, solitude, bankruptcy and despair. Behind the outspoken media personality, this is the very human story of self-preservation, personal growth and forgiveness, told in Jon's inimitable forthright style.